Novels-turned-Movies

Novels-turned-movies of  vintage and new x generation, both The Perks Of Being A Wallflower and On The Road  will surely give honor to the writers of its respective novel adaptations.

The Perks of Being A Wallflower, written during the 1990's by an american novelist Stephen Chbosky when Kurt Cobain was still alive and recording mix tapes was still the best gift to give. The whole story was generally a compilation of letters addressed to an unknown stranger by a kid named Charle, who narrated his experiences as a freshman in their school and his struggle to fit in the society through drugs, booze, and premarital sex. I already finished reading the whole novel to clearly understand the movie when it is released in public theaters (Hopefully). I cannot understand why America banned school libraries to have a copy for their students to read.

I'm hardly starting to read the first few pages of the novel On The Road. It seems that I couldn't find time to read it entirely even though I own my time now. Nevertheless I'm still looking forward to see the film.   

Movie Review: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close(2012)

Oskar Schell: Can't you even tell me if I'm on the right track?

Thomas Schell: *Shrugs his shoulders* 

Oskar: But if you don't tell me, how can i ever be right?

Thomas: Well, another way of looking at it is...how can you ever be wrong?

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Oskar Schell: But it wasn't working... because people aren't like numbers. They're more like letters... and those letters want to become stories... and dad said that stories need to be shared.

I have read a lot of different points from a series of critics for this movie. There are some(most of them really) who wrote that it was immaturely put together in sequence; and some say that the enigmatic sense of connection to the characters and how it was related to the current events have pulled it off. I honestly think that the cinematography is pretty good and oh the music is somehow..hhmm..ineffable. Sandra Bullock was even in the movie (I only felt her presence in the latter part).

Based from the adapted book with the same title written by Jonathan Safran Foer, the whole catch evolves when a child who has Aspergers Syndrome (a condition similar to autism wherein the nature of social interrelationship is impaired. However, cognitive and motor abilities remain intact.), Oskar Schell, tries to decipher the biggest unsolvable mystery according to his challenging father, Thomas Schell, which eventually turns the course of their lives, in general, to a different route. Furthermore, in the process, he discovers an array of people's lives from different walks of life with the use of his camera; and he understands what brings the society of any boroughs together, LOVE.

For me, one thing's for sure-It moved me.

P.S: It was the debut movie of the kid who played the character of Oskar Schell. He was discovered during his cameo as one of the players in Jeopardy!. He's good.

Personal rating: 7/10

Here's the trailer: