I guess I am just glad that I enjoyed and read the book when I did. It all would have just gone over my head. Even Bill Hader could not have made my 2nd grade-self laugh. I am sure that if I had seen the movie when I was in 2nd grade, I would have been disgusted, but primarily due to the fact that I would not have appreciated any of the humor. It is a strangely vivid memory, especially for it being over ten years ago. The movie is hilarious to relate to, but I can still picture where I was when I first heard the story.

So I am not actually sure which I like more. (Side note, one of the most underrated scenes in Hollywood is the scene that involved the ice cream fight. I do not know why, but it was less “Oh I wish that was where I lived!” Instead, it was more like “Wow Bill Hader is hilarious, and is that Mr. The movie, while being more realistic, does not truly have that “dream” factor, simply because it is not as much fiction as it is science-fiction. The book is so good, but only because it is a clever concept that makes people dream about the reality that could be in place. This depends on the day you ask me, probably. Therefore, Gaffigan’s main excuse goes out the window. “Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs” takes about twenty minutes to read, while the movie is a little less than two hours. The reason I enjoy, say, the Godfather book more than the movie is simply because it has insight from the Don, with just more substance and different artistic elements that simply make it appealing. The preference is so opinionated that any analysis is not truly worth anyone’s time.

I almost want to categorize the movie and book as two different entities, related only in title. However, in the case of “Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs,” I am split. Therefore, the reader will almost always be upset in some regard. I will admit that the movie is at a disadvantage of having to pick and choose which elements will be committed in the book to movie translation. There is just more satisfaction, more detail, and more imagination that comes from reading. Hell, even “The Shawshank Redemption”, which is the #1 film on IMDB movies, was a better book, at least in my opinion. The Godfather, Water for Elephants, Harry Potter) I have almost always liked the book more. For most longer books that I have ever read that are also movies (e.g. It is so funny, and even this line–that I disagree with– had me convinced simply on its humor. Universe” show, I highly encourage you to see it. If you have never listened to Jim Gaffigan’s “Mr. ‘Ah, the book was much better than the movie.’ Oh really? What I enjoyed about the movie: no reading. You ever talk about a movie with someone that read the book? They’re always so condescending.

Cloudy of a chance of meatballs book