Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close [ Movie Review ]

So I got up real early to catch the morning movie at AMC 'cause they're only $6.00 compared to $13.00 after noon. I went to see this movie pretty much because I wanted to compare it to the book and also to do an extra credit assignment.

Comparing book to movie

This movie is not bad, with great actors like Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock as Oskar's parents. Oskar is played by Thomas Horn, although he's 12 years old, he plays the role of a 9 year old. First of all, they left out a few people Oskar meets during his journey. They totally left out Mr.Black, the really old guy that never left his apartment and was supposed to go search with Oskar. They only had one very brief scene about Mr.Black hearing for the first time. I wanted to see Mr.Black's bed full of nails for each day that his wife died and that tree he stole from Central Park. I also wanted to see them meet the lady who lived in the Empire State Building, the Chinese guy who thought I<3NY meant I Love You in Chinese, and also the lady who had a museum of her alive husband's stuff. It was unfortunate that they cut all of that out of the movie. Instead of Mr.Black accompanying Oskar, it was his grandfather. In the movie, Oskar KNEW that was his grandfather while in the book he never really finds out but we assume after the end that he finds out eventually. But if someone who didn't read the book first saw the movie, they'd think it's a touching movie and that it's pretty decent. I think the director(s) did their best to stick to the plots and theme.