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A review by montigneyrules
Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem
2.0
#readingchallenge2019 (my book becoming a 2019 movie)
I really wanted to love this novel. I hate that my negative review is based on my experience seeing the movie, but here we are…I saw Motherless Brooklyn in theaters, fell in love with the story-and its characters-and was ecstatic to discover it was based on a book. Books have more right? Chunks missing from movies you wish were included?
Well….in this case, the changes made to the movie were the parts of intrigue. The movie took the setting back to the 1920s, which was way more alluring than EZ passes and wire taps. The movie also focused on a mystery of racial housing discrimination adding elements of historical fiction; while this ‘mystery’ felt dry, with less suspense and less twists!
The Tourette’s was more gimmicky in the novel compared to the movie, in which the condition became an added element to the layers of investigation. Then at the end, it all just ended quickly, with no slow dramatic build.
Go see the movie, Edward Norton took the minimal good elements from the novel and created a better story.
I really wanted to love this novel. I hate that my negative review is based on my experience seeing the movie, but here we are…I saw Motherless Brooklyn in theaters, fell in love with the story-and its characters-and was ecstatic to discover it was based on a book. Books have more right? Chunks missing from movies you wish were included?
Well….in this case, the changes made to the movie were the parts of intrigue. The movie took the setting back to the 1920s, which was way more alluring than EZ passes and wire taps. The movie also focused on a mystery of racial housing discrimination adding elements of historical fiction; while this ‘mystery’ felt dry, with less suspense and less twists!
The Tourette’s was more gimmicky in the novel compared to the movie, in which the condition became an added element to the layers of investigation. Then at the end, it all just ended quickly, with no slow dramatic build.
Go see the movie, Edward Norton took the minimal good elements from the novel and created a better story.