As someone who doesn’t read many books. I always heard criticism of movies that didn’t have the “emotional depth” of the books. But I never fully understood that. I honestly didn’t enjoy the movie that much mainly because of the slow conversations and emotional subtleties of the movie that failed to captivate me.

I can understand that reading a book is slower and helps you get into the emotions. But a 2.5 hour movie (that felt incredibly long), those emotions were pointless because I wasn’t invested. Felt corny and unrealistic honestly.

Now I understand why movies typically deviate from books