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Are movie novelizations still a thing? (alien.top)

submitted 9 months ago by Planisher@alien.top to c/books@metacritics.zone

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I remember reading them back in the early 90s (Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Far and Away, Back to the Future). They don't seem to be a thing anymore (or am I just not noticing them).

As an aside I remember liking them but I was a preteen at the time so maybe they were terrible and I just liked the movies.

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[–] Comprehensive-Fun47@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The most recent one I’ve heard of was Once Upon A Time in Hollywood.

I think novelizations have the potential to be cool, but the few that I have read felt kind of soulless. They just describe what was on the screen.

[–] normanfell@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago

The OUATIH novelization was cool because it looked at the story from different angels. Felt less like a novelization to me than an alternative view.