In
March of last year, I read the first book in the Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar
Children series. And I really liked it, awarding it a 5/5-star rating, it’s
pretty obvious that I was going to watch the movie as soon as it came out.
So,
this is my discussion, thoughts and feelings on the movie compared to the book.
It has
taken me approximately five months to write up this discussion about the movie...
B U T! It is most definitely not because
I hated the movie or anything! In fact, I feel the exact opposite and really
enjoyed and liked this movie.
But I
just happened to have forgotten about writing this post up until now... Sorry!
Anyway,
this movie actually had many aspects that I liked more than the book. For
example, when it came to Jake finding out about the children’s home and finally
leaving to go to the island, it progressed at a much quicker pace. I found this
more enjoyable than the book.
It
took about half the book for Jake to find all the clues and persuade his
parents and phycologist to go to the children’s home on this faraway island. So,
I must say the movie actually gets bonus points there!
One
thing that I was really confused and annoyed about when it came to the movie
was the fact that Emma had the wrong powers (or peculiarity – if you have read the
book or watched the movie, you’ll understand what I am talking about)! I just
don’t understand why you would change Emma from having fire powers to being as
light as air! It is just W R O N G!
Another
thing that I found a little weird about these books was the fact that the ending
was wayyyyyy off... Like I seriously just sat there and was like: “Umm, what in
the world is going on?!”
Basically,
the ending was pretty C R A Z Y! They just mushed all three books into the
ending. Leaving no reason for a second movie to ever be made. And it was weird
as heck! I can say on behalf of book lovers everywhere that the ending was a
crazy and messed up hellish excuse of a book-to-movie adaptation!
Overall,
this movie didn’t live up to my expectations. None the less, the movie was
still good and I would recommend watching it. But obviously, read the book!
Bloggers Note:
Thank
you so much for reading this BGTTM post! Let me know if you actually enjoy
reading these posts and if you do, I will start to post them more often!
Anyway,
I hope you are all having a fabulous new year and are reading some great books!
Until
next time, keep reading!
-Shelbi
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