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febbraio 24, 2017

Winter (The Lunar Chronicles #4) by Marissa Meyer - Review

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Winter 
by Marissa Meyer



 "The young princess was as beautiful as daylight. She was more beautiful even than the queen herself."

For how much I wished there were more books, I'm happily I was finally able to conclude this series and have a sort of closure.

 In this final installment one events follows the other quickly without giving you almost time to take a breath; It's fast-paced, heart-pounding and a quite entertaining read. It was a quite long book (p.820), and still it was a really quick read.

This is the fourth installment in the Lunar Chronicles series ( Cinder 1#, Scarlet 2#, Cress 3#, Feriest 3.5#), taking as a start point Snow White's original story. The book starts off from Cinder, Thorne and the rest of the crew still  wanted criminals on both Luna and Earth, orbiting unseen in space they need to figure out quickly  how to break out a civil revolution on Luna and put an end to Levana's tyranny and their are gonna need a hand from the charming princess Winter.

"She was prettier than a bouquet of roses and crazier than a headless chicken. Fitting in was not an option."

Winter is loved by the people for her kindness and natural beauty; she despise her stepmother, and knows that Levana won't approved of her feeling for her childhood friend/royal guard, Jacin. We already got a good shot of him in the previous book at which end he sold out Cinder and her friends to the Commonwealth, quite a controversial character, definitely different from everyone else.
This is the real prestige that Meyer's books have, every character is unique and equipped with a complex personality. Jacin is fundamentally, from my point of view, selfish in comparison with the other characters he cares only about his princess and it's like that from the beginning to the end. I didn't feel his involvement in the squad as much as for the others, he felt like a temporary addiction, in it just for personal advantage. His crazy princess surely, makes the fun in the couple.
Winter stopped using her Lunar ability to defy her stepmother and have, in a contorted way, more control over her life, but by not using her Gift she is slowly going crazy. Her exchanges with Scarlet were one of the most funny of the book after Thorne's, their friendship was quirky and smart, really really fun to read. In this grand finale we are reminded that romance isn't everything and friendships is as important.

"Did you see any rice in there? Maybe we could fill Cinder's Head with it"
Everyone stared at him.
"You know, to ... absorb the moisture, or something. Isn't that a thing?"
"We're not putting rice in my head."

Marissa Meyer was amazing in orchestrating all the different plot and subplot, making them inter-wine and then finally converge with grace and effectiveness in this last book. The characters were has always right on spot, the true lead of the series. In fact if we consider that settings and background have little space in the book, what left are just the characters, speeches and actions that are able to keep the reader glued to the pages without time to spare.

I'm always surprised at how the author was able to pick up this traditional stories and build around and inside of them, so that you are still able to recognize the plot line but at the same time living a totally different feeling and story.
We all know that usually a fairy tales end with a Happily Ever After, but what really mattered in this book was not the ending but the road that took us there.

"And they lived happily to the end of their days"
-fin-
4.5/5 STARS

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febbraio 10, 2017

Book to Movie Adaptation - 2017

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BOOK TO MOVIE ADAPTATION 

TO WATCH OUT FOR IN 2017




This are the 6 books I'm eagerly waiting to see on the big screen this year, some of them have been my favorites for a long time and some are on my 2017 TBR . But without any further do, let just go ahead and jump right in!

A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness


I loved the book,(--->REVIEW HERE), Patrick Ness is one of my favorite writers. The book/movie tells the story of Conor (Lewis MacDougall), a child whose mother (Rogue One heroine, Felicity Jones) is terminally ill; one night, he is visited by a giant tree-like monster (Liam Neeson), who stated that he will come back each night and tell him three stories.
The movie premiere as already been held in already on September 10, 2016 at the Toronto International Film festival, it was released than in the UK on the 1st of January, 2017. I'll still have to wait for the italian release, that should be on the 18th of May.
The movie already had such a great response from the book-community and critics. I really can't wait to watch it!

(TRAILER HERE)

Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly


The story is about the true story of the unsung heroes of the NASA - the black female mathematicians who quietly enabled the biggest achievements in space in the 1960s.
I always like a good "girl-power" book, it got on my TBR for the movie trailer, and I will check it out for sure before watching it in the cinema.
US release on the 6th of January, in Italy the 8th of March.

