Holes

To cap off our amazing literature novel, we were able to watch the movie Holes today. I am a big fan of the novel version of Holes, but I can't deny that the movie version is very accurate as well.

The movie isn't EXACTLY accurate with the book, and that caused a lot of us to question the main character, Stanley. In the novel version, Stanley is larger than the other kids his age. He loses lots of weight and gains muscle while at Camp Green Lake. It's building his character through these trials that increases Stanley's confidence and makes his character grow. I think the kids and I both felt that Stanley not being large, like he is in the books, was kind of hard to grasp. Stanley's character being bigger than the average 12 year old is what made Stanley have issues with his confidence. Without that weight factor, Stanley seemed to lack the character depth. Shia LeBouf, who plays Stanley, actually did a really good acting job. As we watched the movie version it was easy to get over the fact that Stanley movie version was not the same as Stanley book version.

Overall though, the movie version aligned very well with the novel version. It even had that added effect of the actor's personal spin on the characters demeanor and dialect. I personally loved Sigourney Weaver as the warden. She fit that role perfectly. The kids enjoyed the parts where the warden would repeatedly ask, "Excuse me?" Not because she didn't hear them the first time, but because she wanted them to change their answer. The characters, of course, just repeated what they said the first time causing the warden to ask again. The kids were in stitches!

Special thanks to Natasha and Cameron for bringing awesome snacks for us to have during the movie! What a special surprise!!!

Check out the photo below of us relaxing and enjoying the movie!