Official Score = 2 1/2 Devils[/caption]You know, a lot of people generally don't tend to put lot of stock in books that are based on movies... I mean why read the book, when you could see the movie? Doesn't it sound like the studio is just trying to gain a little more hype? Well you know what? In the case of, 'The Omen' it was?
In truth, this novel, which was written by: David Seltzer (who wrote both the novel and the screenplay), told the story in a lot of the same respects as the movie... I,e... 'The anti-christ comes to Earth in the form of a child of a rich man and his wife that are set up politically, and how after strange coincidences begin to occur for the family in regard to the kid, the father ends up going on a journey to discover the truth about his child... And what he must do to stop the anti-christ and the ends of days...
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Gregory Peck (Roman Holiday), Lee Remick (Experiment In Terror) & Harvey Stephens (Gaugauin The Savage) in a scene from, 'The Omen' (1976).[/caption]That was nice and all that, but the truth of what made this novel a lot of fun, is that they were able for me to expound on the whole concept... What I mean by that, is that when it comes to movies, you are generally bound to the realm that the filmmakers create (and for the most part that is really cool), but the other side of it for me, is the novelized form...
What I mean by that in a novel, you have the chance while reading to sort of imagine the stuff that you (or really anyone) may have missed, or if you thought that one of the characters in the movie was wrong for the part, then you could kind of insert in their place that person you thought might have been right for the part, etc...
In the end that is the main thing that I liked about this particular novel... I felt that the filmmakers made a fantastic movie that would lead to a fantastic film series, but in the end, I enjoyed reading it and being given the opportunity to get a feel for almost how the story would be for me on a more personal level... So give it a try, I did, I loved it, and you might like it as well!
