The Book Was Better: I Am Number Four Review

For a guy with flashlights in his hands, Number Four isn't that bright.
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[@silverYolo]

The thing I hate most about these "I gotta hide out" type situations in movies and books is people always move to small towns. That's literally the worst thing to do, small towns immediately make note of new people. Especially new people who act weird. The best places to hide out in are cities, because there's just way too many people to find you and if anything weird happens, most people write it off and/or mind their business

[@Panteni87]

It would depend on who you're hiding from. Cities are filled with CCTV with tracking possibilities

[@silverYolo]

@@Panteni87 honestly, it's still easier in cities than in towns. Cameras in cities, they'll have to sit down and watch hours of footage just to maybe catch a glimpse of you among a bigger crowd of people, especially if they have no clue where you were. Dye your hair and wear an eye patch and a prosthetic nose and your not getting found. In a town? Like 50 people have already posted about you living in the old house down the road before youve even done anything.

[@Panteni87]

@@silverYolo nope, the Chinese have long ago developed software that makes that kind of work very easy.. and if the Chinese have it the rest has it too

[@silverYolo]

@@Panteni87 that software is very outdated and was wrong even when it was used. Not to mention how easily fooled it's being currently, thanks to the riots in honk Kong. None of which matters per se though because that's china. The US definitely doesn't have anything near on par (as bad as it is regardless)

[@magic_sjs5623]

They actually address this in later books with Number Nine living in Chicago for that very reason.

[@Foustdoodles98]

I'm starting to think this book could've been better as an animated series on Netflix. Instead of a crappy early 2000s live action flick.

[@viktoria_pikovsky]

LA TV series on Netflix is a more fitting adaptation for the book series then animated one. The story of the books doesn't really calls for animation, and a movie series could had worked out if the movie was made by more confident writers. The story is just basically X-men if they were aliens, and we do have a lot of great LA X-men movies. The story of the books isn't really cartoonish, and it's grounded in reality enough to work out perfectly in LA. It's more that early 2000's YA movies fell into the Twighshit hole, and decided to adapt stuff more as a suppy love stories rather then the action flicks they are. And it damaged a lot of good books which could had turned out into awesome franchises. The Mortal Instruments are great example for that, actually. The movie was shit, but it was later redacted into a rather decent and successful TV series.

[@Mobysimo]

Honestly, I feel like animation would always work better for adapting fantasy books. You don't have to age up characters to get better actors, you can make things match descriptions, and you recreate a lot of things like action scenes and the like in animation.

[@Disconnect350]

Lol 2011 is early 2000s now?

[@Foustdoodles98]

@@Disconnect350 I guess so, lol!😂🤣

[@yanndylan2239]

@@Mobysimo I would defo prefer an animated series, while its grounded in reality I feel that the immersion, action and story can be dialled up to 11 with some really good animation and they could do some stuff they would otherwise be unable to do due to certain constraints.

[@TheHeroOfTomorrow]

“Halloween, but with warm weather and less color.” So, Summerween from Gravity Falls, but worse.

[@thomastakesatollforthedark2231]

And not as fun

[@romjonsilver4049]

That's a tough comparison. We actually want summerween to exist

[@voidjockey82]

Don't open fresh wounds.

[@thomastakesatollforthedark2231]

@@voidjockey82 it's been years

[@TheHeroOfTomorrow]

Void Jockey ...how is that a wound?

[@Literally-Brian]

Can you make a ”The book was better” about Miss Peregrines home for peculiar Children?

[@herrikudo]

He REALLY needs to my wife and I were pissed coming out of that abomination of a film.

[@WritingisDifficult]

The thing that annoyed me most about the film was that they changed the year of the loop from 1940 (in the book) to 1943 (in the film). It just made no impact or sense to change the year of the loop.

[@morganrobinson8042]

The original book was so high concept that it's own sequel was strangled trying to make a continuity. Without the premise of the odd old-time photos to hang off of, any adaptation was going to fall short, and really have to work to prevent total disaster. And nobody was putting in that kind of work.

