The movie writers really saw "Ed was a vet" and went "oh yeah like a badass military guy right". We were robbed of the world's most pathetic ex-veterinarian trying his best smh
@@lexus87 So did I!! It was a academic/educational requirement or at least apart of my own teacher’s curriculum to read it in 7th grade. But it was something that really hit me and it’s never left my thoughts. 10/10 book 5/10 movie lol
@@Tayl0r_ same here I read it in 5th grade I believe, don’t remember too much of the movie I think it was very different from the book if I remember correctly
@@Tayl0r_ that would be a very interesting video. The Giver movie was no where near the book. We watched it in English class and everyone was talking about how many things were different.
Sadly they changed a few things. Things that make no sense. Like Matilda father calling her stupid or some shit. Appearantly that was too much but a little girl being swung around by her pigtails was acceptable.
@@Sage_Orias_YT I guess violence is fine in a kids movie as long as it's cartoonish violence. However the part where Trunchbull shatters that cake platter on the fat kid's head is a straight up felony.
The Martian and Annihilation are amazing movie adaptations. The Martian is almost exactly like the book. Annihilation has a lot of changes and a different ending, yet they did such a wonderful job it made me love it even more. The writers of both movies clearly cared about what they were adapting.
I love both the book and movie for Annihilation. Ultimately though they end up as vastly different experiences with a thinly veiled thread between them being "Scientists go to a place and crazy stuff happens."
@@bransonallen2925 lol yes! The way everyone loses it is so interesting when you notice the differences the writers took from the author. I own the books and I talked my friend’s ear off comparing the two when we left the theater.
@leia3771 I much prefer Lena in the book over the movie. The drama feels a lot more real as a breakdown of a relationship, them both just being such vastly different people that love each other. Her inner monolog and introverted aspects are really well written in the context of a relationship and how it could cause a rift, as opposed to the really simple "I cheated on my husband and he went on a suicide mission." The movie is still a visual mindbomb though and I love the CGI and effects present in it, especially the flower village and lighthouse scenes.
@@bransonallen2925 me too. Lena’s inner monologue just pulls you in. The scene in the book where they are going down the staircase and she accidentally breaths in the spores. I think I read it three times before I moved on. It’s so chilling and I love the way he writes Lena. But the scene in the movie where they find the video camera her husband shot. . . it feels like a gut punch everytime I think about it.
drugs in a rehab employees car is.... far from unheard of. I've been through rehab more than once (and things have been good for around 7 years now), and at both the rehabs I've been too, and even some of the hospital run detox centers, there has been issues with staff supplying addicts. At one rehab there was a lesbian employee who was sleeping with almost all the young female clients and suppling them mdma, coke, and mushrooms. Also have too say, only someone who has not spent time outside in snow at night would think if you turn off a flashlight you can't see. Its so easy to see in the dark with snow. It reflects a fuck ton of moon light and is such a contrast to a person it's almost impossible to lose someone. Yes, even in the woods.
the snow storm would be a better cover, I've been in a car during Snow storms enough times to know you cant see more than 10 feet in front of you and shining a flashlight is the only reason you can see said 10 feet but it also hurts your eyes as the snow reflects the light back.
I love how he starts yelling "IN THE BOOK" more and more cuz he _knows_ how annoying that is and he's just mad at himself for being that annoying. He has no choice. Annoying is the only right path.
This is why you gotta form/join a book club. It gets you to read outside your comfort zone AND you can bitch about the book and/or movie with someone who understands!
It's one thing to be able to re-tell the plot of a movie really well because you can use clips, etc., but to re-tell a book really well, and describe it so well that not only is the listener able to picture the scenes well in their mind, but even after having the whole book "spoiled," still want to read the book, is a very impressive thing. I hope you do more of these!
You really hit perfectly on the issue I have with most book adaptations. It's not the minute details, or even more moderate plot changes (though those CAN get irritating), it's when the make changes to the CHARACTER that changes who they are. For instance, I understand that the Shining is considered an amazing movie and Kubrick is genius, etc. etc., but the fact that Jack Torrence is so different and how he died changed his entire arc completely gets under my skin. He is still a recovering alcoholic with anger issues in the book, but it's played much more as a father with issues who wants to do better but is struggling, even more so at the hands of the hotel. You feel empathy for this guy. I like Jack Nicholson as an actor, but he did NOT portray this version of Torrence. It was far more manic. And then, in the book, his beautiful arc is concluded by him using his brief moment of lucidness during the final chase and attack to CHOOSE to blow up the hotel and himself along with it in order to give his family the chance to escape. The movie? yea no, he froze to death trying to kill his son, no redemption, no nothing. SIIIIIIIIIIGH
It did kill me that they just ax Hallorann. Imagine a 300 style slow mo shot of him lighting his gasolined up arm then punching that attacking hedge lion
Love that movie, almost more “inspired by” than adapted from- Jack has a great arc in the book, but without his internal monologue I don’t know how well you could make him as likeable and forgivable. & I love how Wendy gets more agency, action, and strength in the movie, correct me if I’m wrong but I don’t remember her being super distinct as a character in the novel. (there’s a great video on Kubrick book adaptations that discusses some of the differences in depth, I’ll edit the title here if I can find it)
From my experience the book really is better than the movie about 8/10 times. A large part of that is usually due to the fact that when you read something you can picture it in the way that is most appealing to you, and another part is that books have more time to explore and create a scene/atmosphere than a movie does.
It just makes it much more personal and unique to you. I be gettin the same effect sometimes from songs I really like and then watching their official music videos and just feelin a lil disappointed.
Books are better then movies for two reason… A. You create your perfect vision for the visuals based on the writers descriptions of characters, scenarios, setting, etc… 2. You get way more character development which ties you to the characters which makes you care more, often times movies can’t or just doesn’t chose to flesh out characters which overall hurts the story…
"Books are better than the movies" is usually true, but "the original is better than the adaptation" is less often true. The Matilda movie is better than the book; one of the few adaptations out there where they had to ADD stuff cuz the original wasn't long enough. The Heathers musical is better than the 1980's movie; the story is a lot tighter, the songs give better motivations for characters and plot points, and the comedy hits harder. And then there's Good Omens, which somehow managed to have a good book and a good show, though they each have their own things they chose to focus. Edit: OH YEAH, and an infamous example: Fifty Shades of Grey is not a good story by any means, BUT the movie is actually slightly better than the book due to changes made by the director in the first movie. It could have been *a lot* better, too, if the author of the book wasn't so tyrannical with changing anything from her text.
@@LunaWitcherArt The Boys is also generally better than the source material. They took out most of the rape jokes and pointless edginess, and added a lot more character to the seven, who were basically just 1-dimensional shitheads in the comics. I'm not happy with what they did with Black Noir, who had the most memorable twist in the comics, but... whatever.
As someone who had been watching Dominic Noble and KrimsonRogue for years, seeing GG do a book vs movie comparison video is an unexpected but a most welcomed Christmas gift for me.
If this does become a series, I'd love to see both The Shining and Doctor Sleep. The Shining deviated heavily but is a masterpiece, and Doctor Sleep was far more faithful and very well done.
