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“Speak” the movie (based on my choice of source)
When deciding what movie to watch based on a book I read, it was between Speak, The Fault in Our Stars, and Me and Earl and the Dying Girl because I’m almost positive that out of the 21 books I read for this project, those are the only three that have movies. It was a difficult decision because I loved all three books and I’ve seen and loved all three movies. At the end of the day, I decided to watch Speak.
Speak was a great movie and definitely did the book justice, but like most movies based on books, the movie just wasn’t as great as the book and I was a little disappointed.
I thought that summoning Kristen Stewart to play the part of Melinda Sordino was perfect because Stewart is just as awkward as Sordino.
The movie did a great job at keeping most of the dialogue as exactly stated in the book, but like all movies must do, the movie had to condense most of the book because there just wasn’t enough time.
I didn’t like the movie because it lacked a lot of the storyline that the book had, and I felt that it lacked a lot of the characterization that took place in the movie. The movie failed to describe a lot of key points made in the book, like Sordino’s parents’ failed marriage, Sordino’s ex-best friends, and some of the foreshadowing regarding Andy Evans’ character and the main conflict that occurred in the book.
One aspect of the movie that I did like however, were the flashbacks that took place. I thought it was unique that in the book, Melinda described all of the memories she had with her parents, her ex-best friend, Andy Evans, the prior summer, etc., but in the movie, the viewer got to watch all of those memories unfold, the memories providing a visual effect. Another aspect I liked is that music played an important role in the movie. For example, in one of the last scenes in the movie when Sordino is riding in the car with her mom, after her mom finding out that Sordino had been raped by Andy Evans that prior summer, music was in the background and described Sordino’s emotions in a way. Rather than her narrate her feelings, soft music filled the background, making the movie much different from the book.
Despite the fact that I felt that the movie lacked a lot of context that was in the book, I understand that the movie was on a time restraint and could only fill so many gaps. While I enjoyed the book more than the movie, I felt that the movie did the book justice.
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