NBR - The Help (Movie)

LauriJean_2009 · April 2011

I saw today that The Help is being made into a movie for release this year. If you haven't read this yet, do yourself a favor and do it now. I loved the characters so much, I'm still sad that they are "gone". (Since I put the book down a year ago)

Has anyone else read this? Are you excited for the movie? I am. Even though movies about books always let me down (like Time Travelers Wife)

PitaBread · April 2011

Ooh, that's awesome! I loved the book and couldn't put it down! Do you know when it's coming out?

ETA: Never mind, I see that it's going to be out in August!

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1454029/

julieb1218 · April 2011

Oh I LOVED that book! I couldn't put it down! How exciting they are making a movie, I hadn't heard that! I kind of do imagine it won't be as good as the book (like you said) but I will still see it!

jonnygurl76 · April 2011

LOVED the book....i had read an article that the author's nanny from when she was younger was going to sue her for basing her main character after her.

itsmegin · April 2011

I read it awhile ago, it was a great book. IMO, the movie is never as good as the book. Books can do things movies can't. Movies only have 2 hours, and they can't get into what people are thinking and feeling the way books can.

I agree on the Time Traveler's Wife, the movie sucked, but even good adaptations never move me the way a good book does. Still excited for this, and Water for Elephants!

LauriJean_2009 · April 2011

Funny you mention Water for Elephants. MH actually wants to see this movie but since I know it's a book, I MUST read it first. I guess I should get on that.

I'm just surprised MH wants to see it.

itsmegin · April 2011

LauriJean_2009:

Funny you mention Water for Elephants. MH actually wants to see this movie but since I know it's a book, I MUST read it first. I guess I should get on that.

I'm just surprised MH wants to see it.

Huh, does he have a thing for Reese? DH will not see it with me, so I have to wait and see it with my mom and Grandma who also read the book. I loved the book, it was amazing!

Kikihhi54 · April 2011

LauriJean_2009:

Funny you mention Water for Elephants. MH actually wants to see this movie but since I know it's a book, I MUST read it first. I guess I should get on that.

I'm just surprised MH wants to see it.

Water for Elephants is excellent!!! I read it twice within 6 months. I did the same with The Help. I agree about books not being as good as the movies. Who is playing Skeeter???

LauriJean_2009 · April 2011

He's never expressed am interest in Reese and is typically not into blondes, even though I am. He's more of a Halle Berry kind of guy. LOL.

DomerJenC · April 2011

That was a great book, and I think it'll actually make a great movie, too. Between the interest of the time period and ease of depicting characters. Much better than Time Traveler's Wife, which had to have just been a massacre the way the book is structured (I couldn't bring my self to watch the movie).

Olemissreb · April 2011

I loved the book! I am so excited about the movie, but probably will not be as good as the book. I wonder why they are never as good as the book...

LauriJean_2009 · April 2011

DomerJenC:
That was a great book, and I think it'll actually make a great movie, too. Between the interest of the time period and ease of depicting characters. Much better than Time Traveler's Wife, which had to have just been a massacre the way the book is structured (I couldn't bring my self to watch the movie).

It really was a massacre. I watched because it was on HBO but thought I'd never do it. It just didn't have the same impact.

I do think this could be a good movie (The Help) but Hollywood seems to always mess things up. A good book is a good book for a reason, why change a good thing?