Norwegian Wood - Mark

     After watching the Norwegian Wood Movie, I have some mixed feelings regarding the movie compared to the book. I did enjoy Norwegian Wood to an extent but it's definitely not my favorite bit of Murakami's writing. I felt that while the book did well with dealing with serious topics like suicide, loneliness and love, it did fall short in some ways. The female characters seemed poorly written and  oversexualized in some ways and they were just there for Toru, and the ending was a bit unclear as well as it was open ended, and it felt a little depressing and had a slow pace to it. The descriptions were very in depth though, and once again the serious topics in this novel were written very well. After watching the movie, I think a lot of important scenes were missed from the book such as getting rid a lot of the parts with Stormtrooper as well as the hospital scene with Midori's father. I did really enjoy some of the backdrops, especially the forests and grasslands of the sanatorium. I felt like seeing that brought a lot of meaning to the movie since it helped bring the characters to reality instead of just reading about them on pages. I think the character selection was pretty good, but some of the character interactions as well seemed a little weird to me but some scenes were good as well. Overall, I think the movie was a decent addition to the novel but I think I'd only recommend it for someone who has already read Norwegian Wood who wants to literally see what the worlds and characters are like instead of just reading about them from the novel.