Roger vs. Evil Toad

I was right about this book being absolutely hilarious. While reading the book, I can see the movie playing in my head, which just makes it more interesting to me. Sadly, though, the movie has influenced my opinion of the book in a slightly negative way. In the book, the characters are described in, to me, surprising detail. The characters I then see in my head do not always match up with what the actor I saw in the movie looks like. I also think that there are some characters in the movie that are not in the book, and that can get confusing when I try to match the book character with the corresponding movie one. Although, other than that, the movie and book are very similar. Sometimes I will read a sentence or paragraph of dialogue, and I will remember the movie character saying the same thing. That made me ecstatic! Usually, when books are made into movies, they are changed to where it seems like the movie is just a loose interpretation of the book. This is not the case for Big Trouble. I am not half way through reading the book yet, but I think I am leaning towards liking the book more. The amount of detail in the book that is not present in the movie does make a difference in how fascinating it is. Because of the book, I know the Herk’s family dog is named Roger, and the random frog from the movie is the Evil Toad, and eats Roger’s kibble every day. I know that Roger hates this, but cannot attack the Evil Toad because it releases bufotenine, which is a deadly hallucinogenic. I cannot wait to keep reading the book, and see how the action scenes compare to that of the movie.