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Reblog: The Book to Screen Debate, part 3 by Toi Thomas

Yesterday, I continued my blog series on books and movies by introducing the concept of novelizations and tie-ins. Please check it out. 

“Now it’s time to put a spin on this Book to Screen Debate and get into novelizations. Yes, you heard me right. I told you (in part 2) I’d be talking about books based on movies (that discussion about movies I liked better than the book comes next time).

Most people have seen a novelization several times in their life without realizing what they were seeing. To give it a name, makes it stand out, but they are quite common. Before I explain just how common they are, let me first state that there are 3 kinds of novelizations…Yeah, who knew?

1) There is the first-in-print edition of a novel based solely on the premise of a theatrical release.

2) There is the novel based on a movie that was originally based on a: comic book, play, video game, etc…

3) There is the novel and screenplay collaboration that totally comes down to which one gets released first…” Read more over at A Small Gang of Authors.

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The Shape of Water #TheToiBoxOfWords #film #review

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It’s been a while since I’ve done a movie review so I didn’t even bother trying to write it down. I simply went straight to YouTube.

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So, here’s a movie that people will either get or not. For that matter, some people probably won’t even give it a try, but I can’t blame them. This is a weird movie. Still, I enjoyed it; after getting over the initial shock of what was happening in front of me…

I don’t think I’m doing a good job of expressing how I really feel about this movie. It’s best you watch the review. If you want to skip a semi-spoiler I provide, watch the video in the YouTube browser so you can access the skip link.

In any case, I gave this movie a 4 ½ of 5 stars (bumping up to five because I’ve never really done halves before).

Thank you for taking the time to read this post. If you like it let me know and share it with others. See you next time, Toi Thomas. #thetoiboxofwords