I do think doctor sleep the book is better overall but yes the movie is incredible and made the baseball boy scene truly unwatchable for me and I’ve seen some fucked up stuff in books and movies before so I didn’t expect that to hit so hard
The kid in that scene did such a good job he actively unsettled the adults on set. Several adult actors had to step away from the scene for a while during shooting because they were so shook up by Jacob Tremblay's acting. Mad props to Jacob because that shit is harrowing.@@gabrieldevoogel6225
I always thought Dr. Sleep (movie) was so totally underrated and wasn't as successful as it should've been. Ewan McGregor does a great job playing adult Danny and the whole shine, True Knot storyline is soooo unique.
@@gabrieldevoogel6225 dude I've seen some top-tier disturbing films (Gozu, Antichrist, Irreversible, I Saw The Devil, etc.), but that scene w/ the baseball boy was honestly more disturbing for me than any other scene from any of those films
Two books' movies that are _very_ faithful to their books' source material are _Like Water For Chocolate,_ and _Psycho_ (author Robert Bloch was screwed out of the screenplay; he said the only thing he'd have changed would have tightened up the exposition at the end, otherwise it was extremely faithful except for the shower scene: in the original novella the murder is an end-of-chapter shock, conveying Marion seeing the knife, which "cut off her scream, and her head"...). Bob actually liked Hitchcock's version of the shower scene.
not the same genre but i remember reading "because of windixey" as a kiddo and then seeing the film it was page for page basically the same minus very few minute details
I feel generally that media tends to be better in its original format bc it was made w its format in mind. This book especially is a psychological thriller that leans really heavily on the psychological part. A lot of the forward momentum of the book comes from Darby’s internal battles as she debates her next move knowing that any wrong move can get her and everyone around her killed. The movie is just… plucking events from the narrative and desperately jamming them together like puzzle pieces chosen from a set at random. Anyway… I’m going to go reread the book now 😃
While I complete agree with you. it wasn’t even just the psychological part that the movie was missing. There are major parts of the book that made the book eerie and thrilling that are completely taken out and changed. Like when Ashley smashes Darby’s face into the table, the entire chapter where Jay and Darby escape with the car, the ziplock bag scene, Darby’s fight with Lars, Jay shooting and killing Ashley, and the ending. So much of the narrative is removed and some scenes in the movie are rewritten out of order. It honestly seems like the producers of this film purposely WANTED to make it bad for some reason. This is the first book to movie adaptation I would tell people that it wouldn’t matter whether they watched the movie or read the book first because either way, the book will not be spoiled for you. 😂
Please, for the love of god, do more of these. I'd love to see more side-by-side comparisons between horror movies and books, it'd be really neat to watch,
I really hate it when movies depict nail guns as being able to shoot nails like a hand gun. Nail guns only fire a nail when the nose of the gun is pressed against a hard surface.
@@Tazzie1312 when i had to re-shingle the sheds roof, you had to press down a little hard and thered be a kind of a click? and then you could shoot it
I've started to believe that some stories only work on book format, you can have narration and descriptions for a long ass time and work, which doesnt always happen on movies. Time is also an issue, cuts are necessary to have an accepatable lenght and sometimes important things are lost
nah it's largely because Hollywood is bankrupt and will sell you a trash film based on the book and hope the hype of the name alone will sell it...for everything
Regardless of how well described, we all envision things differently based on our personal experiences and imagination when reading. In movies, we all get the same vision, that of the filmmakers, and it's not always as appealing.
@My Next Trick I gotta disagree on that, kind of. Maybe a "not nessicarily" because while I see the point, I don't think that is a rule, rather a product of whatever individual writing style went into any given movie. I think a movie that is based off of a book certainly can be bad for that reason, but I don't think that translating one unique medium into another will nessicarily make for a bad movie just because you supposedly can't take advantage of its uniqueness, which a good writer certainly can even when translating from a different medium, in my subjective opinion. Out of curiosity though, I gotta ask, do you really not like any movie that is based on a book? Or am I just misunderstanding what you mean?
I just want to say that I saw the first part of this video and was like "You know what, I will go read the book first. I don't want to have any regrets." But I instead found a 1944 play by the same name and became way more invested in that before coming back to this video, realizing it was the wrong thing and giving up and watching it anyway. The play is great, btw.
I think this is a great and unique way of doing something different with movie reviews and I love it. If you enjoyed reading the book I would really like to see more things like this in the future !
As you started talking about the story it sounded really interesting so I paused the video and ordered the book online. After I got it I finished it in four days. I really enjoyed the book I often read it at the library (I know I'm an old person living in a young person's body). I'm so glad I read this book before making the impulsive decision of getting it all spoiled by mista gg. Thanks for getting me to read.
GG vs The Dom, bat vs sword! Edit: Ima put my money on GG. Dom's said he has some training with a sword, he comes across as a showy flourisher and I got a feeling GG's not only more a straight-to-the-point pragmatic three strikes yer out, but a beast when pushed to a corner (especially by a skinny dude with a queen's english accent)...
This was amazing, loved the dramatic storytimes, the retelling and the differences between the book and the movie, so good. Watched the end scene many times
23:03 did you know the reason most pirates wore an eyepatch, was for this very reason. It wasn't always an eye injury, often they used an eyepatch so they can see when night time came along
Sorry, but that's a myth. Pirates had a sort of insurance system for losing different parts of their body in battle, and compensation for losing an eye was one of the highest. So most of them would either gouge it out or just put on a show to get that sweet cash.
@@garretthberne3035 no it was a myth that they were all injuries. It's true that some of them wore it because of injuries, but like me and @Eidolon said, it was also used for swapping between brightness. It can't be a myth when it's an actual thing
@@thejoeman0123 it is but it's not as effective as you think, and boarding in a way Pirates of the Carribean or video games show it was not a thing. Do some research.
This kinda reminds me of how people say that “The Manga is better then the Anime”. As someone who grew up with Anime. I used to hate people that would say that the Manga would be way better. As I’ve started to grow and get more into reading. I actually have to agree. A lot of the Writing and all Around Visuals are sooo much more detailed and get more in-depth then the Anime’s by a long shot. A lot of the Animation in the Anime can try and replicate scenes from the Pages of the manga, but just can’t get it down to the T. Best example is Junji Itos Manga’s Vs Anime Adaptations & Live Action Movie Adaptations. They just can’t replicate his masterpiece of an art style.
Same I use to be an anime only guy till I decided to pick up berserk for me personally I prefer the pacing in manga than anime a lot of anime tends to drag on to long
Much agreement on the Junji Ito! It's so bizarre how giving something movement can take so much life from it. (This is coming from the Inu-Yasha/Chobits anime era.)
THIS IS A GREAT BOOK. SO GLAD YOU AGREED. Everyone HAS to read it. It is insanely good. I read it a while ago and probably re read it at least 3 times... it doesnt get old even when you know the ending. Its probably one of my favourite thriller books and is so well written and the author really knows how to fully immerse you in the story. 10/10 reccomend this book to any lover of thrillers! I also didnt much like the movie as it didnt do any of the characters justice.
I love this book!! It's definitely better on the 2nd and 3rd readings when you know what's going on and can pick up on all of the warning signs/foreshadowing.
Really, really loved this video! I know this was done just to test the theory, but I definitely wouldn't complain if this became a recurring series of book to movie comparisons.
Holy crap! You did such an amazing job with this recap. I saw this movie a few months ago and I wold love to see you do more of these mainly with movies that are closer to the book like “The Omen”, Firestarter, or movies that were popular but just incredibly different from the source material. Oh man something that I didn’t even think I needed but now need more of “Storytime with Papa GG” needs to be a monthly thing!
