The novel Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs is now being made into a live action movie, directed by none other than Tim Burton. While there are a few concerns I have about how the book is given justice from what we've seen in the trailer, I fully believe that Tim Burton will bring justice to the film and believe in his insight.

Warning, possible spoilers are ahead. Read at your own risk.

Having already read the book, it is needless to say that I know how the movie will end. However, I did not expect Burton to change so much from the book, just from what I have seen within the trailer. Probably the most upsetting and confusing change is the swap between Olive's and Emma's peculiarities. Olive, originally had the ability to levitate, or more so, the inconvenience, while Emma had control over fire. Immediately it is noted in the trailer that their peculiarities have indeed changed with Emma levitating and Olive with fire powers. This being a small minuscule trade of peculiarities is in fact a huge difference since Emma is a main character in the novel and had her peculiarity matches her firey attitude.

Also in the trailer, the hidden shipwreck scene is entirely different with the elimination of the air tube and with Jacob being told right then and there what Emma's peculiarity was, instead of his own even though this has been his 2nd or 3rd trip to the loop and he already knew her powers from the start. Also in the film it is presented that Horace, who has the ability to prophecy dreams that could come true, is instead able to project these prophecies with his monocle across the wall for all to view (which is not mentioned in the book).

Another concern is that the hollowgast looks too much like Slenderman, a long slender man with no face in a business suit who kills and kidnaps mainly children, but sometimes adults. While the hollowgast and Slenderman do look alike, they are not the same being and do have their differences. Lastly, an odd change from the book to the film is separating Dr. Golan from the wight into their own people instead of them being the same person like in the book. I do not have anymore information on it just from looking at the trailer, but the only hint of them being separate is by the cast list in which it seemed like Dr. Golan will be a woman instead of a man.

Once again, this is a change I am not so certain about, but I am willing to give Burton a shot at proving me the importance of changing so much from the book. Film is its own art and Burton has the right to change what he wants. If the author supports his changes, then so do I.

Some changes might be more miniscule and simple compared to others, but it is understandable for fans to become worried. However, there must be some hope projected into Tim Burton's film, we all know he is a fabulous director and will do the best he can to make the book come to life as a film.