S.E. Hinton

That was Then, This is Now. Amazon writes, "moving portrait of the bond between best friends Bryon and Mark and the tensions that develop between them as they begin to grow up and grow apart. " All in all, I say: READ IT first.

This is from the book:
"I am too mixed up to really care. And to think, I used to be sure of things. Me, once I had all the answers. I wish I was a kid again, when I had all the answers." 

Cain (Young Guns) directed the film based on the book. Estevez (Young Guns) acts and writes, Sheffer (A River Runs Through It), Delaney (Army Wives), Babcock (Far & Away), and Freeman (London Has Fallen) all star. All in all, I say: SEE IT after you read the book.

 I remember it being eye opening and insightful. Amazon writes, "Rusty-James is the number one tough guy among the junior high kids who hang out and shoot pool at Benny's. He's even proud of keeping up his reputation. Actually though, what he wants most of all is to be just like his older brother, the Motorcycle Boy. Rusty-James isn't book-smart, he relies more on his fists than his brains. When he gets in over his head, the Motorcycle Boy has always been there to bail him out. The day Rusty-James' world comes apart, the Motorcycle boy isn't around to pick up the pieces. What now?" All in all, I say: READ IT first before you see the movie.
This is from the book:
"I looked out at the ocean. I liked the ocean. You always knew there was going to be another wave. It had always been there, and more than likely it always would."

"I couldn't hear my own voice. I tried screaming and I still couldn't hear it. I was that alone. I was in a glass bubble and everyone else was outside it and I'd be alone like that for the rest of my life."

"I stared straight ahead at the flashing light. There was something wrong with it. There was something really wrong with it. I was scared to think about what was wrong with it, but I knew, anyway. It was gray. It was supposed to be flashing red and white and it was gray. I looked all around. There wasn't any colors anywhere. Everything was black and white and gray. It was as quiet as a graveyard."

Hinton writes the screenplay and Coppola (The Rainmaker) uses his film techniques to accent the story. He uses black & white and color too accent the story. Dillon (Going in Style), Rourke (Tiger), and Lane (Inside Out) all star. All in all, I say: SEE IT after you have read the book.

I feel like the Outsiders doesn't need me to write anything - it's a classic - both the book and the movie. All in all, I say: READ IT and then SEE IT

Amazon describes the book as, "Easygoing and reckless, Tex, likes everyone and everything, especially his horse, Negrito, and Johnny Collins' blue-eyed sister, Jamie. Life with his older brother, Mason, would be just about perfect if only he would stop complaining about Pop, who hasn't been home in five months.  While Mason worries about paying the bills and getting a basketball scholarship--his ticket out of Oklahoma--Tex just seems to attract trouble. When everything seems to be falling apart, how can Tex find a way to keep things together?" All in all, I say: READ IT - the movie however with Dillon (Rumble Fish) I don't remember liking very much. All in all, I say: SKIP IT

This was never made into a movie that I'm aware of. This book was a romance compared to all the others. Amazon writes, Travis is the epitome of cool, especially when he's in trouble. But when he's sent to stay on his uncle's ranch, he finds that his tough attitude doesn't make him any friends, and his city survival skills are no match for the unforgiving land. He does find friendship of a sort with Casey, who runs a riding school. She's the bravest person Travis has ever met, and crazy enough to try to tame the Star Runner, her beautiful and dangerous horse, always on edge and about to explode--like Travis himself." All in all, I say: READ IT.