I adore Story Time with Papa GG, this is brilliant and I will take this Book Vs. Movie twist as often as you would like to give it to us Edit to say: I think this is the reason a lot of suspense films (that are based on books) fall flat. Books allow for so much internal speculation between the characters and the audience, like being able to witness Darby's thought process. That alone builds tension. But in movies, it's a lot harder to achieve this, so it all feels rushed, mindless, and often times Idiotic: you're missing the lead up to the decision and WHY the character is doing that specifically.
haven’t watched the video yet, but this book is cheesy special to me because I was reading it when my partner and I started dating. he took an interest in it because I would tell him about it, so he read it also. then a few months later we were hanging out flipping through hulu and boom it was a movie (we didn’t know it was being adapted) so it was super fun being able to watch the movie and roast it together. from what I remember about both, I definitely liked the book better.
also unrelated to this video really and everything else I said but I just remembered I was listening to the climactic ending of this book on audible when I got into a pretty bad car wreck and after the dust settled the radio was still playing it lol. (everyone turned out fine, my prius not so much). but yeah lots of memories attached to this one novel LOL .
I can't help but drool over the cinematography of this video, not including the movie. You seriously put your whole cajones into this video. We appreciate it ❤️
This movie was the PERFECT length 👌🏾 we need more of these Johnny Sins cuts! I loved how much depth you were able to add to this film by including the book, it was like a reverse reading rainbow type beat ❤️🔥
Funny thing, I became part of a book club a friend of mine made last month and this is the first book we read, and just yesterday, we had a discussion of the last seven chapters and we saw the movie immediately after the discussion, and I was also bugged by the inconsistencies, but then again, I wasn’t as bugged by these inconsistencies as much as I was about the Percy Jackson movies
This has to be my favourite of your videos by far. This makes me want to actually get the book so I can see exactly what you were talking about, regardless of you telling us how it ends because the way you explain the narrative makes me want to experience it more than I would have if you just did a review of the movie without the book. Perfect Blue is a good runner up, but this one is one of the most perfect movie reviews of yours I have ever seen
PLEASE DO MORE OF THESE OMG- i adore ur breakdowns sm !! justice for ed tbh, his character was actually really good in the book, his growth arc was something i genuinely felt so much about, total flop for the movie to ruin him like that
Any chance we could get more of this, comparing a horror book to its movie? This video was fantastic, I loved the side-by-side breakdown of the differences and where the movie failed, and I would love to see more.
No Exit is one of my all time favorite books so it made me really happy to see my favorite youtuber do a video based on the book and its crappy movie! Excellent work as always GG!
So I suggested this book to my friends, we all read it then watched the movie. We all overwhelming agreed that book was much better (and a great read)! I loved your breakdown after the whole saga and the push to read this book in the first place!
I realize these kinds of videos take a bunch of work and I really appreciate you doing this. If you're still reading comments on this video, maybe continue this as a series? Alternatively, maybe grab some big booktubers, like Daniel Greene, Dominic Noble, or Krimson Rogue for a Pick-A-Hand video. That'd be really freaking cool. Great video. Love your commentary, love your comedy, adore you.
just came back to say i just read the book and even with all these spoilers it was still amazing, still suspenseful, still made me want to rip my hair out even though i knew what happened !!
I loved the way the video was structured and your story telling is always top-notch, make not feasible but as a fan of your commentaries, I think more videos like this every now and then would be fantastic.
Okay no joke I bought the book because I liked the movie, AND it's on my 2023 reading list. I saved this to my "Watch Later" and I will be back in a couple months after I have read it. I will say thought a large number of "how to read more guides" highly recommend getting a book that a movie you like was based on, or even a book adaption of a movie (those are a thing). They say it helps you devote fewer mental resources to plot, and more to the nuances of character, language, etc. and can improve your overall reading skill.
Holy crap. I started out eating my lunch while I was watching this, but half way through, I had to stop and just listen. The book sounds amazing. Thank you so much for this breakdown, it definitely made me want to read this some day. 👍
I just wanted to comment that I absolutely love your reviews, your taste in movies and humor, and I your channel so much! I hope you rise in popularity and get the recognition you deserve for being awesome. Keep the uploads coming, Mista GG- you have made fans. ❤❤❤
I paused the video about 3 minutes in to get the book first thanks to you - read it in three days, loved it, and came back to finish the video. Thanks for a great recommendation!
I think one thing that's really interesting with book adaptations is how they are adapted. Books are a great medium for introspective main characters, but it can be challenging to show in a very visual medium (e.g. why Jane Austen's "Persuasion" works much better as a book and hasn't yet had a successful adaptation). I think a lot of times when "the book was better", it's a case of the movie not having been adapted in a way that puts the medium at its strength. That being said, I think there are some movies that have retrospective changes that end up enhancing the story. E.g. I think "The woman in black" works better as a movie than as a book.
I remember reading this book, and the fact that I made the mistake of starting it while at school, so I spent the entire day thinking about it and in suspense when I was in class and unable to read it 😂. I read it every spare minute I had until I finished it. I’m pretty sure it only took one day. Great book. 10/10 edge-of-your-seat feelings.
I love all of your movie reviews but this could be a new series (as long as you don't mind reading additional books for videos!) Not sure if the Terraria bit was from you or your editor but it caught me off guard so much that I replayed it a bunch. I love that game so much and I never see it referenced like so many other games are when choosing what jokes to add through the edit.
I'm guessing the movie makes the MC a drug addic so she can have a cliché redemption arch. The child she's trying to save is a metaphor for her remaining goodness and by saving the girl, she'll recover that part of herself and have a reason to stop using drugs.
I love this book vs movie idea for a series! I've always used American Psycho as an example of a movie being better than the book (the book is an exercise in tedium). Stephen King would be a good place to start since his books are easy reads that have WILDLY different kinds of adaptations in terms of quality. And in the case of The Shining you'd have two adaptations to compare, Kubrick's and King's own attempt.
Disagree on American Psycho, though I can see why some people would find it tedious (Bateman's endless lists of products and brands spring to mind). I liked the movie and book about equally, though for different reasons. The movie was much funnier, and the book was deeply upsetting. Oddly enough, I read it right after having read Trump Tower (a "book" "by" Donald Trump) and those lists of expensive things were played totally straight in that one, so I found it even more incisive of that vapid culture.
At risk of sounding cringe, I feel like a proud mama right now. I’ve been a sub since before you even started the TCAP series, and even though you were hella funny back then and your videos were still great, you’ve come such a long way since those days. The amount of pride you take in your work and the obvious level of hard work you put into every video is seriously impressive and the new setup where you’re moving around for effect is FANTASTIC. Really, love this- it’s especially fitting when you’re reviewing horror, but it works amazingly well here too. And perhaps the most prevalent reason for this proud madre energy is your scripts. The fact that you’re even reading off of a script is impressive, bc you’re awesome at making it sound as if you’re just chatting- coming up with these thoughts on the spot. But beyond that, your insights, your logic, your vocabulary and your eye/ear for detail are at 100%. I know people change as they mature, but you have become so analytical and comedically intelligent in such a big way over the past few years. You’re funnier than ever, and that’s saying a lot. Sorry if I sound too motherly or like an ass kisser here, but I felt a genuine sense of pride watching this (and other recent videos that I rewatch),and I can honestly say that you are one of maybe 3 or 4 RUclipsrs that make content I can watch over and over again, and you’re at the top of that list. Thanks for all of the fire content over the past several years, GG. I know I don’t just speak for myself when I say that I really appreciate all of the laughs, especially during the darkest time most of us have ever seen. As long as you keep making content, you know I’ll keep watching.
