Now, I know there are those purists out there who abhor every single movie adaptation of books they love. I was an English major in college, so I have some credibility here, and I have to tell you that I have highly enjoyed many movie adaptations of novels I enjoyed. The Harry Potter saga comes to mind here, and also more recently the first movie in The Hunger Games series.
There have been some big letdowns for me too: I feel like Nick Cassavetes destroyed Jodi Picoult's emotional novel My Sister's Keeper, and the Lord of the Rings trilogy just couldn't hold my attention.
I have high hopes for this one, though...Emma Watson stars, an actress I love even without her British accent. The movie also features Paul Rudd (Mike from Friends), Logan Lerman, and Nina Dobrev.
Here's the official trailer for the new Perks of Being a Wallflower movie, opening this September:
And here are some of my favorite quotes from the novel:
"We accept the love we think we deserve."
“And in that moment, I swear we were infinite.”
“I think that if I ever have kids, and they are upset, I won't tell them that people are starving in China or anything like that because it wouldn't change the fact that they were upset. And even if somebody else has it much worse, that doesn't really change the fact that you have what you have.”
“I am very interested and fascinated how everyone loves each other, but no one really likes each other.”
“Just tell me how to be different in a way that makes sense.”
...and lastly:
“Sometimes people use thought to not participate in life.”
That last one is the very epitome of the wallflower concept, don't you think?
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