[@Literally-Brian]

herrikudo the worst part about the movie was that it was just so painfully mediocre. And it just changed so many unnecesary things. The most outregious part was that they just forgot about the 2nd and 3rd book and just gave it some rushed boring ending

[@herrikudo]

@@Literally-Brian the plot holes, the horrible acting, idiot characters, nonsense leaps in logic.... jesus it was so bad... never had the pleasure to read the book but i always heard good things. Can't imagine it's anything close to what i watched

[@squees7215]

"Is jet skiing a personality trait?" "No, Patrick. Jet skiiing is not a personality trait"

[@dropkickpiper3204]

Alex C “Cliff diving isn’t a personality trait either.”

[@ThatRandomEncounterGuy]

Owning an Xbox isn’t a personality trait either, but that doesn’t stop “gamers” from acting like they’re an entire culture.

[@crowthewicked8344]

@@ThatRandomEncounterGuy K

[@mihirlavande]

The day jet skiing is a personality trait, I'm gonna play the mayonnaise on live television.

[@jordanromesburg6819]

After watching Loki, I'd say it absolutely counts as a personality trait 😎

[@jfarrar19]

"Where we meet Number 3" And already I'm thinking of Codename: Kids Next Door

[@Reapermaskhybrid]

Something I'd rather watch than this crappy movie.

[@mynameiswalterhartwellwhite420]

@@MyDrummingHead LMFAO

[@nukclear2741]

Hold on a second… Hello! :D

[@gelatinouscube2342]

Well you might be number four but we are number one.

[@TheHeroOfTomorrow]

R.I.P. Stefan Karl Stefansson.

[@legoobi-wankenobi3080]

Hey!

[@JustNatax3]

*distorted trumpet sounds in the distance* RIP Stefan, the #1.

[@donsolo7860]

Actually we’re team zero

[@henrik_xiii]

"Four looks too much like Jake Paul passing a hemorrhoid" I CHOCKED ON MY WATER OMFG

[@Ramsey276one]

27:30. Good thing I posponed lunch

[@bahadortanzif8932]

Sarahhhhhh What'd you dooooooooooo

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

Ah yes, I’ve read the entire Lorien Legacies series and they’re very underrated.

[@eelmimbo]

Why do I see you in every comment section I ever go in?!

[@Mariusweeddeath]

@@eelmimbo He's a highly advanced computer virus. Once you catch the virus, he basically almost always the first comment you see on any video sharing platform. .Benign in theory if you aren't a paranoid guy.

[@greenyyx]

Are you like, idk, Justin Y's lost brother??

[@thomastakesatollforthedark2231]

Dude seriously? I just saw you at Ants Canada

[@hydras5947]

Carrying on Justin y's torch I see

[@berpipo]

Okay first things first, One like for using Nier music. The book sounds like it could have worked pretty damn well in a visual media, I do hope somewhere down the line someone decide to reboot this and try to make another movie, would hate for this franchise to become another Percy Jackson.

[@youngecujoh855]

Could you tell me what the nsme is for that neir track?

[@mDeeDee]

Its Pascal's village theme

[@sorcerersapprentice]

Agreed. On the plus side, Rick Riordan is trying to get an animated Percy Jackson series made and is in talks with Disney about it. With Disney+, the books being published by a company owned by Disney and the popularity of them, there's a fair chance that might happen. Not sure if the same can be said with this franchise, since it's not as beloved or well known as Percy Jackson, but there's hope.

[@gracekim25]

sorcerers apprentice to be honest being animated is a good idea

[@sorcerersapprentice]

@@gracekim25 I agree. Animation works a lot better with YA/Middle Grade series with a lot of action and supernatural elements, due it being able to show more engaging fights scenes that might not work in live action. Works well with a lot of shonen animes like BNHA and Demon Slayer. I also find TV series work a lot better than movies for book adaptations due to them having more time to pace everything out.

[@tylerfish2701]

Fun fact: Michael Bay was the producer of this film.

[@ravager48]

It shows...

[@Nasser851000]

that's how you know it's bad XD

[@asalways1504]

That explains a lot

[@tochivictor1846]

He also produced a quiet place so it balances out

[@theoneyednightwing8558]

He also really likes the book series for some reason

[@amelieshuman3324]

