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The Glass Castle Movie

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The glass castle movie turned out to be a good film. It was released august 11th of 2017. Screenplay writer was Destin Daniel Cretton, Andrew Lanham, and Marti Noxon. There were numerous actors and actresses that appeared on the movie. The 5 main characters is Jeannette walls played by Brie Larson, Lori walls played by Sarah Snook, Brian walls play by Josh Caras, Rex walls played by Woody Harrelson, Rosemary walls played by Naomi Watt and finally Maureen walls played by Brigette Lundy-Paine To me I can personally say I liked the movie. The movie captures most of the scenes that are in the book but does not catch them all. The book had more eventful scenes and scenes that “wowed” me! I love the book it really brings out real life lessons about how we should appreciate what we have in life. If the movie didn 't cut out so many films it would have been a better movie. The book and the movie have things that are in common and some things that are not. The scene I was assigned to turned out to be just like how the book described it. One thing that I picked up that was in common was they kids had to stay with Erma Rex’s mother while Rex and …show more content…

The book has more eventful scenes, some scenes more valuable than others. I feel like students will find more things to connect to in real life situations from reading the book than viewing the movie. “There are a million ways for the movie to go wrong” (The Atlantic). That 's why i believe movie makers should really pay attention to details in the book and incorporate it into the movie to make it more successful. I absolutely love the book. It really made me want to read from it and actually learn more about what the author went through. Students will enjoy this book! So teachers, teach from this amazing book, They will love

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