I LOVED this book and was excited to hear that it was being made into a movie. Has anyone else read it or have any interest in seeing the movie?
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Although I loved the book, I'm hesitant to watch the movie. I'm not a fan of Robert Pattinson, so hearing he was playing Jacob made me cringe a little. My best friend loves him (she also loves Twilight...) but is also uneasy about him being in the movie. I love Reese, but picture Marlena as being much younger. I also pictured August as being a much bigger man. And the circus they've been showing in the trailers is a lot fancier than I imagined as well.
So, we'll see. I'm at least able to appreciate a movie as just that, a movie, without having to compare it to the book... (Harry Potter, for example. Good movies on their own, but if I compare them to the books, I just get upset/angry! >.<)
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As a young man, Jacob Jankowski (Pattinson) was tossed by fate onto a rickety train that was home to the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth. It was the early part of the great Depression, and for Jacob (Holbrook), now ninety, the circus world he remembers was both his salvation and a living hell. A veterinary student just shy of a degree, he was put in charge of caring for the circus menagerie.
It was there that he met Marlena, (Witherspoon) the beautiful equestrian star married to August (Waltz), the charismatic but twisted animal trainer. And he met Rosie, an untrainable elephant and only hope for this third-rate traveling show.
Although I loved the book, I'm hesitant to watch the movie. I'm not a fan of Robert Pattinson, so hearing he was playing Jacob made me cringe a little. My best friend loves him (she also loves Twilight...) but is also uneasy about him being in the movie. I love Reese, but picture Marlena as being much younger. I also pictured August as being a much bigger man. And the circus they've been showing in the trailers is a lot fancier than I imagined as well.
So, we'll see. I'm at least able to appreciate a movie as just that, a movie, without having to compare it to the book... (Harry Potter, for example. Good movies on their own, but if I compare them to the books, I just get upset/angry! >.<)