I read this years ago! Additional changes that i remember: -While they did initially believe the hand lights were Four's first power, he retroactively realizes it was animal telepathy as at the beginning of the book he talks about sensing the feelings of deer -All the numbers have telekinesis as a common power -Four was 15 at the start of the series 1-2 years younger than Sarah -Because he and Sam were only 15 they didn't have a license and it made the drive to rescue Henri a big deal, with the book talking about how jumpy Sam was at the start but how he gradually relaxed, plus the whole drive they were worried about being pulled over because the trucks tag is expired since only Sam's dad drove it -Henri mentions that the soulmate thing doesn't actually work with people from other planets, Four can love Sarah but she will not be his soulmate the way she would be if she was also from their planet -When Four does his runs, Bernie does them with him and out speeds him as an early hint that he isn't a dog -A detail i think the movie left out was that the people on their planet were divided by classes with the class that the numbers were in being the unimportant one, but once the planet was invaded they became the priority, while the protectors like Henri would have been nobles but were "reduced" to warriors until the Numbers were matured enough to protect them again Honestly, the fact that I remember this much about a book I read once almost 10 years ago makes me think it was probably a good book

[@katrinaalyssa7462]

It was definitely awesome. These books were what Percy Jackson is to a lot of people ❤😊

[@deathdayproductions]

Another thing is that they made the very weird choice to have Henri ash off. While yes, they cremate him at the end of the book, the only species that dust is the Mog soldiers, as they are grown artificially in a vat.

[@Big_E_Soul_Fragment]

Book Jesus has blessed us with a new video today

[@fleon4115]

All hail book Jesus!

[@Nasser851000]

​@@fleon4115 All hail book jesus, his gorgeous hair and his cute dog!

[@chopmopjeter18]

If Forgotten Weapons is Gun Jesus, and he is Book Jesus, then who is the third Jesus that completes this holy trinity of Jesus, this triumvirate of messiahs?

[@ryanwalters5290]

@@chopmopjeter18 Steve1989MREInfo, aka ration Jesus

[@Umcarasemvideo]

That would be video-game Jesus or anime Jesus.

[@ariellakahan-harth8831]

"I think she plays the annoying one." Trust me, sir. Every single character on that show was the annoying one.

[@santiaginho1997]

They were pretty anoying, but Rachel. Shes THE annoying one

[@zombieedrea]

Actually, Quinn wasn't really annoying. She started out as the sterotypical cliche, bitchy cheerleader, but she actually had a lot of depth to her. Until the writers decided to completely fuck her character over but I won't get into that.

[@madalynmiles]

except mike. he was chill

[@epicremarc]

Madalyn Miles all hail mike Chang

[@_LizPerez95]

Nobody is more annoying on the show than Rachel lol

[@Smartpplz161]

I remember distinctly watching this in the theater, and being truly confused as to why EVERYONE is blonde. I couldn’t keep track for a little bit of who was who

[@jacobsperry1460]

It's even weirder considering that in the power of six, when marina has a dream about 6, she's depicted as having dark raven hair. While 6 does end up becoming blonde for a short bit in the book, it's not permanent

[@dawafflesupreme]

"a crackhead covered in strobe lights." Finally, a youtuber who UNDERSTANDS book John!

[@brettdallman3885]

I honestly like the first few books, though I haven’t read them since I was a freshman in high school. The fights and powers are pretty creative, but I thought that the powers the kids got were kind of random, like the author just made a dartboard with every possible superpower and just went to town Also, I really respected how later on they actually SPOILERS killed off Sarah and didn’t resurrect her or anything. So Four just ends up being a wandering hobo and it was honestly a weird but kinda cool ending for a YA character

[@aelingallant]

honestly nobody even remembers her

[@brettdallman3885]

Empress Jessica yeah, if I remember right she wasn’t even in the series for like 2 books before she showed back up and died. I didn’t like her, but some of the other characters were actually cool

[@aelingallant]

@@brettdallman3885 she was in the lost files: Rebel Allies when she was being sent to Mark. Who's your favourite character?

[@brettdallman3885]

Empress Jessica was she? I didn’t read most of the side stories, so I don’t know. Favorites would have to be Sam and Six, and then Nine would be close behind. What about you?

[@aelingallant]

@@brettdallman3885 yup she was, and then Mark went all * SPOILERS* revive Sarah mode. My favourite were Marina, Ella, Adam, Nine and One in the original series. Ran and Nigel were my favorite, and so were Caleb and Einar in the reborn series.

[@jenelewis7252]

They should’ve just turned this into a tv series

[@coobysnax1106]

90% of books would be better that way

[@VenZaRa]

I wish I could agree, but it's never done right. At least not anymore. I would be absolutely in love with the idea if producers and directors could just do it anywhere near close to lore- accurate. I know that books can't be directly adapted to movies or shows in an exact manner, but it's always done so horribly. Sad face emoji.

