Okay, can't wait for these 2 movies to hit Singapore. And no, I'm not talking about Harry Potter... although similar to Harry Potter, these 2 movies are also film adaptations of 2 best-seller novels.

The first is an adaptation of My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult.



.... Click Here to read on more about My Sister's Keeper and The Time Traveler's Wife.



Personally, when I read this novel, it struck me deeply as a bio student... as the author wrote on her website...

# Do you feel that it's ethical to conceive a child that meets specific genetic requirements?
# If not, do you believe that there should be specific exceptions, such as the purpose of saving another person's life, or is this just a "slippery slope?"


And a nice paragraph from the novel... to push you to pick one up =x

There is way too much to explain – my own blood seeping into my sister's veins; the nurses holding me down to stick me for white cells Kate might borrow; the doctor
saying they didn't get enough the first time around. The bruises and the deep bone ache after I gave up my marrow; the shots that sparked more stem cells in me, so that
there'd be extra for my sister. The fact that I'm not sick, but I might as well be. The fact that the only reason I was born was as a harvest crop for Kate. The fact that even now, a major decision about me is being made, and no one's bothered to ask the one person who most deserves it to speak her opinion.
There's way too much to explain, and so I do the best I can."It's not God. Just my parents,"I say."I want to sue them for the rights to my own body."


Finally, the trailer for the movie... yes... it does seem emotional... but like any film adaptations... there are changes from novel as the author commented on her website... lets hope that even though the story might have been changed... the essence and the lessons are still there ^^x



The next film adaptation is the Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger.



Time travel has always been played as a wonderful thing in Back to the Future, and shown as a fragile and even tragic thing in The Butterfly Effect.

But, all these stories only focused on the time traveler. In this novel, the focus is shifted back and forth through narations, but mainly focusing on Clare, the time traveler's wife, and how it has affected her. And, although time traveling may not really be applicable to us in our daily lives... the lesson is universal. So many times, in our busy work, hectic schedules, we overlook the people around us, people waiting for us. And through the eyes of Clare, we see... what it is to love... someone who is not always around, someone who can't always be there when you need them, someone who can't stay. The truth of having long-distance relationships.

"It's hard being left behind. I wait for Henry, not knowing where he is, wondering if he's okay. It's hard to be the one who stays.

I keep myself busy. Time goes faster that way.

I go to sleep alone, and wake up alone. I take walks. I work until I'm tired. I watch the wind play with the trash that's been under the snow al winter. Everything seems simple until you think about it. Why is love intensified by absence?

Long ago, men went to sea, and women waited for them, standing on the edge of the water, scanning the horizon for the tiny ship. Now I wait for Henry. He vanishes unwillingly, without warning. I wait for him. Each moment that I wait feels like a year, an eternity. Each moment is slow and transparent as glass. Through each moment I can see infinite moments lined up, waiting. Why has he gone where I cannot follow?"



And yes, the trailer hints of a really emotional experience too ^^x