"The Boy In The Striped Pajamas"

[ucjrdude902]

Posted: 11/4/08 at 12:06am

I saw the preview for this tonight, and I can explain it but I am so drawn to this movie. After doing some digging I seen that it's based on a book. Anyone read the book? Should I read it before I see the movie? It comes out Nov. 14 in the US.

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 11/4/08 at 12:15am

I'm waiting for the sequel, “The Man Out Of The Striped Pajamas.”

[Weez]

Posted: 11/4/08 at 6:28am

I read the book. It's one of those stories that's designed to start off with you not knowing what's going on, so the entire story - the people, the world, everything - unfolds in front of your eyes and becomes clearer and clearer as it goes on. It's a pretty powerful tale, particularly as it's coming from the POV of a 9 year old boy. Having read the book, I... don't think it can possibly work as well as a movie. Oh, I'm sure it's a very good movie, but they'll have had to adapt the narrative style to make it work and I imagine it'll be much more character-based than discovery-based.

I guess if you've seen a preview for the movie, you already know more about what's going on than I did before finishing the book, but I still say you should read the book before seeing the movie, because I don't think you'll be able to get the same sense of discovery AT ALL from the book if you already know everything that's going to happen.