Prompt: Which appealed to you more? The movie? Or the book?
I hadn't heard about the story of the inspiring and courageous soldier, Louie Zamperini, and his survival of WWII until very recently. Looking back, I remember watching a commercial for the movie, and my parents started talking about what a great book it was, and that they had to go see it. So I of course, had to ask all about the book, and why it was so great. After they told me about Louie's story, I added to book to my to-read list, and forgot about it.
About a month later, I did something completely unthinkable. I went to watch the movie BEFORE I read the book!! I've rarely ever done such a thing, I always like to read the book first. But my cousins were going to the theater, and they invited me, so I went. I loved it! I still regret watching the movie first, but it was fantastic. It gave me a courageous boost of respect for veterans of any kind, I was inspired in an entirely new way, and I started to really think about how awful it must be to be in the army. For both the soldier, and his family. All those feelings are now being boosted even further now that I'm well into the book.
Often, a longer book will contain more information than the movie that evolves from it. That seemed to be the case with "Unbroken" At the end of the movie, they kind of summed up what happened after Louie returned from the war, whereas they go far into detail about his choices and what happens after. As I've realized with many books, there are strong and weak points to both the movie and the book. For example, the movie was much more graphic and exciting, as predicted. But the book has more detail and is more descriptive.
People have told me that after watching a movie based off a book, they don't want to read the book at all anymore. I've watched very few movies before the book, and there are times when the book is much less appealing. With "Unbroken"? No way. The book is just as great as the movie in ways, and I'm very glad that watching the movie first didn't really spoil anything.
I hope you all get a chance to read this book soon. I feel like every time I read a new book, I say that. But this one's really good, and it is definitely worth reading.
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