The day began with a trip to the cinema to see the Iron Giant. This is a Hollywood treatment of Ted Hughes’ book the Iron Man by Brad Bird. It’s really good film but as many people said: “It’s not the book.”
I wanted to shout: “Of course it’s not, it’s a film!”
Some people just don’t get different media have to deal differently with the same material. Nobody expects a painting to tell the whole story, a news report to give us a complete economic analysis of to doctorate level, unless they listen to Radio 4.
So next time you see a film of a book, try hard not to say: “It’s not like the book!”
It’s not because it isn’t.
Oh, by the way the phone returned with it's charger wrapped in a paper bag...
Funny old world isn't it.
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