The Help: the movie
I saw The Help movie yesterday. I think in general it was good and did a good job staying true to the novel. However, I felt like the movie was only on the surface good. It wasn’t as deep as the book, and felt like a montage of the novel, especially Miss Skeeter’s story. I loved reading about Skeeter and Stuart’s relationship and its progression and even end throughout the novel, yet it was only an after thought in the movie. I understand that the movie wanted to emphasize the maid’s stories, but I kinda thought they would cater toward the romantic crowd too. As with all novel-to-movie stories, a few things were changed. Nothing major, but what stood out in a way I cannot figure good or bad, was the Skeeter’s mother and Constantine story. Her mother was betrayed in a better light in the movie and Constantine’s daughter was also black in the movie. Probably because they didn’t have room or time to develop the whole Constantine’s daughter looked white story. Hilly was the best. She was exactly how I imagined her, in look (except she was skinny in the movie) and behaved. Celia Foote had a lot of laughs and so did Minny! Minny was one of my favorite characters. Her sassiness is both poignant and hilarious! No one can forget the “Terrible Awful.” I wonder what people think of the movie who didn’t read the book?