Usually the book is better, because the story was meant to be a book, not a movie. Alan Moore illustrates this very well when talking about the film adaptations of his iconic comics, V for Vendetta and Watchmen. Both adaptations failed because the story of both were meant specifically for the medium of comic books, not films. Also the V For Vendetta movie is extremely americanized, when the comic was inspired by some political events that were going on in Britain at the time, while the movie makes it more closer to 9/11. Just from this example, you can see how many book-to-film adaptations completely fail to hold the soul and integrity of it's source material.
Watchmen actually did fine. It changed some stuff up that needed to be changed. It was pretty good comic movie and a lot of people agree. V for vendetta was ok. I didn't like the Americanization of it though. Alan Moore isn't a good example to use as he's stated multiple times he's not a big fan of movies and despises any of his works being adapted even if they're good adaptions
I know this comment is a year old now but reading it and finding out that v for vendetta is considered a bad movie adaptation is so funny to me because I love that movie to death lmao easily in my top 10
I have no idea if it's more thanks to GG of the author but the part where he's describing the final part of the book is just so incredibly engaging and awesome, I love rewatching this video just for the description of the villain's death scene. SO GOOD.
If this becomes a series, Jaws would be a good one to do. I the movie is drastically different than the book but I really enjoy both for their own different paths they go down.
The book is always better as a rule of thumb because you can just pack so much more information and detail into a book than you can a movie, it is also good because the reader gets to relate more intimately with the story, they read the words and generate the story in their own minds, whereas with shows and movies you're just a passenger to someone else's interpretation.
I love this type of review! I saw this movie back in October and I really liked it, but now that I know there is a book and hearing a bit about that, I agree the book is MUCH better and the movie did not do it justice. I love to see how passionate you were about this video and I hope that means we can expect more break downs like this in the future. Love you bb ❤️❤️
Man, if you want another prime example of a book being better than the movie, it's Netflix's "The Ritual". The movie leaves out, I shit you not, an entire 50% of the book. Including the actual ending, reasoning for the events proceeding it, and a TON of character development. (As well as an entire half of the character cast.) Regardless, I enjoyed this a lot as an avid reader. Appreciate the content and effort you put into it, GG.
I'd love to see more of these book/novel VS. movie videos. The Shining/Dr. Sleep, Of Mice And Men, To Kill A Mockingbird and even Frankenstein (1931) come to mind.
My first real clash with a movie version of a book was The Maze Runner. I loved the books so much and was excited to watch the movies with my friend. I couldn't even make it halfway through the first movie before I had to tap out.
If you continue this as a series, you should do a comparison between the book and film version of Bullet Train (aka Maria Beetle) since there are some drastic differences between the two and the movie received decent praise/attention. It’d be interesting to hear your opinion on the characters each medium decided to put more focus on.
Years back the husband and I got these reading lamps that were apparently marketed for breastfeeds in the night. They are actually amazing lamps though. Two little bunny ear lights that can be bended and shaped however you want, a soft but very strong clip, multiple choices of illumination. If you want a really great headlamp I’d look at these. They’re a little pricy at $20.00 per, but we’ve had them for years now and use them almost daily and they are still plunking along. You can find them in the book isle of target 🎯
You're the only content creator who's ads I actually watch through. They're gold. Man, I still can't believe you don't have a million followers on the tubes yet.
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"I don't like beating a dead horse, but the horse killed my family and I am vengeful" is the greatest use of an idiom I have ever seen.
As soon as I got to him saying that, I scrolled down to the comments to make sure someone pointed out this glorious line.
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Hello, my name is Rayden GG. You killed my father. Prepare to die.
@@terreliv His name is Rayden???
The movie writers really saw "Ed was a vet" and went "oh yeah like a badass military guy right". We were robbed of the world's most pathetic ex-veterinarian trying his best smh
The vet-vet misunderstanding also pops up in Bodies Bodies Bodies, which is a super fun watch.
@81Point2 I definitely love that movie, but it really defeats my Autistic rewatch problem
@@81Point2i'm like 90% sure the actress for darby was in that omg
wait, he was a veterinarian in the book? .........like for animals lol?
I would love for this to become a new series where you compare books to movies and decide which one is better, that would be cool
Start with Twilight 😆
Yes please GG, I think narration it’s one of your many fortes. Exploit it please 🙏🏾
Krimsonrogue has a series exactly about that, it's called "the book was better". It's very good.
@@mauri-mattiaslaanesaar5305 I was coming to mention just this!
Dominic Noble does something similar with his Lost In Adaptation series.
I was coming to the comments to say the same thing!
Will this become a series? Book vs Movie cause that would be interesting to watch and compare
Imagine him covering The Giver.
@@Tayl0r_ I really enjoyed reading the Giver as a kid
@@lexus87 So did I!! It was a academic/educational requirement or at least apart of my own teacher’s curriculum to read it in 7th grade. But it was something that really hit me and it’s never left my thoughts.
10/10 book
5/10 movie lol
@@Tayl0r_ same here I read it in 5th grade I believe, don’t remember too much of the movie I think it was very different from the book if I remember correctly
@@Tayl0r_ that would be a very interesting video. The Giver movie was no where near the book. We watched it in English class and everyone was talking about how many things were different.
The closest movie/book combo is Matilda, mostly because Danny DeVito fought tooth-and-nail to keep it close.
I was shocked reading the book and how closely they kept the characters to their likeness in the movie.
god i love danny devito, hes a fuckin PRINCE
Sadly they changed a few things. Things that make no sense. Like Matilda father calling her stupid or some shit. Appearantly that was too much but a little girl being swung around by her pigtails was acceptable.
@@Sage_Orias_YT I guess violence is fine in a kids movie as long as it's cartoonish violence. However the part where Trunchbull shatters that cake platter on the fat kid's head is a straight up felony.
No country for old men
The Martian and Annihilation are amazing movie adaptations. The Martian is almost exactly like the book. Annihilation has a lot of changes and a different ending, yet they did such a wonderful job it made me love it even more. The writers of both movies clearly cared about what they were adapting.
I love both the book and movie for Annihilation. Ultimately though they end up as vastly different experiences with a thinly veiled thread between them being "Scientists go to a place and crazy stuff happens."
@@bransonallen2925 lol yes! The way everyone loses it is so interesting when you notice the differences the writers took from the author. I own the books and I talked my friend’s ear off comparing the two when we left the theater.
@leia3771 I much prefer Lena in the book over the movie. The drama feels a lot more real as a breakdown of a relationship, them both just being such vastly different people that love each other. Her inner monolog and introverted aspects are really well written in the context of a relationship and how it could cause a rift, as opposed to the really simple "I cheated on my husband and he went on a suicide mission."
The movie is still a visual mindbomb though and I love the CGI and effects present in it, especially the flower village and lighthouse scenes.
@@bransonallen2925 me too. Lena’s inner monologue just pulls you in. The scene in the book where they are going down the staircase and she accidentally breaths in the spores. I think I read it three times before I moved on. It’s so chilling and I love the way he writes Lena. But the scene in the movie where they find the video camera her husband shot. . . it feels like a gut punch everytime I think about it.