[@lindsay9181]

I only remember Alex Pettyfer exists whenever someone makes a video about a bad book/movie adaptation he’s been in

[@Gotham_Outlaw]

I'm glad KZbin recommended me this channel. Especially, since I'm trying to create my own graphic novel. So I just use Lord Krimson's reviews as a "Do's and Don't You Ever Do This Shit" type of deal

[@juice4132]

Salem Kane if you’re looking for some other writing advice, I would recommend Jenna Moreci. She has some great content about the do’s and don’ts of writing as well.

[@Gotham_Outlaw]

@@juice4132 alright cool! I'll be sure to check her out

[@Reapermaskhybrid]

@@Gotham_Outlaw I watch this, Linkara, and so on for writing advice.

[@jamsubliminals]

is your graphic novel out yet

[@tylerpreston699]

"I think she plays the annoying one" Uh, can you be more specific on that? Possible future "The Book Was Better" episodes: *Attack on Titan *Avalon High *Disclosure, a Michael Critchon novel *Atonement *Carrie *Chronicles of Narnia *The Princess Bride *Stardust

[@bluestar2059]

You know, for all the liberties that Dawn Treader took, I think it wasn't THAT bad. I'd love a series of reviews.

[@hemmingwayfan]

I'd like to see him do Battlefield Earth. Yes every one and their mom has reviewed it but I don't think anyone's taken a look at it as an adaptation

[@RockyGems]

@@hemmingwayfan Alright, but it's your fault if he becomes a Scientologist!

[@Kingdomheatsox2]

Avalon high got a movie? Since when?

[@tylerpreston699]

@@Kingdomheatsox2 Back in 2010. Although now that I think about, it was made as Disney Channel movie, and those have about the same time length of any other TV movie. So I don't know if Krimson would do that one.

[@birblady5413]

I'd love to see Krimson rip Jupiter Ascending apart

[@KrimsonRogue]

If there's a book, I wouldn't mind tearing it apart.

[@albireotheredguard1599]

@@KrimsonRogue Have you read House of Night yet? If you want something that makes Twilight readable, read that!

[@plcthelegacy4131]

@@KrimsonRogue Well, I got an Idea for a scifi movie review. The film is as bad as Jupiter Ascending and is based on a book. Though both the book and the movie are terrible so I don't know if I wanna be that sadistic. Battlefield Earth

[@WalkmanWillWalkAllOverYou]

So you're finally doing it? Brilliant. #stalkingisbadgoddammit

[@historiariess5149]

Is it bad that I want to see Krimson tear the Attack on Titan movies a new one if he wants to though

[@thomaseasley2938]

No That sort of thing is his job

[@multilad816]

Given how much a DMCA headache his Full Metal Alchemist review got, it's unlikely

[@historiariess5149]

He also reviewed the death note movie and will probably have to review its upcoming sequel

[@hydras5947]

There are *movies*? The fuck

[@ranwolf76]

@@hydras5947 There are 2 AoT live action movies as far as I know.

[@corruptangel6793]

5:55 that's how I feel with the Artemis Fowl trailer. If that trailer is accurate, than at best we're getting a movie as loyal as this one. At worse, and much more likely I think, it'll be closer to Percy Jackson.

[@gracekim25]

Corrupt Angel um:....😅

[@patrickfrost9405]

@@gracekim25 They turned Domovoi, the RUSSIAN, black. Unless this is a convoluted Durarura reference, I'm unipressed.

[@SwimmingInSunlight]

I've waited for that god damned movie since 2001, and the trailer did not leave me hopeful 🙈🙈 (Also had they done the movie 10 years back, Asa Butterfield would've been a perfect casting choise, such wasted potential 😧)

[@corruptangel6793]

@@SwimmingInSunlight YES! When I saw Ender's Game that was my exact thought!

[@SwimmingInSunlight]

@@corruptangel6793 I feel he would've done great in a role like Artemis' (the actual one, not the Disney sugar-coated one), and has those striking eyes 👌 I'm hoping the boy they got for the role will do well though 😊

[@Pierremur]

The life draining weapons sound a neat twist on the standard scifi pew pew

[@muhammadjoosab785]

FINALY not that I've been spamming krimson to do this book but I've been looking forward to this video since I've watched the movie.

