boeken have definitely taken on a new meaning in the past few years. Before, boeken were a way to past time, something to take your mind off your busy and chaotic life. Now, we can see those classic stories come to life on the big screen. There are many films which were based on books, most of them very good. But I think a lot of us rabid readers can agree that sometimes, it’s just better to leave the story in the pages of a book. First of all, it’s very hard to create a film that’s just as good as the book. boeken have so much fun detail and information on what the characters are thinking. The possibilities are endless and there are almost no limits. For example, an auteur can write as many pages as they want, while director’s have to watch their movie length. Secondly, a director will never be able to make every reader happy. Everyone has a different image in their head of what each fictional character will look like. Combined with the author’s beschrijving and their own imagination, readers will carry that picture with them throughout the book. So, it’s not really the director of actors fault when the guy playing your favoriete fictional hero doesn’t look the way u thought he would. Take Harry Potter for example, I’m sure many people had a different picture in their heads then what Harry looked like in the movie. But, as I zei before, u can’t make everyone happy. Last but not least, the length, which I mentioned earlier. If you’re excited because your favoriete 543 paged book is getting made into a movie, try to expect a little disappointment. Directors can’t make a 4-hour-long movie. The audience would be falling asleep and it’s just too hard to do. This is why everyone tries their hardest to make the adaptation of the book as a like as possible. The auteur has to agree to everything before it’s set in stone. Which is probably a very good thing. Here’s a brief lijst of films which have been based on books: Atonement, Beowulf, Charlie Wilson’s War, Stardust, The Golden Compass, Casino Royale, The Devil Wears Prada…and many more. Personally, I like boeken being made into movies, I just don’t like it when they completely change the storyline and the plot. Like Ella Enchanted, that was one of my favoriete boeken and when I heard it was going to be a movie, I was ecstatic. But when I saw it, I was very disappointed. They changed so much; I was surprised the auteur agreed to everything. But I guess that’s just the way things are. Sometimes u like the way the movie turns out and sometimes u don’t.