Yesterday I watched 2 movies – Dorian Gray & My Sister’s Keeper. The Picture of Dorian Gray has been one of my favourite books & I also liked My Sister’s Keeper. I expected the movies to be pathetic. But both the movies can be watched. They have made some changes, which seem annoying, but over all both the movies are fine. If you haven’t read the books, you wouldn’t notice anything as such.
In My Sister’s Keeper, the elder sister dies rather than the younger one. The character of the lawyer’s ex-girlfriend was also chopped off totally from the movie.
They also made the end of Dorian Gray dramatic. There was no need for that, but these movie people have this bad habit or maybe they just can’t do justice to the piece of Literature. Harry was no where around when Dorian dies. He wants to destroy the painting, but when he tries to destroy it, he himself dies. They discover the body of an old man the next day.
Anyhow, when I saw the movie on The Count of Monte Cristo, I was disgusted. So many characters were not in the movie. But I watched it, because of James Caviezel. Which reminds me of Ben Barnes. They have given the right face to the character of Dorian Gray. He has acted well, besides looking awesome. He is definitely the right choice.
I also watched the trailer of The Time Traveler’s Wife. Eric Bana is the one who time travels. I did enjoy reading the book & I hope that Eric Bana will not disappoint us.
