Movie adaptations of books usually have a reputation of being a poor representation of the book they are trying to translate onto the big screen. This negative attitude towards film adaptations seems to be a result of society favoring books and other written works as symbols of ‘high class culture’. Some of my friends that have this view say that it is because the movie exploits the story lines, plots and characters in order to capitalize off the books they are transferring to film.
But are film adaptations really all that bad?
In my opinion, I think that most movie adaptations act sort of as a commercial or sponsor for the book. In other words, the movies seem to act a sponsor of literacy (any agents that provides resources to promote literacy). For instance, the movies reach a large audience allowing the core concepts of the plots to be showcased to more people. In addition, the movies do not include all of the same details as the books as they have a limited amount of screen time. The actors that promote these types of films always mention the original book in interviews; thus, enticing people to read the books if they are interested in the film.