(TRAILER HERE)

Fifty Shades Darker by E.L James


Valentine's Day is near and what better way, for a single like me, than going to the cinema for Fifty Shades of Grey's sequel to celebrate it!
US and Italian release on the 9th of February 2017.
I can't say I'm excited to see this movie since I didn't like either the books or the first movie but it's a blockbuster I know I will be in the cinema...

(TRAILER HERE)

Wonder by R.J Palacio

Tells the story of Auggie Pullman (Jacob Tremblay), a boy who is born with a facial deformity, and his struggle to fit in at a new school. Also Auggie mom will be played by Julia Roberts, something to look out for!
Hopefully the movie will be released this year, they are still in the post-production, no trailer but just the US release date: 7 april 2017.
I really liked the book (-->REVIEW HERE), an easy read that did make you meditate on the important theme of diversity, a perfect read for middle school kid.

The Circle by Dave Eggers


The Circle is about a young women, Mae Holland (Emma Watson), who takes up a job at a Google-like tech company where she quickly climbs the corporate ladder.
The plot had my hook from the breaking of every privacy criteria, something that nowadays we have to consider more frequently. Also the movie is starring Tom Hanks as, for what I was able to guess, the Corporation Leader.
I will surely check out the book before the movie!
US release date 28th of April 2017.

(TRAILER HERE)

Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie


No pictures or trailer out yet, but it's expected to be released for the 20th November 2017, in the US.
All we know is that: the classic mystery follows fictional detective Hercule Poirot as he pursues a murder on a famous train. Kenneth Branagh will be directing and also acting as Poirot, alongside with Johnny Depp, Daisy Ridley and Michelle Pfeiffer, just to mention some.
I think it's a good opportunity to finally read this classic.

This where the movie I'm hoping to see as soon as possible, but what about you: Which is the Book to Movie adaptation you are waiting for this year?


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febbraio 10, 2017

Mio Fratello Rincorre i Dinosauri di Giacomo Mazzariol - Recensione (Italian review)

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Mio Fratello Rincorre i Dinosauri
di Giacomo Mazzariol




Un libricino breve che è riuscito a racchiudere in queste poche pagine grandi sentimenti.
Con naturale semplicità racconta la storia di Giacomo Mazzariol e suo fratello Giovanni con "un cromosoma in più". Mio fratello rincorre i dinosauri ci porta attraverso la crescita di queste due persone e più di ogni altra cosa ci fa vedere come il loro rapporto cambi ed evolva, fino alla completa comprensione.

"Avevo impiegato dodici anni a vedere il mondo con gli occhi di mio fratello; e ve lo giuro, quel mondo non era affatto male"

Vediamo crescere Giacomo, la sua meraviglia nei confronti del fratellino appena nato, la sua paura del giudizio degli altri quando si fa più grande, la vergogna di non saper difendere il fratello e infine il completo inglobamento delle due anime. Giacomo e Giovanni si fondono come le loro camere, entrano ed escono ognuno nel mondo dell'altro.  Amano.

"Aveva il mio stesso numero di libri. Al posto della Fattoria degli animali aveva Gli animali della fattoria"

 Un bellissimo spezzone di vita, pieno di musica e film, raccolto in poche pagine e con una scrittura semplice che riesce ad esprimere al meglio la complessità della vita.

5/5 STARS

 Il libro nasce grazie a Joe principalmente, ma anche alla grande popolarità che il loro il video The Simple Interview ha raggiunto su Youtube.






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febbraio 09, 2017

A Dirty Job (Grim Reaper #1) by Christopher Moore - Review

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A DIRTY JOB #1
by Christopher Moore



It took me sometimes to finish  it, the uni's exams session did break up my TBR, anyways I finally got sometime to relax and enjoy my readings. 
This book caught my eye in the bookstore for the creepy title and cover, and I was a goner once I read the sinapsis. 

Our hero, Charlie Asher, is a pretty normal guy with a normal life, a Beta guy inside out. He is married to a brilliant, pretty women and they are about to have their first kid. But when his wife dies, other deaths follow. People start dropping dead around him, he hears whispers from under the streets and see darks presence in San Francisco. Something is changing, seems like ,Charlie Asher, has just been recruited for a new job: as Death, or to better say it one death. It's a dirty job, but somebody's gotta do it.

