One of my major pet peeves is when people don't give something a chance because of their first impressions. The Gossip Girl series is very popular among teenagers so it was bound to be turned into a movie or show. Personally I think that choosing to make it a show was a great idea.
People need to understand that adaptations to screen will NEVER be the same as books. Many people immediately hate book adaptations because they leave things out. Those people are just kidding themselves...Of course they are going to be different! Books work in books, but not so much on the screen.
I feel like the key to enjoying adaptations is watching it with an open mind KNOWING that it won't be the same thing. Which is what I did for Gossip Girl.
The show is perfectly cast and it is not more than what it is advertised to be: A Teenage Drama. It is a good show under its genre and in my opinion it's even more entertaining than the books. They have changed a few of the plots around a bit and I've got to say, to me it makes a lot more sense. I can't complain much about that actors because they are all fairly unknown and yet pretty good at keeping their "rich, snobby" stereotype characters much deeper and three dimensional than we would expect.
Overall, I think it is a good new show. It is exactly what it says to be, but turns out to be pretty interesting and with some surprising acting.
My advice: give it a chance before judging it by a few scenes, or by the differences to the books. It's not worth it to compare. Take the show for what it is, and then you will be able to enjoy it.
People need to understand that adaptations to screen will NEVER be the same as books. Many people immediately hate book adaptations because they leave things out. Those people are just kidding themselves...Of course they are going to be different! Books work in books, but not so much on the screen.
I feel like the key to enjoying adaptations is watching it with an open mind KNOWING that it won't be the same thing. Which is what I did for Gossip Girl.
The show is perfectly cast and it is not more than what it is advertised to be: A Teenage Drama. It is a good show under its genre and in my opinion it's even more entertaining than the books. They have changed a few of the plots around a bit and I've got to say, to me it makes a lot more sense. I can't complain much about that actors because they are all fairly unknown and yet pretty good at keeping their "rich, snobby" stereotype characters much deeper and three dimensional than we would expect.
Overall, I think it is a good new show. It is exactly what it says to be, but turns out to be pretty interesting and with some surprising acting.
My advice: give it a chance before judging it by a few scenes, or by the differences to the books. It's not worth it to compare. Take the show for what it is, and then you will be able to enjoy it.