Novels vs. Movies

I have always been one to enjoy novels more than I enjoy movies because of the detail and other important aspects that may be left out. I understand that the main goal of a movie is to entertain people and sometimes it is difficult to leave certain details in a movie because it would lengthen it too far, but sometimes you can't leave certain things out. An example that I am going to use is "The Road" by Cormick McCarthy, shortly before seeing the movie I decided to read the book and I loved it. I thought the movie did a great job in capturing the essence of the book, but they left out certain scenes that were probably too disturbing to see in a  theater, and that is something I can understand.

Modern Classics 2

I finished off last post talking about how certain popular novels would not stand the test of time because of the lack of depth within the actual context. For this post, I want to mention a series that I believe will be told years from now and that is the Harry Potter series. It has all of the aspects that create a great story including war, love, friendship, and personal struggle. the great descriptive abilities of J.K Rowling make Harry Potter not only greatly told, but also greatly written. Many writers praise the story and make a point to say that it will be a classic, and the success of the film franchise only makes it that much more popular.

Modern Classics

I have always wondered how modern literature will do down the road when compared to the old classics that we still love to this day. I am sort of biased in some areas because I am obviously not going to view a series that I enjoy too positivity. But, everyone can always get an idea if something is good or not, even though you may not like it. The best example of this way of thinking can be applied to music, I may not like a band, but I can see how some might. But, there are always some that I can never understand how ANYONE could like them, Nickelback being the best example. Now, looking into literature, the newest trend across the land is "Twilight," and I don't think that it will test time. The easiest way to look at it is that it just isn't good literature, and a lot of writers would agree with that statement including Stephen King. I feel that the main reason Twilight has evolved into such a trend is because of the films, If this was written in the 1800's I don't even think it would have been published, let alone a world-wide hit.
In my next post I am going to look into some stories that might stand the test of time and why that is.