I am still really far behind. I read The Help and watched the movie in about a week. However, I totally forgot about writing about it....
Summer, apparently, is my slow time for my challenges. I get caught up in doing a million different things and set all of this to the side. I have been able to finish all of my challenges for my goal time. I am sure I can do this one too.
Anyways, back to The Help.
The book by Kathryn Stockett was a Marvelous!
This is one of those that I have seen the movie before but never the read the book. It has been a few years since I have seen the movie. The book was written in the narrative of three people. That way you got multiple view points of what was going on. It's Aibileen, Minnie, and Skeeter are the view points you see. The plan that Skeeter comes up with is to write a book about the maids in her county, and about how they are treated and how they live. I like this narrative because it's not just Skeeter. You get all of the interactions and all of the worries, and excitement from all different angles.
The movie lacks in the narrative in comparison because of the fact that you don't get the feelings, from these three women. It's not conveyed in on screen the same way. However, the humor, and charm and almost all major plot points are there. However, I did not like the fact that the movie does not show just how evil, and vile Hilly is toward Minny, or any of the maid really. Hilly in the book you see much more of her manipulation and her downfall. She falls much harder and slower in the eyes of the people in Jackson. The whole movies seems really squished together after reading the book. All the major plot points are there but they are rearranged to help the movie along in a fast pace. I really wish they would have just a linger movie and really show more depth that is in the book.
The one thing that I can say that I liked better in the movie than in the book was Skeeter's mom. Particularly her ending. In the movie she tells off Hilly in a glorious fashion. She doesn't do that in the book.
I have to say if you want a movie and fun read, go and get The Help. You will not regret reading on word on any of it's pages.
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