Help Murder Movie Vs Book

“Help help Murder,” cried David Balfour who had been kidnapped by his uncle so he could not claim his inheritance. I could imagine what was happening in the movie and could feel what the character was feeling. The movie had a burst of emotion. However, the book was not as good and didn’t give me the same feeling as the movie. The book was dull and lifeless, not giving me any emotion. The purpose of this essay, is to compare the book by Robert Louis Stevenson to its cinematic version. The movie was better and interesting and had life, unlike the book. When my class watched the movie I was surprised at the huge amount of differences and similarities in the book and movie. First of all, the movie began with a massive storm with excitement and
action. The book started off with a pleasant day where David Balfour walked down the road to meet Mr Campbell to say goodbye before he went to shaw's to claim his inheritance. There was a lot more action in the storm and less action in the walk to mr Campbell. Even though Davie became a cabin boy in both movie and book he did a lot more in the movie, including saving Allan Breck from drinking tainted wine and then escaped by blowing up the ship. And in the book when Davie became a cabin boy he did his cabin boy duties and then he ended up escaping in a lifeboat leaving the ship he was on untouched. Following that, in the movie Davie had come across the long mile gang, a gang that tracked Allan and Davie down to bring them to justice due to the murder of the red fox. In the book there was no long mile gang and the only people that hunted Davie and Allan were the red coats. There was conflict in the book, but it wasn't as exciting as the movie. Even though in both book and movie Allan gave Davie one of his buttons the movie scene was better. In the book Allan gave Davie the button for the highlands, but that was all. The same thing occurred in the movie, but there was emotion and thought in the movie unlike the book. A difference was that in the movie, Cluny, a rebel had a son. In the book Cluny didn’t have a son. This is so important because Cluny and his son dressed as Alan and Davie so the real ones could get to safety. This did not happen in the book. As a result the movie had more tensity and action. Lastly, Alan bet all of Davies money and lost. Although this happened in both book and movie you could experience what Davie was feeling when he found out. And in the book all you would get was a dull emotionless feeling. After a lot of thought, there were many interesting parts in both movie and book but clearly the movie was better. Even though the movie was short it was a pure classic with a stunning amount of action and life, unlike the book which was dull and lifeless. The purpose of this essay was to compare the book and the movie both by Robert Louis Stevenson and to prove that the movie was better. Usually people always say the book was better but more often than not the movie is. This proves that movies can be better than books. My jaw often dropped when I saw the major similarities such as the shocking Appin murder. They were both sensational with a lot of thought put into both but this time the movie was better.