Once upon a time, Dina recommended I read a humble little book called The Time Traveler's Wife. I mentally added the novel to the ever-growing list of Books to Read in the back of my brain, which is to say I completely forgot about it for months. Shortly after that my mother spotted a used copy of the book at a local book fair and, knowing my predilection for time-travel themed entertainment, snapped it up and gave it to me. It sat unread on my bookshelf for at least two years.
Then one day in late July, I happened to see a movie trailer for - you guessed it - The Time Traveler's Wife, based on the novel of the same name. I was speechless. It took the moviemakers less time to adapt a novel to a screenplay, film and produce a feature-length movie than it's taken me to get around to reading a single book? That evening, I marched straight to the bookshelf, dusted the book off, and resolved to actually read it.
Four-hundred pages later, I am almost there. I'm looking forward to finishing it, partly because it's so engrossing that I keep nearly missing my bus stop on my daily commute, but also so I can treat myself to seeing the movie version. I fully expect the book to be better than the movie, except for one thing: main character, reluctant time-traveler - and this week's Hunk - Henry, as played by Australian hottie Eric Bana.
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2 comments:
I read the book. I wonder how well the movie will compare but Eric Bana definitely deserves your praise.
the book is WAYYYYYYY better than the movie. they had to cut a lot of stuff and characters to make the movie but the main thing that threw me was the lack of joy in the movie. the book is pretty evenly divided between heart-wrenchingly tragic and joyous but the movie is more sad than happy.
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