But the animation has become very good, and I think that a movie is not a book, and a book is not a movie.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I really believe that the movie will never be as good as the book, both because the book goes on longer - a movie is basically an abridgment of a book - and because books are internal. But they are incredibly powerful. The visual format is, you know, amazing.
I'm not of the opinion that the next logical step for a book is for it to be made into a film.
I know a movie and a book are two different things and you are going do different media in different ways. No author can want a movie to be exactly like the book because then it will be a bad movie.
A book and a movie are different animals. You need a cinematic perspective to be involved in the motion pictures. And this is something I lack.
There's no point in making a film out of a great book. The book's already great. What's the point?
Books provide context and allow you to think about things over time. Film is like writing haiku; there is an immense amount of pleasure in paring down and paring down. But it isn't the same.
Some writers get snooty about what happens when their books are adapted to film, but I don't feel that way.
It's such a complicated thing to put a movie together. The book world is so much simpler.
When I see films made from books, I make a huge effort not to remember the book. It's important to see the film as a film.
You see the film, you might be entertained, and if it's not a great film, it loses its power very quickly. I think even simply acceptable books stay with us a lot longer.