TV Series vs Movie

 The ideal of Novel The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill being adapted to a visual style is very interesting to me. Personally, I feel that based on what I have read so far, the novel would make a much better movie than TV series. The characters have seemed to develop and progress fairly quickly, which fits the style of a movie better. With a TV series, I am not sure the story so far would be enough to sustain multiple seasons. The section on pages 7 & 8 when Luna is taken from her mother would make for a great opening scene of a movie. It would be a heart wrenching scene that would immediately draw the viewers in. If were making this movie I would make it in color as I feel it would enhance the setting of the story. The jungle is likely filled with many different colors that I feel would really stand out on the big screen. In my head, I see the movie as an animation similar to Disney's Onward. Onward features a variety of characters that are not all human, which is why my mind likely pairs its style with The Girl Who Drank the Moon. The second half of the book seems to be leading us towards a ending that would round out a fantastic movie.

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