I fucking love Annihilation
I actually like hearing about differences between books and movies so this is dope
Do you watch Cinefix's "What's the Difference?" If not, I highly recommend so
also recommend Dominic Noble's "lost in adaptation" series on yt. its awesome and hes funny
I would recommend krimsonrogue, he can be highly critical and videos tend to be a hrs long but very informative and entertaining nonetheless
@@RainyDays2790 I love ❤️ 😍 lost in adaptation with Dominic Noble.
@@masterace9543 I second this
drugs in a rehab employees car is.... far from unheard of. I've been through rehab more than once (and things have been good for around 7 years now), and at both the rehabs I've been too, and even some of the hospital run detox centers, there has been issues with staff supplying addicts. At one rehab there was a lesbian employee who was sleeping with almost all the young female clients and suppling them mdma, coke, and mushrooms.
Also have too say, only someone who has not spent time outside in snow at night would think if you turn off a flashlight you can't see. Its so easy to see in the dark with snow. It reflects a fuck ton of moon light and is such a contrast to a person it's almost impossible to lose someone. Yes, even in the woods.
the snow storm would be a better cover, I've been in a car during Snow storms enough times to know you cant see more than 10 feet in front of you and shining a flashlight is the only reason you can see said 10 feet but it also hurts your eyes as the snow reflects the light back.
An addict in recovery talking about their experience in rehab....with the name "d_ruggs". Chummon, mayun.
I love how he starts yelling "IN THE BOOK" more and more cuz he _knows_ how annoying that is and he's just mad at himself for being that annoying. He has no choice. Annoying is the only right path.
Its like a sickly sweet poison. You just
Its hell. Its a special hell
Me when I talk about how I love the one of us is lying book BUT THE FREAKING SHOW CHANGED TOO MUCH
literally!
but the way i do this in everyday conversations so often :') just put me down
I'm just glad people are still reading and loving it out here tbh
This is why you gotta form/join a book club. It gets you to read outside your comfort zone AND you can bitch about the book and/or movie with someone who understands!
It's one thing to be able to re-tell the plot of a movie really well because you can use clips, etc., but to re-tell a book really well, and describe it so well that not only is the listener able to picture the scenes well in their mind, but even after having the whole book "spoiled," still want to read the book, is a very impressive thing. I hope you do more of these!
This video has made me want to read the book. Always amazes me how often movie adaptations are completely botched
Sometimes it feels like producers/directors/show runners actively hate the source material they’re adapting 😂
Same here.
Duh
Books are typically a passion project where movies are a cash grab
That was my experience with the ninth gate movie, it didn't click I had read the book until the very end
You really hit perfectly on the issue I have with most book adaptations. It's not the minute details, or even more moderate plot changes (though those CAN get irritating), it's when the make changes to the CHARACTER that changes who they are. For instance, I understand that the Shining is considered an amazing movie and Kubrick is genius, etc. etc., but the fact that Jack Torrence is so different and how he died changed his entire arc completely gets under my skin. He is still a recovering alcoholic with anger issues in the book, but it's played much more as a father with issues who wants to do better but is struggling, even more so at the hands of the hotel. You feel empathy for this guy. I like Jack Nicholson as an actor, but he did NOT portray this version of Torrence. It was far more manic. And then, in the book, his beautiful arc is concluded by him using his brief moment of lucidness during the final chase and attack to CHOOSE to blow up the hotel and himself along with it in order to give his family the chance to escape. The movie? yea no, he froze to death trying to kill his son, no redemption, no nothing. SIIIIIIIIIIGH
It did kill me that they just ax Hallorann. Imagine a 300 style slow mo shot of him lighting his gasolined up arm then punching that attacking hedge lion
Love that movie, almost more “inspired by” than adapted from- Jack has a great arc in the book, but without his internal monologue I don’t know how well you could make him as likeable and forgivable.
& I love how Wendy gets more agency, action, and strength in the movie, correct me if I’m wrong but I don’t remember her being super distinct as a character in the novel. (there’s a great video on Kubrick book adaptations that discusses some of the differences in depth, I’ll edit the title here if I can find it)
From my experience the book really is better than the movie about 8/10 times. A large part of that is usually due to the fact that when you read something you can picture it in the way that is most appealing to you, and another part is that books have more time to explore and create a scene/atmosphere than a movie does.
*due to the fact
It just makes it much more personal and unique to you. I be gettin the same effect sometimes from songs I really like and then watching their official music videos and just feelin a lil disappointed.
Books are better then movies for two reason… A. You create your perfect vision for the visuals based on the writers descriptions of characters, scenarios, setting, etc…
2. You get way more character development which ties you to the characters which makes you care more, often times movies can’t or just doesn’t chose to flesh out characters which overall hurts the story…
"Books are better than the movies" is usually true, but "the original is better than the adaptation" is less often true. The Matilda movie is better than the book; one of the few adaptations out there where they had to ADD stuff cuz the original wasn't long enough. The Heathers musical is better than the 1980's movie; the story is a lot tighter, the songs give better motivations for characters and plot points, and the comedy hits harder. And then there's Good Omens, which somehow managed to have a good book and a good show, though they each have their own things they chose to focus.
Edit: OH YEAH, and an infamous example: Fifty Shades of Grey is not a good story by any means, BUT the movie is actually slightly better than the book due to changes made by the director in the first movie. It could have been *a lot* better, too, if the author of the book wasn't so tyrannical with changing anything from her text.
@@LunaWitcherArt The Boys is also generally better than the source material. They took out most of the rape jokes and pointless edginess, and added a lot more character to the seven, who were basically just 1-dimensional shitheads in the comics. I'm not happy with what they did with Black Noir, who had the most memorable twist in the comics, but... whatever.
As someone who had been watching Dominic Noble and KrimsonRogue for years, seeing GG do a book vs movie comparison video is an unexpected but a most welcomed Christmas gift for me.
Same 😍
Doubt I'm going to get anymore book vs movie videos from you but I loved it
Same! I loved every minute!
I hope he does more, I loved this
If this does become a series, I'd love to see both The Shining and Doctor Sleep. The Shining deviated heavily but is a masterpiece, and Doctor Sleep was far more faithful and very well done.
I do think doctor sleep the book is better overall but yes the movie is incredible and made the baseball boy scene truly unwatchable for me and I’ve seen some fucked up stuff in books and movies before so I didn’t expect that to hit so hard
The kid in that scene did such a good job he actively unsettled the adults on set. Several adult actors had to step away from the scene for a while during shooting because they were so shook up by Jacob Tremblay's acting. Mad props to Jacob because that shit is harrowing.@@gabrieldevoogel6225
Dr. Sleep was a total surprise cause it was really good
I always thought Dr. Sleep (movie) was so totally underrated and wasn't as successful as it should've been. Ewan McGregor does a great job playing adult Danny and the whole shine, True Knot storyline is soooo unique.
@@gabrieldevoogel6225 dude I've seen some top-tier disturbing films (Gozu, Antichrist, Irreversible, I Saw The Devil, etc.), but that scene w/ the baseball boy was honestly more disturbing for me than any other scene from any of those films
Two books' movies that are _very_ faithful to their books' source material are _Like Water For Chocolate,_ and _Psycho_ (author Robert Bloch was screwed out of the screenplay; he said the only thing he'd have changed would have tightened up the exposition at the end, otherwise it was extremely faithful except for the shower scene: in the original novella the murder is an end-of-chapter shock, conveying Marion seeing the knife, which "cut off her scream, and her head"...). Bob actually liked Hitchcock's version of the shower scene.
