New Article at Lorehaven: Why We Long for Movies to Match Their Books
My new article just went live on Lorehaven! It’s all about the unexpected theological reason why movies rarely live up to books. There are World War Z, Mary Poppins, Shrek, and C.S. Lewis references, so you won’t want to miss it!
From the article “Why We Long for Movies to Match Their Books”
It’s tricky business for creators to translate a book to screen. Fans endlessly nitpick film versions of the Harry Potter series, The Hunger Games, The Lord of the Rings, and even Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Good screenwriters know how to sacrifice fan-favorite moments to get good visual storytelling.
But sometimes you come across movies that bear no resemblance to their source materials, such as the film versions of Mary Poppins and World War Z…
