This is by far my favorite Thug Notes video. I read a Wrinkle in Time when I was younger and barely got a word of it. After watching this, It's becoming a favorite book.
I remember reading this when I was in fifth grade. My mom bought us tickets to see a play of it, so she figured we should read the original source material first. I really liked both.
I've been requesting that one forever. Louis Sachar is one of the coolest children's authors ever. I still love reading his books, even though I've grown up, and any day I can introduce one of them to the next generation of readers is a good day for me.
I looooved this book as a child! I identified with Meg so much and I read this at least once every month. I absolutely love this vid! Keep it lit, Sparky!
My mom read me and my brother this book during a long train ride to visit our grandparents, along with several Poe stories. It was just about the most idyllic childhood memory I have.
+Eddie Smock I think matt mccon called her out on her love clouding her judgement on what planet to visit. It wasn't beat over our head, but to risk your life on a journey just for a chance to see someone is some shit. also the whole movie was about the love for family. Not to say I had that in my head the whole movie. But by the time the love speech came around, i was like "oh".
And what the hell was that thing at the end where Cooper says he'll find his daughter through the power of love? I mean, for a film as grounded as this is, that was just out of left field. Nolan always had a believable explanation for how his characters solved their problems. And this time around it's "the power of love"?
I think they also hinted at it when Matt Damon was telling Cooper that he would see his family just before he dies. Like we have this incomprehensible connection to the ones we love. But yeah the Anne Hathaway speech seemed a bit forced.
+Spanana It's a good theme but Nolan didn't incorporate it into the film in the best way. Interstellar is a Hard SF film. When you have "the power of love" as the core... It just feels weird.
+Ben Howard dont mean to drag this out. I get where ya coming from. I just think he was trying to treat our concept of love as some underlying machinations of the universe we still don't completely understand. Like that taceract, black holes, and gravity spanning those dimensions of spacetime. We know of the concepts, can give descriptions of what they are, but not how they truely work.
Finally another one! Please do more classics, maybe the hunchback of Notre Dame, Anna Karenina, Don Quixote, I loved those but there were so many things I didn't get
I love, love, LOVE this book. It had a profound influence on me when I was a kid and I still consider it to be one of the most formative books of my life. AND I'm really getting to love Thug Notes. Brilliant at getting to the heart of things - every one I've watched so far. Really!
I used to watch Thug Notes way back, a few years ago, and I thought the dude stopped making videos. Nice to find him again. Although, I dunno if I want to subscribe to Wisecrack when I'm uninterested in their other content. Still, good to see this again.
I agree that it does sound a bit ridiculous and out there when it's summarized like that, but the book is actually REALLY good. The events aren't really any more ridiculous than most sci-fi/fantasy, but the way it was written and they way it conveys deeper themes and lessons is why it's a classic.
Honestly it doesn't sounds like the world-building is consistent or not filled with every trope imaginable. The theme are shallow as fuck even for a children's book.
Long time no see, Sparky! Awesome job covering one of my all-time favorites. I can honestly say this book was the only good thing to come out of my sixth-grade education.
We just finished reading this book for school. Hated it, confused me. I was listening to it on audio, then found this. I click it. OMG, now this makes sense!!!
+Tina Kills That, I can't argue; the musical is actually entertaining. I recently tried to read Maguire's take on Alice in Wonderland, and was reminded that, despite reading 5 of his books, I don't actually LIKE his writing. he has fantastic ideas, but manages to write about them in ways I find monumentally dull.
I read this as a nerdy kid in 1960's Australia and loved it, it was the first book that really grabbed my imagination. It was a real "WTF?" moment when later in life that I learnt it was #37 in the top 100 censored books of all time!
I wish I read this one when I was a boy. I literally was scared of the cover and never got passed that. Now I truly understand the saying "Don't judge a book by it's cover". The sad thing is that I had the book just never took advantage of it.
This was one of the few books I read back in the 4th grade that really hit my desire for the strange. I was mostly into Goosebumps and other goofy - horror stories at the time and this was the first sci-fi novel that got me to try out the genre.
OH shit, we're getting a war on religion in the comments! EVERYBODY STOP! No one's religion is right. Hell there's even religions based on movies. So stop fighting, because it's pointless.
