
In this podcast we set out to answer the age old question: is the book really always better than the movie?
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 81 | Founded | 2 years ago |
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We finally catch up with Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein (2025), and it’s a weird feeling: we like it, we admire it, and we still don’t love it the way we expected to. If you’ve been searching for a real “Frankenstein book vs movi... more
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A woman’s cells reshape modern medicine, and her name almost disappears. I read The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot and watched the 2017 adaptation starring Oprah Winfrey and Rose Byrne, and the contrast raises an... more
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A story this intense leaves no room for sloppy choices, which is why comparing Room by Emma Donoghue with the 2015 Room movie is so fascinating. I walk through what stays the same, what shifts, and how adaptation decisions can quiet... more
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A locked garden is already powerful. So why did the 2020 film feel like it needed ghosts, a mansion fire, and “magic” spelled out loud? I put Frances Hodgson Burnett’s The Secret Garden (1911) head-to-head with the 2020 adaptation a... more
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The much asked question has been turned into a podcast, is the book better than the movie (or sometimes series). Lluvia does a great job of going into detail about the differences, why they were likely made, and if it improves or affects the story. Recommend this podcast to film and book lovers, and anyone working in either industry
This has me excited to read the books of films I’ve only seen! I love how passionate Lluvia is about this material. She gives excellent attention to the differences between the books and the movies.
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