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The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary (Diary of a Wimpy Kid)

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This book is for middle-school fans of the best-selling Wimpy Kid series, starring smart aleck preteen Greg Heffley. Presented as a hardback diary, it is a companion to the new Diary of a Wimpy Kid movie which hits theaters on March 19th. It gives the inside story on how the live-action movie was made, with a behind-the-scenes viewpoint.

As with previous Wimpy Kid books, this one is filled with funny cartoons that illustrate the text. Unlike the others, this Movie Diary has nearly 250 color photos. Now readers don't have to picture Greg as the skinny stick-figure cartoon anymore; he's a real boy, actor Zach Gordon. Among the photos are Greg's family, friends and enemies; costumes; casting; movie props; blue-screen shots; even the catering trailer from the movie set.

Scattered among the pages are real items from the filming, such as script pages, storyboards, costume sketches, floor plans and call sheets. It is interesting to get this glimpse of backstage paraphernalia.

The book shows Greg's evolution as a simple rough sketch to the current wimpy backpack-wearing cartoon. It also shows how Zach was transformed into Greg.

The book's best quality is the tried-and-true strength from the earlier books: the loose, seemingly simple cartoons on nearly every page.

On the downside: There is no table of contents or index.

Previous Wimpy Kid books include:
Diary of a Wimpy Kind
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book

-- Julie Neal, author of The Complete Walt Disney World 2010

After the series of Why Some Cats are Rascals The Wimpy Kid series is the second favorite series of my kids and we have all books of both series. I also got this book today but I am not sure if the movie will live up to our expectations. The series of books was great and I wouldn't like that the film spoil the success... Well, we'll see it tomorrow evening. For now we just cross the fingers...

This book is about how they made the Diary of a Wimpy Kid book into a movie. It explains how many people and work it takes to put together a movie. It also includes a lot of behind-the-scenes photos and scripts. The book also talks about some of the actors and behind the sciences workers and how they found all of those people. I think that it really helps you understand how a movie is made. It is also very cool, because when I watch the movie, I know some things about it.

I think that what worked well is how they also used some cartoon drawings to explain how it was made. For example, they used cartoon drawings to show all the people needed to make a movie, compared to the one person needed to write a book. I think that made it kind of funny. One thing that kind of left me disappointed was that they only focused on all the main characters, and I would have liked it if they had talked amore about some other characters and their backgrounds and maybe how they found them or where they live.

I think that the book is very well written to describe how a movie is made, and it is also funny. I hope that they make another movie diary for the next Diary of a Wimpy Kid movie. If they do, then I will want to read it, but there probably won't because it would be kind of hard to because it might just be more of the same stuff.

I think it is very cool how they have a special teacher on set so that the actors don't fall behind in their school work. Something kind of ironic I learned from the book is that Greg and Rowley were missing their actual first days of middle school when they were acting out their first days of middle school. I like how in the end of the book, they have a photo gallery of photos from the movie and photos from back stage. I would give this book five stars.

I bought this book as a birthday gift for my 13 year old grandson. He liked the Wimpy Kid books at an earlier age. He seemed interested in the book but not really excited. I'm not sure he will be going to see the movie. I would not buy the book for his age group again.

Overall, this was a good read, but not great. This goes into detail on how a movie is made. It deals with how they casted the movie, to the director, the extras and how Special Effects went into the movie. This also tells where the actors go when they're not filming their scenes.

It was interesting to see, but for me, it lacked the charm of the books. I liked how we were able to see how Greg was created from books to the movie.

It's an okay read, but nothing great. Don't look for laughs, because they're not there.

My son hates to read but LOVES this series of books. It is the only series he will sit down and read from start to finish. Never loses interest in them. I wish there were more!

I bought this book for my 11 yr old son to complete his collection... he wasn't that thrilled about this one. But he was glad it completed his collection.

The book looks in decent condition and arrived fairly quickly considering it came from uSA. I wouldn't hesitate to order again with Amazon every time

I have always wanted to know how to make a movie. And now i know. I love the whole Diary of a Wimpy kid series. Its halarious. I watched both of the movies too. I would buy this book!

I have always wanted to know how to make a movie. And now i know. I love the whole Diary of a Wimpy kid series. Its halarious. I watched both of the movies too. I would buy this book!