For our Art Day during orientation, we were fortunate enough to have Jonathan Safran Foer come speak to us about his work. His book, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, is a touching story about 11 year old Oskar Schell’s emotional journey after the death of his father in the 9/11 attacks. It is a fantastic book which I would recommend to anyone who hasn’t already read it.
Like most fantastic books, it is now being adapted into a motion picture. The movie stars Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock as Oskar’s parents. While I can’t help but feel that the big names might take the focus away from Oskar’s story, the trailer did an excellent job of capturing the feel of the book.
While the preview is excellently done, I am a bit afraid of how the movie will treat the grandfather’s story. On the one hand, it may be better for the movie if they cut out his whole backstory and focus more on Oskar and his Immediate family. On the other hand, the grandfather’s story was one of my favorite parts of the book and it added a great deal of emotional weight to the story. Either way, I will definitely be seeing this movie when it comes out in December.