A Dirty Job is a good mix of genera, we have death merchants, hounds from hell, grotesque monsters and an impending doom. Everything has a good hint of humor, all the characters are quirky and they always have a smart comeback.
But all the quirkiness and irony, that are just right on spot in the first half of the book, are a mashup of bad humors and are repetitive and boring in the second part. 
The writing style is good from start to finish, he is really good in creating funny dialogue, but it loses some of that easy going vibe while you get to the end.

Overall it's a funny book, it's a good laugh, easy and relaxing to read. I'll probably check out some of his other books!

3.5/5 STARS

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febbraio 06, 2017

THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN, starring Emily Blunt, directed by Tate Taylor - BOOK vs MOVIE

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THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN
directed by Tate Taylor



I liked the book (-->REVIEW HERE), it was a page turner, engaging, full of suspense and mystery. The perfect summer read. So I can imagine that Fans of the book weren't probably happy about the changes made in the adaptations from book to the big screen. Whatever was shifting the destination from the gloomy London to New York, or cutting out Rachel's drunky sex scene, which I was eagerly expecting, the movie did a selection of what to bring on the screen and as it usually happens things got left out.
Yet having wait quite a long time after the book to watch the movie, I found myself enjoying it. It was able, nevertheless the changes, to bring back to the surface all the feelings that I had while reading it. What did definitely catch my eye was the outstanding performance of Emily Blunt, she was able to portrait perfectly Rachel, the drunky heroine of the book.
I've got to say that in the book I pictured Rachel as ugly, Emily Blunt can't get anything near the definition of "ugly" but the way she wears the character is perfect. Just some cracked lips, watery/red eyes and the unhealthy color skin were able to give the exact appearance of an alcoholist. Of course nothing would have worked if it wasn't for her amazing acting skill. 


She is the solo lead of this drama, while the other female characters, Megan Hipwell (Haley Bennett) and Anna Watson (Rebecca Ferguson), don't leave a bigger impression than they do in the book. Haley Bennett female heroine in The Magnificent 7 (2016), is suited for her role has the intriguing Megan, but her character doesn't' come across as strongly as in the book.


What the move is lacking is the ugliness and humanity that did emerged from the characters in the book. They had perversion, obsession and fears; they felt real and well characterize on a psychological level. In the transposition to the big screen, the deepness of the characters was a bit lost, but they still managed to do a good job.
It's a really contemporary movie so the photography and the costumes are great for the suburb metropolitan background. I did appreciate how they tried to display Rachel's memories and drunken sight, blurry and moved, it did really gave the right idea.
If I had to choose between the book and the movie: I will say that the book is able to give a full and complete experience while the movie does this only in part. Still a good movie, you should definitely check it out.

BOOK WINS!

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gennaio 26, 2017

THE TEMPEST (2010) starring Helen Mirren and Felicity Jones, Directed by Julie Taymor - BOOK vs MOVIE

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THE TEMPEST
 directed by Julie Taymor 



"We are such stuff that dreams are made on, and our little life is rounded in a sleep"
-Prospero in the Tempest-

When you read a play you can never imagine its full potential until you watch a stage or movie adaptation of it. I read The Tempest (-->REVIEW HERE) by William Shakespeare and wanting to see the characters brought to life I found this movie adaptation of it, directed by Julie Taymor mind and makers behind the theatrical representation of The Lion King. Acting in Prospero/a's role nothing less than Helen Mirren and starring in the role of Miranda the new star of the Star Wars' universe Felicity Jones. 


Everything was suggesting a Beautiful movie. What we got was clearly beautiful, but more than a movie we watch is a theatrical performance. I really liked though, not only but I think that was a good and wise choice from the Traymor. Apparently not everyone thought the same since on IMDb it gets only 5.4/10 and didn't do as good at the box office either.
Otherwise I think that Helen Mirren was amazing in the role of Prospero/a, and I found it quite interesting for the role to be played by a women. As in the play the presence of Miranda's mother is almost completely deleted, I felt as if in Prospera the two figure were finally reunited. 
Apart from the concrete performance of  Helen Mirren, also Felicity Jones is perfect in the role of the pure, wondrous Miranda. She is able to bring to screen the naiveness and wonder of the character without trivialize it. While as in the book I still couldn't appreciate Ferdinand's role, not to discredit Reeve Carney that did his best in this hopeless role.
To mention are also Russell Brand and Alfred Molina as Trinculo and Stephano, they simply made the laugh of the movie.