I'm an atheist but I recognize that the Bible references were an intentional part of the original book. Leaving it out of an analysis is a kind of whitewashing.
Yeah, I mean, it's not like he could've done an accurate analysis of the book's intended message without talking about it. It's totally understandable that that message won't necessarily resonate with everyone (like what I think OP meant), but not mentioning it would be a disservice to the author's motivation and intent.
I remember my teacher reading the book aloud for our class. This video brings back found memories. There was a movie adaptation, but I didn't watch it.
The message of this book is alright it's something about the execution is too cheesy and strange for me at least. The nerdy kids turning out to be on top and the old ladies turning out to be pretty it's too much of a force message of the oddballs and underdogs rising up. I appreciate those messages but again something about the execution of this book just seems cheesy to me specially when you kill the villain just by quote on quote sending love to it.
From what I heard the book ended up getting loads of sequels yet they never actually go back and resolve the whole IT and ultimate darkness plot line which I find really weird. Things were left very unfinished from what I can recall.
I remember reading it and I totally agree. It is actually atrocious and I do not wish it upon everyone. I don't mind reading for school but that book was so terrible.
***** This was many years ago, but if memory serves, it had something to do with the outlandish and downright confusing plot, which even simplified in the video still makes little to no sense; the unrealistic characters, especially the little boy being way too smart; and the anti-climactic ending in which the older sisters keeps stating "I love you" to free her brother from the giant brain. Look, I am all for crazy adventures, but if children have to read books about other dimensions, aliens/monsters and the power of will, give them Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, or Percy Jackson, or something that is far more entertaining in its esoteric or bizarre way. The book seemed like it was the fever dream of a Mary Sue type character who imagined a paradise where her distant/ estranged father came home, her little brother was respected for his smarts and her crush was actually into her. Again, it's been years, but I didn't see any value in reading the book then other than boredom and confusion, and I certainly don't see any value in it now. There are far better means to convey morals like "don't judge a book by its cover" or "embrace individuality".
I think the overall theme of the book feels two-dimensional. I'm all for celebrating differences but I agree that the Mary Sue "I'll fix it with love" ending is unrealistic. Even as a kid who loved fantasy worlds, I thought this book was boring. The blatant christian influence was kinda weird, too.
Hey wisecrack i hopr you read this comment, my little brother has always been troubled,he showed no respect,no remorse for what he was doing.He almost always got into fights with our mom, teachers,and other kids no matter what size.We have tried for years to get him to behave.Eventually he went to juvenile detention for about 2 months,I cant tell you how much I cried because thats still my lil bro.Hes not allowed to watch youtube but when our mom is gone we watch it together(I usally have to help him. he's 12yo and is damn near illiterate).Well one day he had a project for his school where he haf to read this really hard book,way above his reading level(lord of the flies).Me being a long time subscriber and viewer sat him down,went to you're channel then pulled up thug notes on lotf.He absolutely loved it. because he rewatched it twice.We always watch thug notes together because he can understand what hes saying.Wisecrack thank you for helping my bro with his project(B- YAY).
dude I feel you entirely. this book was more of a chore than an adventure when I read it. maybe I was too young to understand it at the time, but I read lord of the flies the same year and I loved that book.
I was bored out of my mind when I had to read it as a kid. I actually started to despise my teacher for making us read it and I'm not even sure she had a choice in the matter.
Same! I the book was so fucking tedious and inconsistent, with nothing really getting fully explained. Even though I was only twelve at the time and our teacher made us read it, this book still holds up today as terrible. I still can't see why it is such a "classic"
Andermom as an adult, its not worth reading. I had the same fond memories of it from childhood so I tried to read it again because I forgot a lot of it, but it was terrible as an adult haha. It is just very obviously written for kids, which is fine, I can't knock it for that. Don't read as adult though.
Rathernot Disclose Eh, to each their own, but the novel holds an underlying complex religious and sociopolitical commentary that very much applies to our society today.
J Girl hey dude in books and movies no one talks like that. Because real life talk is actually terrible full of slandlg and not gramaticly correct. So i think your comment should apply to almost every book and movie except fornthose few that try to use realistic dialogue. They are almost all bad by the way. Cant give any examples sadly.
