Adapting a Book

In the movie Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, a filmmaker would have trouble making the movie interesting. The book is really slow and you can't have that with movies because that usually gets classified as boring. There could be scenes with Oskar’s Dad where they could be remembering him. Oskar would have to be depicted as a very talkative little boy or else his character would be completely changed. They would need to get a good actress to play his grandma because she is such an important person in Oskar’s life, especially after his dad dies. The plot would have to sped up and be made more interesting and attention grabbing.

The filmmaker should definitely keep in the scene with the voicemails, I think that is important because it is very sad and it is the last words his Dad says to Oskar. Another important scene is when Oskar breaks the vase and finds the key in the envelope that says BLACK. They should also keep some of the scenes when Oskar is going around to different houses that have people with the last name BLACK on it to find out what the key opens. The scene is important because it shows all the people he encounters and takes you on the journey with him.

Two scenes I would cut out are the Hamlet Play and the storage unit scene. I would cut out the Hamlet Play because it doesn’t show much yet it is pretty long. It depicts that all the people he encounters while trying to find out what the key does come together. It shows how many people he affected but I think that they could do this in a more interesting way in the movie. I would cut out the storage unit scene because although it is sad it is boring. They could show another way to look through Oskar’s Dad’s memories and things or they could just try and make that scene more interesting.