Costumes and scenery are beautiful and perfect for each part. I have a small grumble on Ariel graphics and appearance that are part of the old generation in term of special effect.
In contrast with the opinion of the mass I liked this movie and I think it is worth to see and useful to reread the play from another perspective. Since this plays are made to be performed on a stage or as in this case on a screen, THE MOVIE WINS.

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gennaio 23, 2017

The Tempest by William Shakespeare - Review

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The Tempest 
by William Shakespeare 


Shakespeare again! This one was also a reading for my english literature course and I've got to say that I liked all the books I've read for it so far, I'm also loving theater more and more.

The Tempest is one of Shakespeare's four romances, so in contrast with Hamlet this is not a tragedy but it has a happy ending. It is also considered his last work, a sort of testament and revindication of his ideals. As usual since it's a classic I will try to be brief with the plot since it's generally well known.
Alonso, the king of Naples, is returning from his daughter's wedding in Tunis with his son, Ferdinand, his brother, Sebastian, and Antonio, the Duke of Milan. The ship is wrecked in a storm and the passengers and crew are thrown into the furious sea.
Prospero, the former Duke of Milan, and his daughter Miranda are watching the shipwreck from the island. Twelve years before, he was the Duke of Milan, but his brother, Antonio had usurped him. Now all the enemies, thanks to fate and Prospero's magic, had washed up on the shore of the island and they will have to pay and amend for their crime.
This is the starting point from which the comedy starts to unfold itself, making the characters go through a purgatorial experience to reach at the end a general forgiveness that coincides with the marriage of the young, Miranda and Ferdinand.

I was fascinated by Prospero, that like a stage director controls and move the others characters on the island. His relationship with his two servants is disagreeable, when with Ariel he shows affections and care instead he is cruel to Caliban, the island's native, that born a devil has no escape from his earthy miserable condition. Clearly we see the  remembrance of the English colonialism in the relationship between Prospero and Caliban.
The love story between Ferdinand and Miranda leaves its time, the  shakespearean ista-love that I can't stand but I have to accept for the play to go through.

Overall I liked the play and I'm giving it 4/5 STARS. Reading it is totally no sufficient, if you want to see a good adaptation I recommend seeing the 2010's movie The Tempest directed by Julie Taymor starring in the role of Prospero the amazing Helen Mirren, and as Miranda the newborn Star Wars' star Felicity Jonas. Down below the Trailer:



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gennaio 21, 2017

HAMLET by William Shakespeare - Review

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TO BE OR NOT TO BE



Another book I finally got to read and analyse for my english literature course, and what an amazing surprise. I've always  found Shakespeare boring and sentimental but this time having taken my time in reading this amazing tragedy I was able to enjoy it fully.

Since it's a classic the story should be known to everybody so I'll be brief in my summery. Prince Hamlet just got back from Germany to assist at his father's funeral, while his mother Gertrude has already remerried. The Queen has wed the Hamlet's uncle Claudius the dead King's brother. To Hamlet this is a "foul incest" and already he suspect that some "foul play" is behind the death of his father. One night his father ghost visits the  castle and Hamlet's suspicions are confirmed. His Uncle poisoned King Hamlet in his sleep, and now young Hamlet must revenge him. From this moment on Hamlet's soul will be divided on how to revenge his father and "taint not thy mind".

This is the starting point for the tragedy, I loved how the play starts right of in darkness and ends in it there is no salvation the whole state of Denmark is rotten. Even the pure Hamlet is in the end corrupted by the society he lives in. It might be a play more than 400 years old but it still bring modern theme as alienation, relativism and life struggle. We might not have to face a murderous uncle but we are put everyday in front of hard decisions, we might struggle to choose and in the end we to has Hamlet have to make a compromise with the society we live in.
If from one side this play reflects upon how little and insignificant a life is to the other side it makes u look at how big and full of possibilities the universe is, how everything is relative and our way of thinking and looking at things makes them what they are .

