Water for Elephants Review

I read Water for Elephants several summers ago, and could not put it down. I loved the way the book was written and felt transported to the 1920's within the first few chapters. So, I was obviously super excited when I heard they were making a movie based on one of my fave books. And, R Patz was the icing on the cake! He is a dreamboat!!! It was nice to see him without the yellow eyes, anybody agree? Resse is my girl as well, so I was happy she was in it. She played Marlena very well!

So, my thoughts:

• The acting was great and I loved the guy who played August. He really captured the crazy, almost bipolar character from the book.
• The costumes were amazing! Reese looked stunning in all of her body suits and I loved the evening gowns she wore (esp. the red one in the speak easy). And R Patz looked dapper when he was dressed up, and rugged and foxy when he was dressed down.
• I loved seeing all of the animals, but there were parts where I had to close my eyes and was close to crying. If you have yet to see the movie, be forwarned that there is some animal abuse.
• I didn't like that they never explained the title of the movie!! That was a part of the book that was interesting, and they only really hinted at it once. If you don't know what the title refers to, go read the book!
• I also didn't like that they didn't go back and forth between the present and the story. I know you can't include everything, but I loved the old man version of Jacob. He was funny and endering in the book, and had some funny things happen at the nursing home!

All in all, it was a fabulous movie! I suggest you go see it if you haven't already! I think it would have been a little better had I not read the book before hand, but I might have had my expectations too high.

Have y'all seen it? What did you think?

I might be back later with my first vlog ever! It depends on how it turns out and how much time I have because I have to pack to go to Dallas tomorrow!!!!

ERK