'The Color Purple' & 'The Color Purple'

I typically don't get worked up when it comes to turning books into movies and the changes that producers make when they're taking a beloved book to the screen.

Changes and alterations almost always have to happen.

With that said, I didn't much like the movie version of "The Color Purple." I felt the book was overtly dark and grimey. Rarely was it intentionally funny. It was abusive and when Celie told her husband that she was leaving, you knew it had to do with more than holding letters from her sister back. It was personal.

Never truly got that feeling from the movie. It comes off as a after-school special. It never truly captures the fight of beging an African Amerian woman. The book has teeth. The film gums along for two hours and peters out.