[@Megatron_95]

Now, we need the Seventh Son review

[@destinyblade1167]

who knows we might actually see an influx of wardstone chronicles fans

[@DeitySkullKid]

I need to read the Starblade series, Binged the Wardstone set in a few days

[@user-zd6lc5fz2n]

2:03 Without a prior research i won't even known where to start this saga

[@viktoria_pikovsky]

Yeah, it is really confusing. Luckily the physical books do have their order numbers on their side covers, so if you are planning on buying the physical copies, this helps out a lot. What is highly confusing tho is that the Lorean kids all use their numbers as their names, and oh boy that is confusing as hell. Only 3 of them actually have regular human names, Jon Smith included, and it still doesn't help out understanding sometime who is who.

[@Darek_B52]

Of all the times to upload 9:12 AM is not the time I expected to see a "The Book Is Better" review pop up. A surprise, but a nice surprise.

[@e.kathrynsshadows]

The solid three seconds between when you said "Low Key Thor" and I actually heard "Loki Thor"

[@chethanchandra3665]

Krimson: This adaptation is mediocre because the plot and character developement are off Me: Episode 69. Nice.

[@jeromelancashire3278]

1:15 An alien refugee of a doomed species who goes by the name John Smith, does he also travel in blue police box?

[@turtleanton6539]

Those are some confusing booktitles.

[@sophiejohnston4603]

The books are so goooood, I really recommend them ^^

[@cloduh]

I started on the second one by accident lmfao

[@sophiejohnston4603]

oof, yeah the book titles are really confusing but the books are 👌

[@rozarah]

A sacrifice to the algorithm gods

[@Toberumono]

Quick note: Credit Card company websites historically have pathetic security. One website (Capital One, iirc) added a key to the url that, if changed to somebody else’s key, gave you full access to THE OTHER PERSON’S ACCOUNT. The reason why they did that? “It made making the interface easier” Wells Fargo enforced wildly insecure password policies (for real, Warframe has better password policies) for years after they were known to be insecure, etc...

[@Nasser851000]

Will krimson ever review a good book adaptation again or is he doomed to watch bad movies forever?

[@breawycker]

He's watched Good movies. Hogfather, harry potter, how to train your dragon, hunger games, etc.

[@tydyman2003]

I'd like to see him tackle Jurassic Park even though the book ruined that movie for me

[@herrikudo]

Man its WEIRD you posted this today... i have been watching all your old reviews that directly reference this movie/book. I was literally thinking about how I hope you do the review soon... as I see you posted 34 min ago... Love it when shit like this happens lol

[@corsent6791]

Oh, God... I recently watched it. It was so bad. My friend and I even recorded an audio about it, 35 minutes of trying to review it honestly. We failed... Kirmson, thanks a lot loved it. :)

[@Vampgurl202]

"Lowkey Thor" God damn it

[@1987MartinT]

Timothy Olyphant, Teresa Palmer, and Kevin Durand are really underrated actors. I'd really like to see them in better movies.

[@ziggyhfx8202]

Honestly I'd really like to hear his thoughts on the rest of the series if he's read any of it.

[@aelingallant]

There's more that came out after the lorien legacies for those who are asking. Here is the order The Lorien Legacies I Am Number Four The Power of Six The Rise of Nine The Fall of Five The Revenge of Seven The Fate of Ten United as One The Lost Files: The Legacies Secret Histories Hidden Enemies Rebel Allies Zero Hour The ones that I listed after are events that happened after The Lorien Legacies, they featured new characters. They are scenes where the original gardes comes in. Generation One Fugitive Six Return to Zero Here are the ones that featured Six and Sam. Trial by Fire Out of the Shadows I don't recommend reading the legacies chronicles since its terrible in my opinion, but if you really enjoyed Six and Sam, it's up to you.

[@tydyman2003]

oh so I just read the second book

[@aelingallant]

PonyBoy how was it in your opinion?

[@tydyman2003]

Empress Jessica I didn’t get to finish it but it was really neat

[@aelingallant]

@@tydyman2003 That's nice to hear. Are you going to read the other ones?

[@tydyman2003]

Empress Jessica I’m gonna try

[@Dr3Mc3Ninja]

I can always appreciate a Horatio reference. I haven't read the books or seen the film, so I am clueless, but the alien names seem unoriginal at best.

