Firstly a huge disclaimer, as a fan of Meg, the book this film is based on by Steve Alten, we had waited 20 years for The Meg movie to surface, so we went in with a sense of hope, desperate to enjoy it and wanting it to do well. The film opens with a sequence where in the middle of a deep-sea rescue, it would appear the sub in peril is being attacked by something … [Read more...]
Fears or Cheers: When the Book You’ve Read is to Become a Film
In a world where every other film appears to be a sequel and original scripts seem to be harder to come from as the worry is they won’t find an audience, the next best option is to find a best selling book and turn that into a film normally with a mixture of good or bad results Over the recent years, I’ve seen books that I have read become big screen blockbusters (Harry … [Read more...]