Okay.. let me educate some of yall on 'Home' aka 'The true meaning of Smekday' real quick
Because some of ya’ll don’t even know what your talking about, and you won’t know unless you understand where it originated from.
Let’s start with the book.
This book (written and illustrated by Adam Rex) is about an 11 year old girl named Gratuity Tucci aka Tip who lives with her Mom, Lucy Tucci (nothing is said about her father.. all we know is that he’s not there but she doesn’t care because she has a mother who loves her very much) and her cat. Tip is mixed. Her Mom is Italian (and her father was black).
It’s written as if Tip herself wrote it. She is writing an essay about ‘Smek Day’ which was the day the alien (Boov) arrived to Earth (on Christmas Day renamed ‘Smek day’ to honour Captain Smek aka leader of the Boov) to be put into the committee’s time capsule to be opened in 100 years.
On ‘Moving Day’ (when the humans are sent to be relocated to Florida which was June 2014. this is also where the book begins) Tip’s mother gets taken by the aliens and she (Tip) did not want to be transported by the Boov so she must drive there (yes. drive. She is 11 and she gon drive because would a having license really matter when the earth is being taken over by aliens?) with her cat Pig (which in the book is a female) to Florida.
That’s when she befriends another Boov named J.LO. who ‘pimps her ride’ basically and he goes with her to find her mom.
BUT THEN when they get to Florida it turns out that the Boov love oranges so they again relocate the humans to Arizona.
throughout the journey the trouble-maker boov J.LO accidentally summons the Boov’s enemies the Gorg.. and well chiz happens
Now for the movie.. shall we?
For the most part (of what I know from the trailer and reading about it) is that it pretty much follows the book.
They did make some changes.
EDIT: They did make a lot of changes. Things are very different & not just design or name wise..
The changes I’m aware of is that they aged her up one year, she is 12.
They also changed J.LO’s name, now known as ‘Oh.’
Also, I believe they changed the cat’s gender to male, as Tip and Oh referred to the feline as a he (“He’s my pet!” and “Is he going to explode!?”)
As for the plot, it is very much alike to the book. She runs from the Boov, befriends a Boov, flies/drives across the world with a Boov, Boov accidentally brings in more trouble.. and etc..
EDIT: Of course this is a very vague description, I do believe that DreamWorks changed the plot a bit (perhaps even more than a little). And whatever’s ganna be goin down in the film HOME won’t exactly be aligned with the book. That’s why is “inspired” by the book. The base however; still remains, Boov and Tip go to find Tip’s mom, and save the world.
I imagine we’re ganna learn more about the movie as it’s release day approaches..
They did keep her nationality, and the fact that she is mixed. Which I think is totally great on DreamWorks’ part.
But I just noticed a lot of you guys don’t know about Tip and her story soo…
I’m super excited and I’m getting pretty passionate about this movie because I’ve been waiting for a film like this as long as I can remember and it’s happening so I’m so freaking thankful for Dreamworks and this film. It’s ganna be great.
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