Pen to Film

Something to look for in a book to movie adaptation is the ratio of things added to things dropped altogether. An accurate adaption has a 1:2 ratio for every two things dropped one thing is added. “Hoot” is one of the most accurate book to movie adaptions, along with “Holes” and exhibits the above principle. While there are a few scenes changed, for obvious reasons, such as how Officer Delinko’s punishment is made more interesting and comical. In the book he was simply put on desk duty and given back his Crown Victoria to only drive to and from work with. In the movie he was taken off the case and given a small three wheeled truck. Only a few flashbacks that would be hard to tactfully convey are left out. And the amazing power of Beatrice’s teeth are diminished. But over all Hoot is definitely a Minor movie.

Things are looking grim. There are three points in the official first wave of casting that I must argue. One, the smallest problem, is the shorted and inaccurate summery of the first book “ Descended from a long line of criminal masterminds, 12-year-old genius Artemis Fowl finds himself in a battle of strength and cunning against a powerful, hidden race of fairies who may be behind his father’s disappearance.” this is from Entertainment website’s online post on casting. Okay close, but actually Artemis is searching for the fairies because they are an untapped wealth of legends that has the books put it “ He still retained a childlike belief in magic tempered by an adult determination to exploit it.” He needs the money to search for his long missing father who disappeared after a dispute with the Russian mafia over smuggled pop. But perhaps this simplified bit about the series is just that and no indicator of the movie plot.   Two, Mulch Diggums to be played by Josh Gad. From the ...