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is another one
Battle Royale I thought was pretty spot on. I got RINGU by Suzuki Koji for Christmas looking forward to see the book/movie go.
not the same genre but i remember reading "because of windixey" as a kiddo and then seeing the film it was page for page basically the same minus very few minute details
@@RainyDays2790 Impressive...
Don’t forget The Shining!
I feel generally that media tends to be better in its original format bc it was made w its format in mind. This book especially is a psychological thriller that leans really heavily on the psychological part. A lot of the forward momentum of the book comes from Darby’s internal battles as she debates her next move knowing that any wrong move can get her and everyone around her killed. The movie is just… plucking events from the narrative and desperately jamming them together like puzzle pieces chosen from a set at random.
Anyway… I’m going to go reread the book now 😃
While I complete agree with you. it wasn’t even just the psychological part that the movie was missing. There are major parts of the book that made the book eerie and thrilling that are completely taken out and changed. Like when Ashley smashes Darby’s face into the table, the entire chapter where Jay and Darby escape with the car, the ziplock bag scene, Darby’s fight with Lars, Jay shooting and killing Ashley, and the ending. So much of the narrative is removed and some scenes in the movie are rewritten out of order. It honestly seems like the producers of this film purposely WANTED to make it bad for some reason. This is the first book to movie adaptation I would tell people that it wouldn’t matter whether they watched the movie or read the book first because either way, the book will not be spoiled for you. 😂
Please, for the love of god, do more of these. I'd love to see more side-by-side comparisons between horror movies and books, it'd be really neat to watch,
If you haven't found him yet, you might enjoy Dominic Noble's series where he compares movies to their books. It's called Lost In Adaptation
I really hate it when movies depict nail guns as being able to shoot nails like a hand gun. Nail guns only fire a nail when the nose of the gun is pressed against a hard surface.
How hard? Would the one in her wrist work?
@@Tazzie1312 when i had to re-shingle the sheds roof, you had to press down a little hard and thered be a kind of a click? and then you could shoot it
I guess a lot of people say the books are better because you can get way more into describing certain events in a book that you can in a movie.
I've started to believe that some stories only work on book format, you can have narration and descriptions for a long ass time and work, which doesnt always happen on movies. Time is also an issue, cuts are necessary to have an accepatable lenght and sometimes important things are lost
@@bruuh0_0 Shit look at Fear and Loathing, the movie is notable for being really close to the book, and even that cut out like 20% of the story
nah it's largely because Hollywood is bankrupt and will sell you a trash film based on the book and hope the hype of the name alone will sell it...for everything
Regardless of how well described, we all envision things differently based on our personal experiences and imagination when reading. In movies, we all get the same vision, that of the filmmakers, and it's not always as appealing.
@My Next Trick I gotta disagree on that, kind of. Maybe a "not nessicarily" because while I see the point, I don't think that is a rule, rather a product of whatever individual writing style went into any given movie. I think a movie that is based off of a book certainly can be bad for that reason, but I don't think that translating one unique medium into another will nessicarily make for a bad movie just because you supposedly can't take advantage of its uniqueness, which a good writer certainly can even when translating from a different medium, in my subjective opinion. Out of curiosity though, I gotta ask, do you really not like any movie that is based on a book? Or am I just misunderstanding what you mean?
I just want to say that I saw the first part of this video and was like "You know what, I will go read the book first. I don't want to have any regrets." But I instead found a 1944 play by the same name and became way more invested in that before coming back to this video, realizing it was the wrong thing and giving up and watching it anyway. The play is great, btw.
I think this is a great and unique way of doing something different with movie reviews and I love it. If you enjoyed reading the book I would really like to see more things like this in the future !
As you started talking about the story it sounded really interesting so I paused the video and ordered the book online. After I got it I finished it in four days. I really enjoyed the book I often read it at the library (I know I'm an old person living in a young person's body). I'm so glad I read this book before making the impulsive decision of getting it all spoiled by mista gg. Thanks for getting me to read.
Okay I’m early but I’m totally on board with a Mista GG crossover to Booktube .
Mista GG vs KrimsonRogue lightsaber duel when?
GG vs The Dom, bat vs sword!
Edit:
Ima put my money on GG. Dom's said he has some training with a sword, he comes across as a showy flourisher and I got a feeling GG's not only more a straight-to-the-point pragmatic three strikes yer out, but a beast when pushed to a corner (especially by a skinny dude with a queen's english accent)...
@@user-zh4vo1kw1z Dom would definitely appreciate this video. I’d love to see them do a Lost in Adaptation kind of review together.
@@PocchariYup, I think their styles would work very well together, oddly enough. One of the reasons I immediately thought of him :p
@@user-zh4vo1kw1z Don’t forget that Dom can create clones of himself.
This was amazing, loved the dramatic storytimes, the retelling and the differences between the book and the movie, so good. Watched the end scene many times
23:03 did you know the reason most pirates wore an eyepatch, was for this very reason. It wasn't always an eye injury, often they used an eyepatch so they can see when night time came along
Not for night time, but switching between the sunlit upper deck to the dim lantern lit lower decks.
@@Eidolon1andOnly or even so they could go into the study and not have to adjust
Sorry, but that's a myth. Pirates had a sort of insurance system for losing different parts of their body in battle, and compensation for losing an eye was one of the highest. So most of them would either gouge it out or just put on a show to get that sweet cash.
@@garretthberne3035 no it was a myth that they were all injuries. It's true that some of them wore it because of injuries, but like me and @Eidolon said, it was also used for swapping between brightness. It can't be a myth when it's an actual thing
@@thejoeman0123 it is but it's not as effective as you think, and boarding in a way Pirates of the Carribean or video games show it was not a thing. Do some research.
worker at a rehab center havin some nose candy in the car is the most believable part of the movie
This kinda reminds me of how people say that “The Manga is better then the Anime”. As someone who grew up with Anime. I used to hate people that would say that the Manga would be way better. As I’ve started to grow and get more into reading. I actually have to agree. A lot of the Writing and all Around Visuals are sooo much more detailed and get more in-depth then the Anime’s by a long shot. A lot of the Animation in the Anime can try and replicate scenes from the Pages of the manga, but just can’t get it down to the T. Best example is Junji Itos Manga’s Vs Anime Adaptations & Live Action Movie Adaptations. They just can’t replicate his masterpiece of an art style.
Same I use to be an anime only guy till I decided to pick up berserk for me personally I prefer the pacing in manga than anime a lot of anime tends to drag on to long
Much agreement on the Junji Ito! It's so bizarre how giving something movement can take so much life from it. (This is coming from the Inu-Yasha/Chobits anime era.)
@@JamesW609 That’s literally the first manga I started reading that for real made me change my perspective lmao
@@foxemartin exactly!
As a diehard Tokyo Ghoul fan, this is so true
THIS IS A GREAT BOOK. SO GLAD YOU AGREED. Everyone HAS to read it. It is insanely good. I read it a while ago and probably re read it at least 3 times... it doesnt get old even when you know the ending. Its probably one of my favourite thriller books and is so well written and the author really knows how to fully immerse you in the story. 10/10 reccomend this book to any lover of thrillers! I also didnt much like the movie as it didnt do any of the characters justice.
I love this book!! It's definitely better on the 2nd and 3rd readings when you know what's going on and can pick up on all of the warning signs/foreshadowing.
