About This Blog

Welcome to Pen to Film! This blog is, as the name suggests, about book to movie adaptations. While each post will independently go over the pros and cons of each adaption, a scale will be used so that at a glance you can tell how close the film is to the book.
  • Major: This is the most disappointing kind of adaption for a bookworm. Perhaps it's a great movie, but it seems the screenwriters took the characters names and the setting then threw out the rest. Major plots are different, characters are added and/or subtracted, bottom line you can barely recognize the book it came from.
  • Medium: This is the movie that does a few changes here and there. They might add/subtract some important plot points/characters, but for the most part you can really see the story it came from.
  • Minor: This is the gold of book to movie adaptations. Little to no changes have been made and if any it's only rearranging/subtracting scences to fit movie formats. Consider yourself lucky if your favorite book is in this category.
I hope you find my posts both informative and funny, oh and be warned spoilers will always be around here.

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