Watch This! Ramona & Beezus Trailer

[dreiser]

This does not remotely resemble my memories of the characters in the Ramona books. Beezus in particular. Why is Selena Gomez playing her? I hate it when things from my childhood are ruined. It's like the Willy Wonka movie remake and I know it did technically follow the book closer but you know what? I don't care. The Gene Wilder version is better and Roald Dahl wrote the screenplay for it.

Anyway. This makes me sad inside and I had to share my pain because I'm mean that way.

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[dreiser.livejournal.com]

I have nothing against Selena Gomez. I don't even know who she is really. I just know she's not Beezus and this movie isn't the books I read as a kid. I'm baffled at the habit Hollywood has of taking beloved books which are popular for a reason then changing them to the degree they barely resemble the source material. What's the point then? Just make something original if you're going to twist the book to such a degree.

The movie doesn't look bad but it's predictable and my main bitch at this point is they made Ramona into this trite thing that's been done a million times. I'm wondering how Diary Of A Wimpy Kid is going to be now.

And yes, it is slightly weird how much a grown woman loves little kids movies but whatever. I got super excited when Princess & The Frog came out. Not as much as South Park S13 but you know... lol.