Odd Thomas (movie)

@JESSY3236 (18923)
United States
October 17, 2017 9:12am CST
I watched Odd Thomas on Friday. It is based on the book by Dean Koontz. It has Anton Yelchin, Ashley Sommers, Matthew Page, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Addison Timlin, and Willem Dafoe. Big Warning: there is some violence and that one big sad part. Like I said this movie was the main reason I did the book to movie marathon. There are slight differences between the book and movie. One main difference is that Elvis is a ghost he sees in the book, not a cardboard cutout. Another difference is that he visits his mother and dad. I just read an article saying Dean Koontz loves the movie. He says the mother and dad scenes were too dark in front of a test audience. He also mentions that Odd was a sculptor and not a writer in the movie (which I didn't notice). I do agree with Dean Koontz that the music was really good in the movie. I think they a great job with the creatures too. I still would have written the ending differently. Even though the differences, it was a great movie. I looked up to see if there will be a sequel and there won't be. The guy who played Odd died in a car accident in real life. Next week (or maybe Friday) I'm watching A Monster Calls.
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@nonersays (3329)
• United States
17 Oct 17
I thought the movie was just Okay, but you never really "felt" Odd in it. Or at least I didn't. I have that problem with MOST of the movies based on series. I never see the character there I loved in the books. Even if Yelchin hadn't lost his life so tragically he probably would not have gone back to that character, since he was starring in the Star Trek Reboot series. But now I guess we'll never know.
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• United States
17 Oct 17
I read the book years ago and a few of the other Odd books along the way but haven't seen the movie.
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
17 Oct 17
I have not seen Odd Thomas as I didn't like the book. I have seen A Monster Calls.
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