What do you think of "Knock at the Cabin" when compared to the source material, the book titled "Cabin at the End of the World"?

Submitted by scalemouse t3_122gpg9 in movies

This is one of the those rare occasions, when the movie becomes better than the book. They both have different endings. But I liked the one in the movie more.

The book was a boring one for me. The writing style is not interesting to me. I was curious to see how that book would be made into a movie. But the movie was better. The acting and pacing and the tension was all done better in the movie than in the book. But that's not to say the movie is great. It was just ok. Not bad, not great either.

What do you all think of the movie and the book?

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Kitahorror t1_jdq794r wrote

Specifically compared to the book? The movie fails in every capacity as an adaptation. The book is a lot clearer that a god that would require brutal human sacrifice to avert an apocalypse is an evil god. One that shouldn't be obeyed. The entity that is glimpsed in the light has a malevolent aura. And in the end it's about two people choosing to live on after their world has ended, suffering unfathomable loss. To go on regardless of what happens because all you can do, is go on.

The movie is 'Yay, human sacrifice! šŸ˜'. Okay, well maybe not quite, but it never deals with the moral complications the plot raises.

I think the film is well acted, it's shot beautifully. Shyamalan directs the hell out of it, but it's lack of thematic coherence in the writing is a fatal flaw.

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rgregan t1_jdql8oj wrote

This is definitely the movie I wanted to see. Movies about doomsday prophecies that can be legitimately avoided through human sacrifice never sit well for me.

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TheWindKraken2 t1_jdqxmqq wrote

I love the book. Itā€™s very weird and takes a lot of choices I would never take as a writer, which is why I think itā€™s left such an impact on me. Genuinely left me shocked a few times. The movie is a shitty adaptation, but I was enjoying it till the endā€¦.and then the ending completely killed it for me. That movie really fucked itself over with how terrible the ending was

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Mysterious-Sense-185 t1_jdqfyxl wrote

The book was intense and amazing. Loved it. Its in my top 5. The movie was a severe disappointment. They literally took out the one scene that brought everything together and made the book so good. I also think the ending of the movie was annoying compared to the book.

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Getupkid1284 t1_jdqxpua wrote

Loved the movie enough to grab the audio book, but I haven't listened to it yet.

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Waste-Replacement232 t1_jduer3l wrote

I liked the movie but thought it petered out at the end. Then I read the book and got angry that the movie changed so much about the ending.

The ending in the book felt satisfying regarding who died and what did or didnā€™t get wrapped up. The movie was less predictable but also less satisfying

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