-"I could be bonded in a nutshell, and count myself a king of infinite space"-

It's a wonderful, modern play and having read a few others Shakespeare's play I can say that this is my favorite above all. 
I also felt like it was necessary to see it play out and I found a stunning performance at the National Theater Live by Benedict Cumberbatch, that deserve a look. My eyes were in love with the costumes, the scenery and Benedict. Here are some pics, get a look!!!




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gennaio 19, 2017

THE 5TH WAVE, starring Chloe Grace Moretz directed by J Blakeson - BOOK vs MOVIE

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THE 5TH WAVE
directed by J Blakeson



Before reading the book I saw the movie trailer and I thought: " Wow this is gonna be a kick ass movie!". Well it wasn't exactly as I had immagine.

I read and quite liked the 2013's novel by Rick Yancey (REVIEW HERE) that did put a good emotional spine to another dystopian tale of teenager facing the world end.
Cassie Sullivan (Chloe Grace Moretz), our heroine, is a high school student that from the book came out has a mature and determinate women, that doesn't need some dude to define her. It's this strong character that push me to read the second book in Yancey's trilogy, 2014's The Infinite Sea, of which we are unlikely to see any movie adaptation since the failure of the first one at the box office, but whispers do run around on the web. Who knows!?


Despite the strong presence of Kick-Ass star Chloe Grace Moretz as Cassie, the movie is more concentrat on the cliche of the love triangle that made big phenoms of Divergent and Twilight. I really don't get the reason to put more light on this aspect while the book keeps its focus on the survival and the emotional conflicts of our protagonists. The director of the movie turned this story in a languid teenage love one, quite unrealistic in a apocalyptic background. Not to talk about Alex Roe as Evan Walker that apart from a cute face doesn't offer much. Other than the Moretz's performance also Liev Schreiber as Commander Vosh made a good impression on me.
As in every  world's disaster movie bridges (we will ever see a movie where the Tower Bridge is no falling?), planes, skyscrapers are destroyed,  with the computerish graphics letting you down. 


I stand by the idea that the book was better and the movie in itself would have totally be a failure without Chloe Moretz as a lead, but her alone wasn't enough to sell another dystopian washout.

BOOK WINS!!

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gennaio 18, 2017

The 5th Wave (#1) by Rick Yancey - Review

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THE 5TH WAVE
by Rick Yancey



I don't usually read alien related books, but I like the post-apocalyptic one, more over the movie was coming out last year so I had to read it.

As Stephen Hawking said: "If alien ever visit us, I think the outcome would be much as when Christopher Columbus first landed in America, which didn't turn out very well for the Native Americans". And that's exactly what happens in Rick Yancey's first installment of The 5th Wave Trilogy.

The Others have arrived on earth, and they seems to have the clear intent of eradicate the human race. Four waves have taken place on earth, the 1st knock down all the power, the 2nd made the earth shake to its root, with the 3rd wave disease spread across the world, by the 4th wave the Others took human shape so no one could be trust it anymore. The book starts of from the dawn of the 5th wave, Cassie is running away from Them, the ones that look human and roam the countryside killing the last survivor. Cassie trust nobody and she is alone in her fight to rescue her brother.

The atmosphere of loneliness, sadness and distrust that surrounds our heroine Cassie, pulled me entirely into this book, while I couldn't care less for others characters view. She was the only one with a rounded and full personality that deserved reading. Don't get me wrong the others narrating voices were good, but while reading them I was always feeling impatient to read  again from Cassie point of view.
When books chance point of view from chapter to chapter it's really hard to get the reader to love all the character, Leigh Bardugo did an amazing job in alternating the narration in Six of Crows but it something quite unique that I did miss in this book. 
Nevertheless of all that is wrong with this book, and there are a lot of things that I wouldn't have close an eye upon in other books, I really liked it and was in a rush to get my hand on the second book.

4/5 STARS

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gennaio 17, 2017

Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children (2016), with Eva Green directed by Tim Burton - BOOK vs MOVIE

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Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children 

directed by Tim Burton



I was waiting impatiently for this movie to come out, first because I read the first book of the Trilogy by Ransom Rigg and second because I'm a huge fan of Tim Burton. I was slightly desapointed by the book for its overly simplify writing style and plot, it had good premises but it wasn't able to use their full potential, leaving the book on a childish level as I wrote in my review. What I was expecting from the movie was to see Tim Burton putting all the creepiness together and giving the story a more adult-like form. The movie is based on the best-selling Trilogy by Ransom Rigg, what I did not expected from it was to be based on the first and going behind it, making the story whole for one installment, so watching it might have spoiled the next books for me. Thanks Tim! 

