Enjoyed the movie but...

Rating: 8/10 (7 April 2019)

I enjoyed the movie, and the acting was superb BUT...
The book was better. A lot of Malorie's bite was removed from her character. She was a lot stronger mentally & physically in the book.
They shoehorned in a romance between her & Tom that did not exist in the book. It wasn't bad but it definitely fell flat for me.
Also in the books the children are diligently obedient because they are 100% aware they WILL die if they deviate from their mother's orders. Tom just messes this up leading to Girl almost dying in the movie.
Also in the book, there was never any question that Malorie was the one to Look. Never. She loved both equally and couldn't do that to her children. She even had a plan to jump out of the boat and let herself drown if it came to it.
The sheet was a nice touch for the movie.
And yes, I am aware the book had some pieces you could not put into film. Talking about blinding the babies, hitting them as babies with fly swatters till they learned to wake up with their eyes closed, and showing the early Sanctuary people with burnt out eyes would've been upsetting to most people.
However I am grateful they left out their... idea... of what the creatures looked like. Seriously. 1) it's stupid looking and 2) THATS THE ENTIRE POINT YOU DONT SEE THEM.