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about a boy - movie vs novel

Tuesday, May. 28, 2002
about a boy
movie vs. novel


why didn�t will give marcus a haircut?

(this kid�s crooked horrid haircut gave me the creeps throughout the entire movie�then he finally gets something done about it in the last scene and it still looks retched, although i do think this was true to the novel�i can�t recall�)

1. the mother�s hair was just as bad.

(do all english people have bad hair? wait�bran has great hair�.so why did they have bad hair in this movie?)

2. why didn�t will buy marcus some new damned clothes instead of �trainers�?

(thank you however for calling them �trainers� and sticking to the english tone of the novel�and the trueness of the novel, however you changed other stuff�why not let us see this cute kid look cute for once? and although i have sketchers and love em�that was the biggest attempt at commercialism i ever saw! good fucking grief!!)

3. why the exclusion of kurt cobain�s role in the novel?

(not that it matters much, but i liked kurt and �so why?)

overall i liked the movie, �bucky� liked the movie�.it was a decent family movie without any swearing or sex, and lots of laughs. but the book is better�..way better.

4. why hugh grant when the rest of the movie is relatively acted out by unkown actors and actresses? (not that i dislike hugh..just why not someone else? although i do like his new sleek look for this film�yummy�)

two little differences between the movie and book

the social suicide song

movie: killing me softly
book: both sides now

marcus' musical awakening
movie: mystikal
book: nirvana

mystical vs nirvana? hmm�

go buy the book while you can still get the cover that doesn�t have hugh grants mug on it and read something rather than watching it. nick hornby rules. i read this book about a year and a half ago and i�m glad i did.

oh and check out

http://www.chuckpalahniuk.net/

he�s got a new book coming out! not that that has shit to do with this�

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