“The Commitments”: a great creation, before it is either a movie or a book. I really enjoyed watching the film because of its photography, art direction, actors, rapid development, music, and so on. I’d rather recommend people watching the film instead of reading the book. I think the film explains very clearly all the story, making it very easy to follow, while the book, is a little bit more complicated to understand because of its colloquial vocabulary, spelling, etc. Nevertheless, the film contains that same vocabulary but it’s quite more understandable because you can listen to it in real context; observing people, reflecting yourself on the screen.
When I was reading the book, there were lots of situations that came into my head. However, there were a lot which didn’t make any sense to me. By this I mean, that watching the film was my salvation! The film shortens a lot of scenes and also changes some ones, producing some gaps in the story a couple of times, but not affecting the glue of the narration however. On the other hand, the book explains every detail, step by step, making the reader feel kind of bored some times. (from my standpoint and considering that details may be a rather good tool for reading)
Anyway, the story of the band is just amazing. I loved feeling reflected on them. When I was a child I used to sing with my best friend and we created a band. I enjoyed singing so much, not very well though, but in the end, it made me travel amongst different planets like imagination, childhood, happiness, fun, things I wish I could have kept later on....but that’s what life is like! Real situations, like the ones we saw or read in “The Commitments”, dreams of people who fight for their desires, real people facing success, human relationships, families, confusion, the glory, pains, amongst a lot of other feelings and/or sensations. In the end, real life..the job the director and the writer carried out in such an entertaining, defined and professional way.
When I was reading the book, there were lots of situations that came into my head. However, there were a lot which didn’t make any sense to me. By this I mean, that watching the film was my salvation! The film shortens a lot of scenes and also changes some ones, producing some gaps in the story a couple of times, but not affecting the glue of the narration however. On the other hand, the book explains every detail, step by step, making the reader feel kind of bored some times. (from my standpoint and considering that details may be a rather good tool for reading)
Anyway, the story of the band is just amazing. I loved feeling reflected on them. When I was a child I used to sing with my best friend and we created a band. I enjoyed singing so much, not very well though, but in the end, it made me travel amongst different planets like imagination, childhood, happiness, fun, things I wish I could have kept later on....but that’s what life is like! Real situations, like the ones we saw or read in “The Commitments”, dreams of people who fight for their desires, real people facing success, human relationships, families, confusion, the glory, pains, amongst a lot of other feelings and/or sensations. In the end, real life..the job the director and the writer carried out in such an entertaining, defined and professional way.
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I'm glad the book/film stirred up so many emotions
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