I am a huge fan of Meg Cabot's work, and have read Avalon High the book several times. The book provides a fresh and modern take on the Arthurian legend whilst still incorporating scenarios and characters relate-able to a young adult audience.
I found out about the movie a few months before it was released, and immediately went to search it. I was outraged when I saw that they had changed Ellie's name to Allie, since it was one of the crucial parts of the book - the assumption by Marco that she is Elaine of Astolat when she is really the Lady of the Lake. But I still decided that I would watch the movie anyway.
This movie should not be compared or said to be based off the book! Im sorry but once you have changed pretty much every crucial part of the book it stops being an adaption and just turns into a cheap knock-off.
There were several changes that completely ruined the movie: 1) Will should have been Arthur's incarnation and once they changed that to Allie, the small details - names etc - did not match up and slot into place 2) Changing Mr Moore from Merlin to Mordred seemed out of place and just left Marco looking like a typical bully, because they did not explain the history between Marco and Will 3) If you take Disney's version of thing and slot it into the actual Arthurian legend then nothing adds up! 4) Very few of the character were developed in the way that Meg Cabot envisioned them (and others weren't developed at all)
To someone who hasn't read the book this movie is probably okay, but to me the movie completely ruins the dynamic interweaving plot and detail that Meg Cabot put into the book; and therefore completely fails as a movie adaption.
I found out about the movie a few months before it was released, and immediately went to search it. I was outraged when I saw that they had changed Ellie's name to Allie, since it was one of the crucial parts of the book - the assumption by Marco that she is Elaine of Astolat when she is really the Lady of the Lake. But I still decided that I would watch the movie anyway.
This movie should not be compared or said to be based off the book! Im sorry but once you have changed pretty much every crucial part of the book it stops being an adaption and just turns into a cheap knock-off.
There were several changes that completely ruined the movie: 1) Will should have been Arthur's incarnation and once they changed that to Allie, the small details - names etc - did not match up and slot into place 2) Changing Mr Moore from Merlin to Mordred seemed out of place and just left Marco looking like a typical bully, because they did not explain the history between Marco and Will 3) If you take Disney's version of thing and slot it into the actual Arthurian legend then nothing adds up! 4) Very few of the character were developed in the way that Meg Cabot envisioned them (and others weren't developed at all)
To someone who hasn't read the book this movie is probably okay, but to me the movie completely ruins the dynamic interweaving plot and detail that Meg Cabot put into the book; and therefore completely fails as a movie adaption.