Coraline
The Mother-Daughter Book Club went to the movies on Saturday! It was really too pretty a day to be inside, but 4 girls and 3 moms (and a brother) went to see “Coraline” with me. We all pretty much agreed that while we liked some things about the movie, we wished that they hadn’t changed parts of the plot and added the character of Wybie. I later read on Wikipedia that Wybie was introduced for the film adaptation so that the viewer “wouldn’t have a girl walking around, occasionally talking to herself.” I thought the addition of his character just added unnecessary complications to the plot. I also didn’t like the ending, with Wybie “saving” Coraline. A main theme of the book is that Coraline was able to handle things on her own, despite being afraid. We also felt that the parents in the book were fairly typical British parents who were distracted by their work, whereas the parents (especially the mother) in the movie were downright mean. Ah well. Once again, we find that for the most part, the book is better than the movie!Â