A little while back I reviewed a book entitled What Was She Thinking?: Notes on a Scandal: A Novel. I loved this book. It was so evil and wicked that it reminded me of reading a gossip blog. Even though its subject matter was a little on the disturbing side, it was such a perfectly awesome guilty pleasure read.

Well, I was meandering through the Apple Movie Trailers site and found that they are making a movie from the book, simply titled Notes on a Scandal. Now, I am always wary of books being made into movies. Its an incredibly difficult task. It is difficult enough to fit in all of the detail of the book without also having to worry about creating a character that still collectively resonates with individual readers' subjective imaginations.

I personally think one of the worse things you can do is see a movie after having read the book, if only for the sake of enjoying your 10 plus dollars. Although, having seen more than my fair share of movies after having read the book, I can safely say my belief systems and my actions are completely different.

However, when I watched the trailer, I became intrigued. I'm a sucker for good casting. Barbara Covett is being played by none other than the awesome Judi Dench. And Sheba Hart is being played by one of my own personal favorites Cate Blanchett.

This movie may not live up to the delightfully witty wickedness of the novel, but it has the potential to at least be good on its own merits. That is if its sticks to the main story of the book and doesn't try to go for the thriller genre which is what the trailer seems to indicate.

Either way, Bill Nighy is playing Richard.

Freakin Bill Nighy! I love that man. I always liked him but, ever since he muttered the line about having "ran it under a cold tap" in Shawn of the Dead I have LOVED him. I even forgave his turn in those awful Underworld movies because of my love for him. Its a pure love born of our mutual disdain for nonsense.

So, I will not only see this movie; I will reserve all judgment until I do. Which is really difficult to do when you see a trailer and can immediately tell the difference between the story you know and the story you are being given.

I honestly think that I love movies ALMOST as much as I love books. Books will always be my first true love. But, a good movie, or a movie that is so bad that its good, or even sometimes a plain ole bad movie, can entertain me the way a book can. The difference is that not so much of it is left to my imagination. Which is why I qualified it with ALMOST.

So, Notes on a Scandal? I'm totally going to see it.