Review: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

Finally got to see the movie! I saw it on the shelf at the video rental place and to be honest I had kind of forgotten about it. I saw it and my mind was like yessssss. Then I took it home and got very excited to watch it.

Most of you probably know from my recent review of the book that the movie is based on the book by Jonathan Safran Foer. It was an amazing book. So, if you'd like a summary on the movie, check out the book review, since they are the same story.

OR THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE. Nah, I'm just being dramatic. It was pretty close in the beginning, but then it started to drift. The part that I didn't like was that Mr. Black's role was pretty much replaced by the renter. Mr. Black was barely even in the movie. I thought this change was unnecessary and disappointing.

Then the ending or the movie was basically fabricated. For instance, Oskar makes this book, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, (how clever, I wonder where they got that). That wasn't in the book book.

It was still a pretty good movie though. It was a little slow, but I don't think it would have made (or should have been) and action packed thriller. It was very emotional. I think Thomas Horn (Oskar) did a wonderful job. I had wondered if all those things that go on inside Oskars head would come across on screen, and they did. It was narrated, but even without that, he was such a curious character. I think the whole cast did a great job. I hope to see Thomas Horn in future films.

Review: Extrememly Loud and Incredibly Close

I can't believe I'm saying this, but I may have found my new favorite book. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close follows Oskar Schell, a nine year old boy living in New York who lost his father in 9/11. He found a key of his father's though, and he travels all over New York looking for the lock it fits. He meets many new people along the way and learns a lot.

When I saw the preview for the movie, I knew I wanted to see it. I didn't know it was a book at the time, so it's sort of funny that I ended up reading the book before I saw the movie.

This book instantly grabs you because of the perspective. You're inside a nine year old's mind where proper punctuation is unnecessary. All of the dialog is withing the paragraphs, which bothered me at first, but I got used to it. Another reason the perspective on this is different is because, yes, Oskar is only nine, but he's extremely book smart for his age. He knows countless random facts. He's terribly blunt. This makes him a very peculiar person that is basically shunned by most of the kids his age. He was very close with his father, and their unique relationship is something very neat to read about. It wasn't the typical father- son relationship.

The way Oskar interacts with people is also very interesting. He knows what people want to hear but at the same time he can be rather tactless. He comes in contact with many new acquaintances throughout the course of the novel and it is interesting to read their conversations.

There are two more perspectives in this book, and I'm not going to tell you much about those because I don't want to give to much away. I will say that one of them is from a man who no longer speaks, so it's also neat to read about him communicating with the world.

The trailer to the movie is here. I have yet to see it, but I think it will be every but as good as the book. Now I want to get my hands on Jonathan Safran Foer's other book Everything Is Illuminated. When I finally see the film, I will review that, of course. Until next time...