Rare Occasions

Everyone knows that after reading a book, the movie is usually a disappointment. About 95% of the time, the book is better than the movie. Although I believe that this is true, I have found a couple instances where the movies are actually better than the movie. Two specific ones that I distinctly remember are the movie “21” based off of the book “Bringing down the House” by Ben Mezrich and “He’s just not that into you” based on the book by Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo . The book “Bringing Down the House”, is a tale of Mezrich’s life as a card counter. Although the movie is the same story, it makes a more exciting turn of events, and therefore a more action packed movie. The book deals a lot with the specifics of counting cards where the movie focuses more of the thrill of the event. In the case of “He’s just not that into you” the book is letters to the authors, and the authors respond. One reading the book would never expect this to turn into a movie, but the director of the movie did a fabulous job. They used specific stories and examples from the book about relationship issues and made them into characters in the movie. It was a very creative way to display a very mediocre book. It added a storyline to a “How to” type book. These are two books that I have read that just do not compare to the quality of the movies.