I'll being by saying that this is an amazing book by Taylor Jenkins Reid. If you haven't read it by now I highly recommend you do.
From this moment on, I will address the movie and how they destroyed, in my humble opinion, the massage and story of this beautiful book.
The way Sam and Emma meet in the books is via working in her parents book store. This holds a lot of meaning, the development of their friendship and builds his character through their interactions. Whilst in the movie, they open in the pool party, with Sam and Emma talking, where in the books it was nothing like that.
Another big miss they had was Emma's best friend, Olive, where did she go?
The way the story was told wasn't according to the book and in my opinion was wrong in displaying the connection Emma had with Jesse and Sam.
When she learns about Jesse's return and goes to see him, they do not kiss or do anything else, which shows the struggle and inner conflict she had. In the movie they open with it. A very strange decision.
A big part of Jesse's story about the time he was gone had to do with the mystery surrounding the missing of the pinky finger. They decided to remove that from the movie completely. Can't figure why.
The way Emma and Jesse decide to go to the cabin was lacking the way of thinking that this decision was made in the book.
Also, in the movie, the way that Emma was supposed to be driving first and only after he said he would drive, ruined the thought behind the entire thing. It came to show a lot about his character and the movie missed that.
The scene where Emma and Jesse finally talk about their relationship was lacking in the movie and was so beautiful in the book. They missed on Emma cutting her hair and about the fact that she started playing the piano.
I also didn't realize why they showed so much of Sam's personal life. The book and the story really isn't about him. It is about Emma and her choices and her development. All the scenes with the teachers and the students were redundant.
They ruined Sam's character and most of the important scenes he had with Emma that were meant to show their relationship and the development they had, alongside her own growth.
I also really disliked the meeting between Emma and Sam the second time. It didn't show how she wasn't really ready to start something again. Also, their whole beautiful first date just vanished. They removed the piano man gag they had and all the inner jokes.
In the movie, Sam didn't tell Emma that it was too hard for him to be in contact with her and that he would reach out when he can. They completely missed the idea behind this narrative. The longing both Sam and Emma had for each other in the end.
The proposal. Why. Why. Why. The original scene was so beautiful, why would they tamper that in the movie. I honestly can't understand why they made this decision.
The timing of the letter and the scene of it all, the fact they chose it to be in the lighthouse. In that way, They hadn't shown the meaning that the lighthouse held for them and they just breezed through the entire process of excepting their (Emma and Jessy) relationship was over. They didn't show the entire fan of emotions each of them experienced, which was portrayed so beautifully in the book.
The relationship between the sisters was so poor, and worse than in the book. Her sister was more annoying than the book and generally I didn't like the direction her character took in the movie.
Small part that bugged me and was probably so that they could hire this specific actor, they changed Sam's surname from Kemper to Lee. Just a little weird.
In the end, where Jessy told her about his new love, was supposed to be a phone call. I loved that. He send her postcards but this information was important enough for him to call her. The postcard way of delivering the message that was portrayed in the movie took from that.
And overall, I didn't see the chemistry between the cast. Not between Emma and Sam and not between Emma and Jessy. Didn't love the editing and the transition between scenes.
If you stayed this far and haven't read the book yet, go do that. You'll thank me later.
From this moment on, I will address the movie and how they destroyed, in my humble opinion, the massage and story of this beautiful book.
The way Sam and Emma meet in the books is via working in her parents book store. This holds a lot of meaning, the development of their friendship and builds his character through their interactions. Whilst in the movie, they open in the pool party, with Sam and Emma talking, where in the books it was nothing like that.
Another big miss they had was Emma's best friend, Olive, where did she go?
The way the story was told wasn't according to the book and in my opinion was wrong in displaying the connection Emma had with Jesse and Sam.
When she learns about Jesse's return and goes to see him, they do not kiss or do anything else, which shows the struggle and inner conflict she had. In the movie they open with it. A very strange decision.
A big part of Jesse's story about the time he was gone had to do with the mystery surrounding the missing of the pinky finger. They decided to remove that from the movie completely. Can't figure why.
The way Emma and Jesse decide to go to the cabin was lacking the way of thinking that this decision was made in the book.
Also, in the movie, the way that Emma was supposed to be driving first and only after he said he would drive, ruined the thought behind the entire thing. It came to show a lot about his character and the movie missed that.
The scene where Emma and Jesse finally talk about their relationship was lacking in the movie and was so beautiful in the book. They missed on Emma cutting her hair and about the fact that she started playing the piano.
I also didn't realize why they showed so much of Sam's personal life. The book and the story really isn't about him. It is about Emma and her choices and her development. All the scenes with the teachers and the students were redundant.
They ruined Sam's character and most of the important scenes he had with Emma that were meant to show their relationship and the development they had, alongside her own growth.
I also really disliked the meeting between Emma and Sam the second time. It didn't show how she wasn't really ready to start something again. Also, their whole beautiful first date just vanished. They removed the piano man gag they had and all the inner jokes.
In the movie, Sam didn't tell Emma that it was too hard for him to be in contact with her and that he would reach out when he can. They completely missed the idea behind this narrative. The longing both Sam and Emma had for each other in the end.
The proposal. Why. Why. Why. The original scene was so beautiful, why would they tamper that in the movie. I honestly can't understand why they made this decision.
The timing of the letter and the scene of it all, the fact they chose it to be in the lighthouse. In that way, They hadn't shown the meaning that the lighthouse held for them and they just breezed through the entire process of excepting their (Emma and Jessy) relationship was over. They didn't show the entire fan of emotions each of them experienced, which was portrayed so beautifully in the book.
The relationship between the sisters was so poor, and worse than in the book. Her sister was more annoying than the book and generally I didn't like the direction her character took in the movie.
Small part that bugged me and was probably so that they could hire this specific actor, they changed Sam's surname from Kemper to Lee. Just a little weird.
In the end, where Jessy told her about his new love, was supposed to be a phone call. I loved that. He send her postcards but this information was important enough for him to call her. The postcard way of delivering the message that was portrayed in the movie took from that.
And overall, I didn't see the chemistry between the cast. Not between Emma and Sam and not between Emma and Jessy. Didn't love the editing and the transition between scenes.
If you stayed this far and haven't read the book yet, go do that. You'll thank me later.