[@prehistorichero2755]

DrGrukar McNinjaSixthGun And speaking of aliens, why did both of the two look like Earth’s humans? Were humans the last subspecies of those two?

[@snowshoes343]

JurassicHero 3 The books make them seem like independent aliens that evolved on their own planet, yet they can breed with humans, technically meaning they are humans. The books have a whole lot of plot holes like that.

[@gracekim25]

Alex Meyer don’t you mean humanoid and compatible with humans?

[@snowshoes343]

Gracekim1 Technically reproductive compatibility is what make two organisms the same species, at least sexually producing ones

[@bradwolf07]

Kevin Durand and Teresa Palmer were the best parts of this film...no shame, I would watch this one again just for them (but not going out of my way to do so)

[@vnatvagner4931]

I remember watching thise movie I fell asleep at some point, and only woke up after hit the wall and falling on the floor. Then a security lady asked me: - are you ok? - the door didnt open, i told her - sir, you are inside womens restroom! I walked realy fast, pretending nothing happened. Thats how bad this movie was

[@hyun1539]

missed that loriens were never supposed to dust like the mogadorians and the only reason the mogs dust is because they're lab-made

[@phantomspydj]

Why do the Mogadorian look like Romulans or rejected designs of the Romulans

[@ayajade6683]

They honestly look like a Romulan and Bajoran had a baby

[@justsomeferalminor]

"she could have been a low-key Thor" ... You're amazing. There should be a religion worshiping the god of puns.

[@klgw99]

Honestly these books would work so much better as a tv series. The first season would probably be slow if you did it one book per season but the others are very good.

[@katrinaalyssa7462]

I WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE

[@DarknessIsTheTruth]

It took me a minute to get that "low key Thor" joke.

[@biankatoth1786]

The books are one of my favourite series but I also liked the movie.

[@samadams7336]

Finally the day has come...

[@thepopulargirl1784]

You should do a ”The book was better” for "John Dies at the End". I love the book and its sequels, and both the book and the movie are a wild ride that can get into some surprisingly freaky themes, plus the author seems to really like the movies last I heard.

[@Theda9]

Man, where has your channel been I love your reviews I'm so glad someone is still talking about these books I love the lorien legacies and am even getting a tattoo of them and honestly I'm happy I found this channel I'm totally subscribing

[@ThatRandomEncounterGuy]

Please, PLEASE tell me you’ll be doing The Darkest Minds! I can’t wait to see you chuck that one over the proverbial fires.

[@ReaRea428]

I can't wait until I get done with work so i can watch this!!!

[@rogercheetoofficial]

you're right, i feel more accomplished when i win in tic-tac-toe than i do when playing dark souls

[@lrizzard]

exactly what i thoughy

[@limitlesssoul2882]

The moment when Mark gets thrown up against the school window makes thus a great movie for me.

[@morzansreddragon]

I almost forgot your channel existed when I clicked on this video. Thanks for pumping out good content, hope I can see a positive adaptation review soon.

[@LazarusGamingandDiscussion]

Honestly I didn't know any about this series for the longest time and just assumed by the title that it was a Divergent prequel. But the actual plot sounds so much better 😂

[@papaaeon7210]

The battle at the end of this book is fucking badass

[@wrightfamily7381]

How does the battle from the book differ from the battle of the movie?

[@ItsGamein]

@@wrightfamily7381 nine mistakes a black lump on setrakus ra as a weak point and shoves a knife into him so hard his entire arm sinks into his body, setrakus ra starts to pull nine in and nine has to rip his shoulder off to keep himself from getting killed, and that’s just the first page of the fight

[@SkyHighGuys]

I cannot wait!!! YESSSSSSS dude your channel provides so much entertainment for me. Keep rocking hard! Also the intro joke was funny 😂😂 I love how you’re expanding your jokes kind of like Nostalgia Critic. It makes your content even more enjoyable to watch!

[@OBSDCC7]

I’ve only just this week stumbled upon your channel while bed ridden with the flu and your vids give me such a classic Nostalgia Critic vibe 😁

[@sophiesometimessews]

I will forever remember this book has the one with the greatest typo of all time on the first page, “a soft wind blxew”

[@elbraddock7711]

Insert Don Corleone gif: What have they done to my book?

[@logandevereux5076]

Damn I just came to find your channel a few months ago and I’ve seen people ask for this review for years now!! Honestly it did not disappoint!!