Really, really loved this video! I know this was done just to test the theory, but I definitely wouldn't complain if this became a recurring series of book to movie comparisons.
the way he puts effort into every video, including making songs for his sponsors i love it so much
Holy crap! You did such an amazing job with this recap. I saw this movie a few months ago and I wold love to see you do more of these mainly with movies that are closer to the book like “The Omen”, Firestarter, or movies that were popular but just incredibly different from the source material. Oh man something that I didn’t even think I needed but now need more of “Storytime with Papa GG” needs to be a monthly thing!
I adore Story Time with Papa GG, this is brilliant and I will take this Book Vs. Movie twist as often as you would like to give it to us
Edit to say: I think this is the reason a lot of suspense films (that are based on books) fall flat. Books allow for so much internal speculation between the characters and the audience, like being able to witness Darby's thought process. That alone builds tension. But in movies, it's a lot harder to achieve this, so it all feels rushed, mindless, and often times Idiotic: you're missing the lead up to the decision and WHY the character is doing that specifically.
haven’t watched the video yet, but this book is cheesy special to me because I was reading it when my partner and I started dating. he took an interest in it because I would tell him about it, so he read it also. then a few months later we were hanging out flipping through hulu and boom it was a movie (we didn’t know it was being adapted) so it was super fun being able to watch the movie and roast it together. from what I remember about both, I definitely liked the book better.
also unrelated to this video really and everything else I said but I just remembered I was listening to the climactic ending of this book on audible when I got into a pretty bad car wreck and after the dust settled the radio was still playing it lol. (everyone turned out fine, my prius not so much). but yeah lots of memories attached to this one novel LOL .
@@rinnielikesmemes note to self: A Prius is a fairly safe car.
@@JudgeNicodemus oh yeah the front of the car crumpled like paper but I walked away with only a few scrapes. it was one of those compact ones.
I can't help but drool over the cinematography of this video, not including the movie. You seriously put your whole cajones into this video. We appreciate it ❤️
Oooh please do more of these. Man, I know tackling novels takes forever when doing a full review and comparison but man... this was spectacular.
I genuinely love all the change in settings and actions you're doing throughout the video. It gives it a real cinematic feeling!
This movie was the PERFECT length 👌🏾 we need more of these Johnny Sins cuts! I loved how much depth you were able to add to this film by including the book, it was like a reverse reading rainbow type beat ❤️🔥
Being righteously annoying is the best kind of annoying. We need more Book vs. Movie videos, GG.
*_The world_* needs you
I swear each video I watch gets better and better. I never hear anyone talking about GG. The man deserves more credit!
Funny thing, I became part of a book club a friend of mine made last month and this is the first book we read, and just yesterday, we had a discussion of the last seven chapters and we saw the movie immediately after the discussion, and I was also bugged by the inconsistencies, but then again, I wasn’t as bugged by these inconsistencies as much as I was about the Percy Jackson movies
Man should definitely make an album of his sponsorship songs 😁
I was thinking the same. He's a natural at it for sure
The fact that you go through the books and the movies gives your videos so much more value. I have so much respect for that man.
The fucking CoD Zombies "Carpenter" sound effect at 28:16 fucking killed me.
This has to be my favourite of your videos by far. This makes me want to actually get the book so I can see exactly what you were talking about, regardless of you telling us how it ends because the way you explain the narrative makes me want to experience it more than I would have if you just did a review of the movie without the book. Perfect Blue is a good runner up, but this one is one of the most perfect movie reviews of yours I have ever seen
One of the most original creators out there
you know a book is good when I teared up at your description of eds last stand. You know a movie is trash when the same scene made me chuckle
i loved this so much. you gave such good visuals from the movie along with your synopsis from the book.
PLEASE DO MORE OF THESE OMG- i adore ur breakdowns sm !! justice for ed tbh, his character was actually really good in the book, his growth arc was something i genuinely felt so much about, total flop for the movie to ruin him like that
GG please consider making more videos in this format! It was very enjoyable
Any chance we could get more of this, comparing a horror book to its movie? This video was fantastic, I loved the side-by-side breakdown of the differences and where the movie failed, and I would love to see more.
No Exit is one of my all time favorite books so it made me really happy to see my favorite youtuber do a video based on the book and its crappy movie! Excellent work as always GG!
So I suggested this book to my friends, we all read it then watched the movie. We all overwhelming agreed that book was much better (and a great read)! I loved your breakdown after the whole saga and the push to read this book in the first place!
I'm loving these new camera angles in the videos. Props to the boi GG for changing it up! A1 content 🔥
I realize these kinds of videos take a bunch of work and I really appreciate you doing this. If you're still reading comments on this video, maybe continue this as a series?
Alternatively, maybe grab some big booktubers, like Daniel Greene, Dominic Noble, or Krimson Rogue for a Pick-A-Hand video. That'd be really freaking cool.
Great video. Love your commentary, love your comedy, adore you.
“i don’t mean to keep beating a dead horse, but that horse killed my family and i am vengeful” is my new life motto
just came back to say i just read the book and even with all these spoilers it was still amazing, still suspenseful, still made me want to rip my hair out even though i knew what happened !!
I loved the way the video was structured and your story telling is always top-notch, make not feasible but as a fan of your commentaries, I think more videos like this every now and then would be fantastic.
Okay no joke I bought the book because I liked the movie, AND it's on my 2023 reading list. I saved this to my "Watch Later" and I will be back in a couple months after I have read it. I will say thought a large number of "how to read more guides" highly recommend getting a book that a movie you like was based on, or even a book adaption of a movie (those are a thing). They say it helps you devote fewer mental resources to plot, and more to the nuances of character, language, etc. and can improve your overall reading skill.
At 32:02 GG quoted the movie “if you move, i’ll kill you” then an ad played for a fitness gym for me. It made me laugh harder than i’d like to admit
I love this format. More of these please in the coming year 🥺
Holy crap. I started out eating my lunch while I was watching this, but half way through, I had to stop and just listen. The book sounds amazing. Thank you so much for this breakdown, it definitely made me want to read this some day. 👍
I adore the book vs movie format and truly hope you do more like it! 🥰🥰❤️❤️ Great job!
I just wanted to comment that I absolutely love your reviews, your taste in movies and humor, and I your channel so much! I hope you rise in popularity and get the recognition you deserve for being awesome. Keep the uploads coming, Mista GG- you have made fans. ❤❤❤
I would love to see this kinda video for more book and movie comparisons! This was so good!
I paused the video about 3 minutes in to get the book first thanks to you - read it in three days, loved it, and came back to finish the video. Thanks for a great recommendation!
GG really outdid himself with this review. Appreciate the work you put into videos like this! Keep up the good work & happy new year everybody
I think one thing that's really interesting with book adaptations is how they are adapted. Books are a great medium for introspective main characters, but it can be challenging to show in a very visual medium (e.g. why Jane Austen's "Persuasion" works much better as a book and hasn't yet had a successful adaptation). I think a lot of times when "the book was better", it's a case of the movie not having been adapted in a way that puts the medium at its strength.
That being said, I think there are some movies that have retrospective changes that end up enhancing the story. E.g. I think "The woman in black" works better as a movie than as a book.
More of these kind of videos please! Fascinating to hear all the differences!
43:57 JESUS he is deadly with anything, Jerry is a scary scary man.