The story tell us about Jake (Asa Butterfield) who discovers clues to a mystery that spans different worlds and times, he finds a magical place known as Miss Peregrine's home for Peculiar Children. But the mystery deepens as he gets to know the residents and learns about  their special powers and the enemies they are against. Ultimately, Jake discovers that only his own special "peculiarity" can save his new friends.

The movie tries to be quite faithful to the book apart from some character changes as Emma and Olive powers are reversed in  the movie, it's also thanks to this that the scene in the submarine is a spectacular one. 


I get why he couldn't stop just at the first book, since there is not so much action to begin with. And so the movie moved slowly in the first part, concentrating all the action end and rushing most of it. The costumes, the special effects and graphic are beautiful and do keep the typical style of Tim Burton.
I'm not sure whether or not I will watch this movie again since it was nothing special. It turn out ok, as the book, but the Tim Burton factor makes this movie win over the book.

MOVIE WINS!!!

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gennaio 15, 2017

Victor Frankenstein (2015) with Daniel Radcliffe and James McAvoy - BOOK vs MOVIE

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VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN 
by Paul McGuigan 



I don't even know where to start with this movie! I was hoping to finally get a well done movie adaptation of Frankenstein, but as usual what we got was  a bad mash up full of monstrous creatures, big explosions and a weird catholic Sherlock Holmes alike.

James McAvoy and Daniel Radcliffe star in this twist of the legendary tale, and it's mostly thanks to their performance that we are able to push through the whole movie.
Radical scientist Victor Frankenstein (McAvoy) and his brilliant protégé Igor Strausman (Radcliffe), rescued from a miserable life as the circus' hunchback, they both share a noble vision of aiding humanity through their groundbreaking research into the secrets of life. But Victor's experiment go too far, and he ends creating something wicked that put at risk everyone's life. Only Igor seems to be able to bring his friend back from the brink of madness and save him from the monster he has created.



Ok, it was better than I, Frankenstein (2014) at least they avoided the vampire, but still they transformed Mary Shelley's emotional and profound story, into a bad comic book deprived of intelligence and soul. We still see, as in every movie, the secret process that brought the "monster" to life, when the not knowing made the novel mysterious and put light on the dangerous knowledge that must not be revealed.
The graphic and customs are still really good and spectacular in some points but what is lacking in this movie is a good story line. The whole movie is pushed forward by the good performance of Radcliffe na McAvoy and that's the only positive impression I'm left with.

Clearly if I had to choose between reading the book of watching the movie I will go for the book straight and if I had to choose a Frankenstein movie adaptation Mel Brooks will still be my favorite, at least you get a good laugh out of it!

BOOK WINS!!!!

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gennaio 14, 2017

FRANKENSTEIN by Mary Shelley - Book Review

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FRANKENSTEIN

by Mary Shelley



I finally got to read the whole version of this classic since it was in my english literature course TBR, and what an amazing surprise!
"You are my creator,
 but I am your 
master- Obey!"

The story is well known to everybody so I'll be brief. Victor Frankenstein is a brilliant young man whose ambition and intelligence push him toward the discovery of the "secret of life", secret which we are not revealed. But once his creation is completed he refuse and repulse his own creature. The rejection from his creator and afterwards from society, will lead the the being to become a "monster", whose only goal in life is the destruction of his maker.
It clearly not an horror, scary story as we are often pushed to think, but is a story that revolves about real and relatable sentiments. The "monster", as it called, it more human than his creator. Made as a scientific experiment by an overly ambitious man, he was born pure but been alone and rejected on sight by his maker and the others he gradually turns to evil.

"Even that enemy 
of God and man 
had friends associates
 in his desolation; 
I am  ALONE."

Through the whole novel I kept thinking at how different the story could have gone if Frankenstein showed love and understanding to his son, instead by rejected him he sealed his own misfortune.

The book is beautifully written and the english is quite modern. Apart from some too long, repetitive and boring description of nature, I did find this book most pleasurable and entertaining.

 4.5/5 STARS

 The 2015 movie inspired by the book with Daniel Radcliffe and James McAvoy.

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