Movie: Nancy Drew
June 28th, 2007 at 12:16 pm (Movies)
Last week my mother and I went to see the new Nancy Drew movie. My mom has a collection of original Nancy Drew books that I read through eagerly when I was a kid and I still remember Nancy and her adventures fondly. I was really worried about this movie, though, because for me, Nancy’s stories are set in the 1930s and she wears a cloche hat and often gloves. The trailers for this movie looked hardly anything like the Nancy that lives in my memory. I was pleasantly surprised, however, when Emma Roberts managed to ooze Nancy. She was everything I remembered, but dressed more modernly and with an updated vocabulary. She was still the girl who pulled no punches when it came to following clues and solving a mystery, who was careful not to break rules as she did so, and who needed no guy along to help her! I was thrilled that she got kidnapped and saved herself (Nancy was always getting kidnapped and saving herself one way or another, although the movie kidnappers seemed extra dumb to me since they didn’t even tie her up)! The mystery was interesting and the pacing of the movie was good. Best of all, this movie seems to have revitalized interest in the books. I wish the originals were still in print, rather than the sixties rewrites, but I guess I can’t have everything (and a reprint of the first book did just come out, but I’m not sure if it’s the rewrite with the original cover or an actual reprint). Anyway, it’s a highly entertaining movie. I definitely recommend it, especially for fans of the books or for anyone wanting a movie about a self-reliant girl! It’s worth watching and a lot of fun!
Joe said,
June 28, 2007 at 1:34 pm
I heard an interview about how the rewrites work. I guess they are doing another run of rewrites to modernize the old stories. It’s like Batman!
I’ve never read Nancy Drew, I read Cam Jansen and Encyclopedia Brown instead.
Katie said,
June 28, 2007 at 8:48 pm
Yeah, I’d believe that they’re rewriting them again. I’m not sure it’s a smart move, though. The modern Nancy Drew books don’t sell very well at all. They just aren’t as appealing or interesting. Maybe modern rewrites would do better than the new stories that are out there, but I somehow doubt it. Part of Nancy’s appeal is likely to be lost. But maybe I’m wrong, who knows?
Eva said,
June 29, 2007 at 7:15 pm
I’m glad to hear the movie isn’t a total horror. I really wanted to go and see it sooner, but I’ve been really afraid of how bad it might be.