We read the book. We looked forward to the movie. We were happy with the movie - Linda, Julie, and I.
I know there have been yucky ratings, etc. However, we felt fine with how the movie followed the book. We were good with the casting - Daisy Edgar-Jones as Kya (exotic enough as the Marsh girl), Taylor John Smith as Tate (such a good sweet man), Harris Dickinson as Chase (boo hiss, good looking creep jerk), and David Strathairn as the lawyer Tom (always perfect folksy likeable).
A man is found dead in the marshlands of North Carolina. Who else could be the killer but that crazy girl who's lived out there? And the movie rolls from there. We go to her past and troubled family. We watch her raise herself, become an accomplished naturalist/artist. We watch her grow from a lovely little girl to an exotic young woman. We see the men sniff around looking for some trouble. She's a bit of an innocent lacking some guidance. But she knows the marshes and she's smart.
The book is better, I think, due to the writing. I thought the descriptions were extraordinary and I hated to see the book end. The movie was faithful, the plot moved along, the acting was fine, and the conclusion still had a punch.
Summer success for a movie with the ladies. Plus lunch afterwards. Sweet!
Thanks Joanne - I'll see it at the end of August ... and I must read the book first - it's here a-waiting ...
ReplyDeleteThanks for this ... looks like I'll enjoy it - cheers Hilary
Definitely read the book. I liked it a lot. Cheers
DeleteIt's difficult to compact a book into two hours, so that they stayed mostly faithful is really good.
ReplyDeleteIt was fine for a matinee without super heroes. There was an actual plot plus feelings.
DeleteI still need to read this book. Every time I see it in a book shop, though, another book always pulls my attention. I'll stop looking around next time I see it and just buy the darn thing!
ReplyDeleteat this point, there are a lot of copies on sale cheap at our used book store. It's a page turner
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