I am hesitant to watch the movie. I am concerned that it is too different from the book. I also don't think Bradbury's wonderful writing can be translated to film.
H.P. Lovecraft is very hard to translate to the screen as well. With that said, sometimes you just have to realize that the movie is not and never will be the book. That doesn't mean that the movie doesn't have anything good to offer, though. You just have to keep in mind that it is for the most part a different beast entirely that shares a few similarities with the book. Movies are always going to change things because film is an entirely different medium than the written word. I could hate Vincent Price's The Haunted Palace for changing so much of the Lovecraft story 'The Case of Charles Dexter Ward', but instead I view it as a different story altogether with the barest resemblance to the book. I mean, there is a lot to like about Vincent Price/Roger Corman collaborations even if they stray from the source material. Salem's Lot was a great mini-series back in the 1970s, but it strays heavily from the Stephen King book as well. They are two different animals, both enjoyable for their own reasons. The same is true of Something Wicked This Way Comes. Instead of looking for a perfect movie adaption, just see the film as a good experience in its own right.
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Whose idea was it for the word "Lisp" to have an "S" in it?
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