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Thoughts?

posted 6 years ago by Faridah (1369)
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VC Andrews Heaven has always been my favorite series so I cringed when I saw this was made into a movie. The remake of Flowers In The Attic was just horrible. I watched just a little of My Sweet Audrina. I have yet to watch anything else that is if there is anything else. I doubt I'll watch this. I'm just curious though what others thought?

My main concern with these remakes is there will develop a new fan group of VC Andrews who only know the stories from the movies. I've already seen people online saying they loved the remake of Flowers but hated the book because it was so different. The same is true for other book/movie projects. It's sad for me to think about as VC Andrews was such a great writer. I've always only enjoyed the books she actually wrote, not the ghostwriter ones.

UPDATE - I've browsed some Facebook pages and I see other VC Andrews fans are upset and very unhappy about the adaption. So I won't waste my time with it or even read about it anymore. I doubt I'll even come back to this page. Moving on . . .

[–] alycat32 (133) 6 years ago

I just watched the second installment and hated how they changed the mean girl to giving her the liquid stuff that makes you throw up at the formal instead of the laxitives. I was looking forward to the mean girl being humbled by falling ontop of Heaven’s nasty clothes but it was totally different

[–] alycat32 (133) 6 years ago

I also hated that they totally took the teacher out of the series. The one that was so kind to Heaven and her siblings and rooted for her. Not even existing in this adaptation.

[–] Faridah (1369) 6 years ago

Wow really??? The teacher was a major part in the beginning.

[–] alycat32 (133) 6 years ago

Yep! They showed Fanny and Heaven in highschool and on Logan’s first day Heaven corrected her English teacher’s Shakespeare quote. It pissed the teacher off and she was sent to the principle. That was the extent of any teacher.

Also I just finished Fallen Hearts and they are doing gates of paradise next Saturday. The only time “Our Jane” and Keith are mentioned after they are taken is briefly in Dark Angel when Tom tells Heaven they went to a good family. They haven’t been mentioned or seen since so clearly they aren’t going to do the scene where Heaven visits them.

Also, they did not show grandpa at all the first two installments. All of a sudden he showed up in Fallen Hearts like he was always there, no explanation where he had been. It’s very odd!

[–] Faridah (1369) 6 years ago

My goodness they butchered everything. I felt the grandparents were also key figures in the book especially the grandmother. Our Jane and Keith are key figures too. I loved Our Jane’s character especially her name. Very creative for the youngest child who is often babied. I just can’t believe someone would destroy such a good story. It’s just tragic.