[@KallosCrypt]

I have a small request for the next episode, could you cover the first season of The Witcher in the style of what you did for the Dante's Inferno review? I feel it would be quite the review, even though it is the first season of what might be a big series. Also A+ for the use of NieR music, really neat touch. I really am glad you talked about this film, it is a damn missed opportunity that had such deep and rich books to use for refining the scripts and planning out what needs to be included in the film etc. It just fails as an adaptation as well as an independent film.

[@BohemianScandalous]

Has he ever shown his puppy before???!!!

[@SchazmenRassir]

The movie is basically, at best, going to get you interested in the book. Or me, in this case. I think I heard of the movie once, then forgot ever hearing about it.

[@mello.sorciere.a.lunettes]

I just love the little victory dance you do at 7:31 ^^

[@doi5451]

I hardly watched the movie(abt 15 mins, just when Sarah and 4 meet), and I already hate it. They adopt Bernie Kosar at the wrong time, the meet sarah the wrong way, the dialogue between sarah and john is awkward and not the same in the book, Sarah's mom is completely ignored, and, if you ask me, the scars are WAY too big. They're supposed to be on his ankle, not his whole damn calf

[@viktoria_pikovsky]

Thanks for the awesome review Krim! I waited for it for years, and the wait was definitely worth it. I actually read the books, up to the 5th one, and let me tell you that while the 1st book isn't that impressive, the series as a whole is one of the more unique and colorful YA franchises that currently exist (alongside Rick Riordan's books and Suzan Collin's Hunger Games trilogy). The movie doesn't do any justice to neither the first book, nor the the rest of the series. The book is miles better then this poor excuse for adaptation, and it's highly recommended to read for anyone who is interested in paranormal YA fiction. And to just explain a few book points that came up in the review for all people who are okay with minor spoilers- Number 4, or Jon as he would stay named in the books, is really not the best in kipping low profile. He is much better in hiding them his movie counterpart, but nothing of a subtle with his powers, especially around people who already know about them. And he is one of the duoshier of the Loreans, So his portray in the beginning of the movie is more or less similar to his portray in the later books. Jon is really likable in the first book, but after it he became somewhat annoying to me, even when he is not that bad of a character. Six is also quite of a missed oportunity for the movie. She is such a badass character in the books, spouting one liners left and right like the true action hero that she is. In the movie tho, she is barely 10th of the character she is in the books, more so when the movie cut most of her literary god-like powers, like being able to control the weather much like Storm from X-men! And that on top of that the movie cut out the buildup for friendship and relationship with Jon and Sam, which would be one of the bigger parts of her story in the later books. Mark and Sarah are also reduce to absolute nothing in the movie, despite them being two of the most important side characters of the entire book series, along side Sam's dad and his story (spoilers for book 2 and up). Also, good job on talking about the Geods and the second spaceship, as those are huge plot points for the entire series, starting from book 2. The second spaceship is especially important, as it's one of the central details of the story, and it's one of the pillars that the entire series is build upon. Tho I can't blame the movie for cutting it out, as it is kinda a big spoiler moment, more so that it only get's explained in books 2 and 3. The geods are also really important, tho far less then the spaceship. The geods serve mostly as just a macguffin to help out in the reunion of all 7 surviving Loreans (and no, I didn't miscalculate, it's just a small spoiler), but it is important for a few big events in books 4 and up. What the movie really did cut out tho, and it was really important for it to include if te film makers wanted to adapt the rest of the books, is the box that Jon and hanry curried around with them, and all the treasures that were hidden in it. The box, and the explanation on it's content, is one of the best expositions for understanding the entire series. There is one item that through it we get basically the entire backstory of Lorean, a few other items that serve as weapons for Jon and his friends, and a few other stuff that through them, without giving out any spoilers, help the reader to really understand the powers of each of the Lorean kids, and how their powers work. Even the boxes themselves are kinda a big deal for the characters, so much so that a bigger chunk of the books are all about looking after the damn things. And the treasures in them are really, really big parts of the story. So thanks movie for reducing it to just some piece of heirloom junk that Henry keeps around because "it's just a memory from their home planet". Actually, Henry's little "side mission" is also quite important. I can't really explain why because it would give up a whole bunch of spoilers, but I can only say that thanks Krim for pointing it out too. This, and Sam's dad disappearance were two of the worst handled plot points in the movie, and I don;t even know how the filmmaker would had continued to explore on them if they really did go on to make a second movie. all in all, this was a great review. The movie is shit, but it's analysis is pure gold. As always, Krim did a great justice to the book and explaining the changes in adaptation, and now I wanna reread it just so I can be reminded again how much the movie ruined a perfect little story. I'm a big fan of the book series, and this review helped me to remember why I love them so much, while I hate the movie.

