
the book contains NO MAGICAL WORLD that they fly to and rescue children and defeat an evil king/queen and battle the childcatcher and turn into human music boxes.And of course it's always nice when kids get to go on adventures with their parents for once.īut, ya know, just in case you're curious, here's what was different in the book to movie: But I was still impressed with the use of language and it was quirky and SO VERY ENGLISH.

It was very simplistic and the narrator spoon-fed just about everything. I like how it used big words (and explained them) but I expected it to be Middle-Grade, but I think it was aimed more at 7 or 8 year olds. Hello nightmares forever) and I had no idea it was a book until last week. The main reason I picked this up was because I loved the movie as a kid (haaaated the Child Catcher though.

It's so nothing like the book that it's actually hilarious. I mean, by itself, the book was c You know that moment when you skim the first 50 pages of a book adn then decide you know all about it and go make a 2hr movie from it? THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT THE CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG MOVIE DID.

You know that moment when you skim the first 50 pages of a book adn then decide you know all about it and go make a 2hr movie from it? THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT THE CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG MOVIE DID.
