Holes by Louis Sachar: The Movie

[tri-deltgurl]

I totally loved this book when it came out.. my younger cousin read it and made me read it. When I saw the preview I was like "I'm definitely going to see this!" I think it'll be super cute.

[LeslieAGD]

Book was very good...but I'll probably wait for the movie as a video release or on cable.

[Schmeer]

so anyone going to see it this weekend


or Malibu's Most Wanted

Its pretty easy choice for me- Holes all the way. I think Jamie Kennedy is super annoying!!

[SoProud2BeAnAlphaXi]

I didn't see this thread until today, but want to say: I LOVE THIS BOOK!! I actually listened to it unabridged on tape after I knew it was being filmed. What a complete treat. I can't wait to see it, and can't think of a better Warden than Sigourney Weaver.

[polarpi]

I had to read the book for my Kiddie Lit class in college...it was a good read, I enjoyed reading it. When I first heard about the movie coming out, I thought I would just wait until it came out on video. Well, wouldn't you know, I was hanging out with other "young adults" from my church and we decided to go see the movie.

I HIGHLY recommend this movie to everyone!!! It was so fun to see how they translated the book into the screenplay, and I especially enjoyed the "Diggin Up" 'rap' at the beginning of the movie and through the credits. It's such a catchy tune...it makes me want to go out and buy the soundtrack!

[White_Chocolate]

i just love Shia. . .so it doesn't matter if the movie is bad. . .just so long as it follows the book. . .

[polarpi]

Originally posted by White_Chocolate
i just love Shia. . .so it doesn't matter if the movie is bad. . .just so long as it follows the book. . .

From what I remember of reading the book, the movie follows it pretty closely.

[KappaStargirl]

Sorry, didn't see the post until today, but oh MY I love this book. I led a book discussion on it with a group of seventh graders back when it first won the Newbery Award in 1999. There's something magical about this book. I don't know what it is, but on more than one occasion, kids have come to me in the library saying, "I hate to read, but I loved Holes." Louis Sachar's other works are great, too, like the Wayside School books, but no one, I think, ever expected him to turn out a work so serious, and so incredibly appealing.

Sachar wrote the screenplay for the movie, too, which is the only reason I went to go see it. It does an excellent job of following the book, though of course there's just no way to capture all of the book's subtleties onscreen. Did you all see that he's in the movie? He's one of the citizens talking to Sam, with the onions? Love that.

[CrimsonTide4]

Title: Small Steps released 1.10.06

Summary From School Library Journal
Grade 5-8–This sequel to Holes (Farrar, 1998) focuses on Armpit, an African-American former resident of Tent D at Camp Green Lake. It's two years after his release, and the 16-year-old is still digging holes, although now getting paid for it, working for a landscaper in his hometown of Austin, TX. He's trying to turn his life around, knowing that everyone expects the worst of him and that he must take small steps to keep moving forward. When X-Ray, his friend and fellow former detainee at the juvenile detention center, comes up with a get-rich-quick scheme involving scalping tickets to a concert by teenage pop star Kaira DeLeon, Armpit fronts X-Ray the money. He takes his best friend and neighbor, Ginny, a 10-year-old with cerebral palsy, to the concert and ends up meeting Kaira, getting romantically involved, and finally becoming a hero by saving her life when her stepfather tries to kill her and frame him. Small Steps has a completely different tone than Holes. It lacks the bizarre landscape, the magical realism, the tall-tale quality, and the heavy irony. Yet, there is still much humor, social commentary, and a great deal of poignancy. Armpit's relationship with Ginny, the first person to care for him, look up to him, and give his life meaning, is a compassionate one. Like Holes, Small Steps is a story of redemption, of the triumph of the human spirit, of self-sacrifice, and of doing the right thing. Sachar is a master storyteller who creates memorable characters.–Connie Tyrrell Burns, Mahoney Middle School, South Portland, ME
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