I remember reading this book, and the fact that I made the mistake of starting it while at school, so I spent the entire day thinking about it and in suspense when I was in class and unable to read it 😂. I read it every spare minute I had until I finished it. I’m pretty sure it only took one day. Great book. 10/10 edge-of-your-seat feelings.
Hey GG I seriously hope you do more of these Book Vs Movie videos because this is honestly one of my favorite videos of yours now
I love all of your movie reviews but this could be a new series (as long as you don't mind reading additional books for videos!) Not sure if the Terraria bit was from you or your editor but it caught me off guard so much that I replayed it a bunch. I love that game so much and I never see it referenced like so many other games are when choosing what jokes to add through the edit.
Glad the reference wasn't in vain😇
I'm guessing the movie makes the MC a drug addic so she can have a cliché redemption arch. The child she's trying to save is a metaphor for her remaining goodness and by saving the girl, she'll recover that part of herself and have a reason to stop using drugs.
i dont skip ads for two channels. internet historian and mista gg.
I love this book vs movie idea for a series! I've always used American Psycho as an example of a movie being better than the book (the book is an exercise in tedium). Stephen King would be a good place to start since his books are easy reads that have WILDLY different kinds of adaptations in terms of quality. And in the case of The Shining you'd have two adaptations to compare, Kubrick's and King's own attempt.
Disagree on American Psycho, though I can see why some people would find it tedious (Bateman's endless lists of products and brands spring to mind). I liked the movie and book about equally, though for different reasons. The movie was much funnier, and the book was deeply upsetting. Oddly enough, I read it right after having read Trump Tower (a "book" "by" Donald Trump) and those lists of expensive things were played totally straight in that one, so I found it even more incisive of that vapid culture.
I saw the intro, bought the book, and read it in two days so I could come back and watch this. 😂 That’s how excited I get for Mista GG videos
At risk of sounding cringe, I feel like a proud mama right now. I’ve been a sub since before you even started the TCAP series, and even though you were hella funny back then and your videos were still great, you’ve come such a long way since those days.
The amount of pride you take in your work and the obvious level of hard work you put into every video is seriously impressive and the new setup where you’re moving around for effect is FANTASTIC. Really, love this- it’s especially fitting when you’re reviewing horror, but it works amazingly well here too.
And perhaps the most prevalent reason for this proud madre energy is your scripts. The fact that you’re even reading off of a script is impressive, bc you’re awesome at making it sound as if you’re just chatting- coming up with these thoughts on the spot.
But beyond that, your insights, your logic, your vocabulary and your eye/ear for detail are at 100%. I know people change as they mature, but you have become so analytical and comedically intelligent in such a big way over the past few years. You’re funnier than ever, and that’s saying a lot.
Sorry if I sound too motherly or like an ass kisser here, but I felt a genuine sense of pride watching this (and other recent videos that I rewatch),and I can honestly say that you are one of maybe 3 or 4 RUclipsrs that make content I can watch over and over again, and you’re at the top of that list.
Thanks for all of the fire content over the past several years, GG. I know I don’t just speak for myself when I say that I really appreciate all of the laughs, especially during the darkest time most of us have ever seen. As long as you keep making content, you know I’ll keep watching.
Usually the book is better, because the story was meant to be a book, not a movie. Alan Moore illustrates this very well when talking about the film adaptations of his iconic comics, V for Vendetta and Watchmen. Both adaptations failed because the story of both were meant specifically for the medium of comic books, not films. Also the V For Vendetta movie is extremely americanized, when the comic was inspired by some political events that were going on in Britain at the time, while the movie makes it more closer to 9/11. Just from this example, you can see how many book-to-film adaptations completely fail to hold the soul and integrity of it's source material.
Watchmen actually did fine. It changed some stuff up that needed to be changed. It was pretty good comic movie and a lot of people agree. V for vendetta was ok. I didn't like the Americanization of it though. Alan Moore isn't a good example to use as he's stated multiple times he's not a big fan of movies and despises any of his works being adapted even if they're good adaptions
I know this comment is a year old now but reading it and finding out that v for vendetta is considered a bad movie adaptation is so funny to me because I love that movie to death lmao easily in my top 10
I have no idea if it's more thanks to GG of the author but the part where he's describing the final part of the book is just so incredibly engaging and awesome, I love rewatching this video just for the description of the villain's death scene. SO GOOD.
If this becomes a series, Jaws would be a good one to do. I the movie is drastically different than the book but I really enjoy both for their own different paths they go down.
The book is always better as a rule of thumb because you can just pack so much more information and detail into a book than you can a movie, it is also good because the reader gets to relate more intimately with the story, they read the words and generate the story in their own minds, whereas with shows and movies you're just a passenger to someone else's interpretation.
I need more of this content. I see quite a bit of book adaption videos, but this was on another level, and it was very entertaining 😄
tbr w you ur promos are the only ones that i watch thoroughly on youtube
I love this type of review! I saw this movie back in October and I really liked it, but now that I know there is a book and hearing a bit about that, I agree the book is MUCH better and the movie did not do it justice. I love to see how passionate you were about this video and I hope that means we can expect more break downs like this in the future. Love you bb ❤️❤️
Man, if you want another prime example of a book being better than the movie, it's Netflix's "The Ritual". The movie leaves out, I shit you not, an entire 50% of the book. Including the actual ending, reasoning for the events proceeding it, and a TON of character development. (As well as an entire half of the character cast.)
Regardless, I enjoyed this a lot as an avid reader. Appreciate the content and effort you put into it, GG.
I should find the book since I loved the movie! :0
Spent the past few days binging your Predator chronicles for the first time. Love you GG! Thanks for the laughs!
I absolutely loved this video, wish to see this type of content in the future. Happy new year and all the best to you!
I'd love to see more of these book/novel VS. movie videos. The Shining/Dr. Sleep, Of Mice And Men, To Kill A Mockingbird and even Frankenstein (1931) come to mind.
GG this might be my favorite video of yours, and I've been a fan for literal years. PLEASE continue this series, man
In regards to the book, great story telling. Saw the movie a while back (it was ok) but you make the book sound way more interesting. Great job.
My first real clash with a movie version of a book was The Maze Runner. I loved the books so much and was excited to watch the movies with my friend. I couldn't even make it halfway through the first movie before I had to tap out.
If you continue this as a series, you should do a comparison between the book and film version of Bullet Train (aka Maria Beetle) since there are some drastic differences between the two and the movie received decent praise/attention. It’d be interesting to hear your opinion on the characters each medium decided to put more focus on.
Honestly love the book report GG hope there’s more videos to come in this format
Considering the amount of time it took you to finally get around to this, I’d love a yearly episode of you comparing a book to its movie counterpart.
He's reading haha nerd. This was genuinely a really interesting concept though.
You should make a series out of comparing the books to their movies.
Years back the husband and I got these reading lamps that were apparently marketed for breastfeeds in the night. They are actually amazing lamps though. Two little bunny ear lights that can be bended and shaped however you want, a soft but very strong clip, multiple choices of illumination. If you want a really great headlamp I’d look at these. They’re a little pricy at $20.00 per, but we’ve had them for years now and use them almost daily and they are still plunking along. You can find them in the book isle of target 🎯
This is by far my favorite movie review you've done! I think you should do more movie/book comparisons in the future!!!
You're the only content creator who's ads I actually watch through. They're gold. Man, I still can't believe you don't have a million followers on the tubes yet.