[@jeanr.rivera4583]

*looks at episode number* Nice

[@Palp79]

The shooty glowy palms in this reminded me of Shaqaravas from Earth: Final Conflict.

[@cloduh]

This book series was my childhood and I was super disappointed with the movie. I hope they try again or make an animated series

[@johannesseyfried7933]

So...how many Pets do you have by now? Two Cats and one Dog?

[@ZoanBlade90]

I remember joking at the time that this movies true title was "I am Number Two".

[@LightPink]

I remember this series being the books to read in seventh grade

[@ssj3charizard]

The second I heard pascals village theme in the background I had to give it a like, fantastic video

[@cookies23z]

Ah, I remember this series! I really enjoyed the books, even if I felt they had some weaker aspects especially as they tried to advance the plot and set up and subsequently defeat the big bad. One thinking I remember thinking was that the kids never really abused their “protection” as in, have anyone but 1 be super training, talk via internet or something non direct to break the rule, then once they are godmode have them start slapping back hard against the invasion force... I guess they tried to explain it away via having nine been capured but it felt weak, how do shmucks capture a literal superhero... I guess nine was a cocky cunt tho, at least to start. Didnt watch the movie tho, never trusted it would be adapted well, time to watch the video

[@skirk248]

This is a poor use of the number 69...clearly it should be one of the 50 shades movies

[@delcidkidv250]

I just saw his “gone” books in the background! It’s the first time I’ve ever seen anyone else with them in the wild

[@sonicroze]

I remember seeing this - didn't know there was a book. I thought it was "Ok" and even better than I expected (I had very low expectations). Basically "Neat concept", but while I remember this stuff after seeing your review - I had all but forgotten this existed. I can't find it in me to call it bad, but I will say "It's ok" is the best I can do.

[@Hyopomora]

I don’t know if you heard/read the DUNE series but I’d love to see what you think of it. Since they are making a movie of it on the future

[@d4peters86]

He actually made a review of the David Lynch Dune movie where he gave some thought on the first book

[@the_foliot]

Ok fine, I’m subscribing. I loved this vid.

[@fandomtrash7672]

Can you do a The Book Was Better episode on Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life?

[@gabsf6]

the nyan cat music had me crying

[@eamonndeane587]

6:18 - HA!!!! FOUR-closed House.....

[@jamespocelinko104]

Ah, finally... after years of anticipation, the day of this review at last has arrived. Edit: FYI, what the French do is go on strike.

[@GabyGeorge1996]

And surrender. Can’t forget Surrendering

[@HunterTechTen]

Is that National Treasure music at the start? Nice.

[@jaredowned5207]

I was literally about to start commenting in all your videos to do this review xD I'm so happy hahaha.

[@621tan]

Is that Nier Automata ost at the intro?

[@jackmesrel4933]

Yes

[@jojoschauman6055]

The jesus of literature has blessed us with more content

[@cybercritic8834]

Krimson, I can hear the NieR music throughout this video, and I heavily approve. Also, great job on the video!

[@Tharshey]

Good video thou just a few stuff you left out. 1) Loric dont turn to dust when they die. 2) Six doesn’t have fire resistance in the books like she does in the movies. (Shown twice in the early blow up scene and later when she saves four, in the books four got the fire resistance xD) 3) I know it’s not book 1 but in two or is it three you find out Loric don’t necessarily love forever.

[@nukclear2741]

The loric turning to dust is actually something I equate to showing Selina in the Sea of Monsters movie, it completely destroys an extremely important point a later book.

[@busdriverguy]

This would be a better Netflix show, and I'd watch the hell out of it. These books get really great tbh.

[@Frankovelli]

27:35 "Passing a hemorrhoid" wait...what?

[@scribbleincorporated6899]

is the music background music from national treasure? All I can think of when I hear it is the Cage

[@Pixie22462]

Interesting to note about Alex Pettyfer being in book adaptations - he also auditioned for Eragon and got it. He chose to do Stormbreaker out of the two of them.