User blog comment:Soccergirl14/THE ACTORS AGES IS TERRIBLE/@comment-24.30.147.177-20091213061437

So what if the movie doesn't follow the book? Absolutely no books have movies exactly like them. And if you don't like the changes, treat it as a separate movie that isn't connected to the book! That's what I did with Eragon, because it was totally different, so if you connect it to the book it's horrible, but as an independent movie, it's great! They are different mediums, and I know from experience that writing a story is extremely hard if you can picture it as a movie in your head. Sometimes things just don't work on-screen if they're written down, and vice-versa. There are just some things that you cannot possibly put in a movie, they're left open for you imagination. That's why you should read a book as well as see the movie.