Tomorrow When the War Began Was an Accurate Representation to the Film
The film Tomorrow When the War Began is an accurate representation of John Marsden's novel.
Stuart Beattie’s movie, Tomorrow When the War Began, is not an accurate representation of John Marsden’s novel. First of all, a movie is never exactly the same as the book, and this movie is no exception. The reasons for the inaccuracy are simple; making a movie that would follow the book word for word would take way too long to produce, write and shoot. Also, some factors and details in the book aren’t necessary to bring up or they are meaningless.
Some little details are questioned in the book but seem to be answered in the movie which can have a slight negative impact.
Beattie left out some momentous scenes that would have been beneficial to include; purely for entertainment.
Books can always give more detail and are generally more confronting. In a movie you rely on your eyes and ears and you can quite easily miss small parts but you can grasp the whole story in a book because the author makes sure to specify the details. Movies limit the amount of imagination you can apply. Admittedly the characters were well thought out as they somewhat fit the profile said character portrayed in the novel but some small factors were left out- Robyn wasn’t as ‘saintly’, Homer seemed more ‘rough as guts’ and Kevin seemed a little more arrogant. When it comes down to it the characters weren’t exact replicates of ‘themselves’ in the movie.
A large segment of the book was on the characters getting prepared for the trip and also whilst they were in hell, Marsden described each day as Beattie only seemed to go through a couple of the days. This made the story lack a large build up that Marsden had originally put in place. To compensate for the large build up, Beattie created an extra scene, that wasn’t present in the book, about Corrie confessing a secret to Ellie. Beattie obviously seemed keen on getting to the climax of the story line as it is evidently the most exciting part. The
Stuart Beattie’s movie, Tomorrow When the War Began, is not an accurate representation of John Marsden’s novel. First of all, a movie is never exactly the same as the book, and this movie is no exception. The reasons for the inaccuracy are simple; making a movie that would follow the book word for word would take way too long to produce, write and shoot. Also, some factors and details in the book aren’t necessary to bring up or they are meaningless.
Some little details are questioned in the book but seem to be answered in the movie which can have a slight negative impact.
Beattie left out some momentous scenes that would have been beneficial to include; purely for entertainment.
Books can always give more detail and are generally more confronting. In a movie you rely on your eyes and ears and you can quite easily miss small parts but you can grasp the whole story in a book because the author makes sure to specify the details. Movies limit the amount of imagination you can apply. Admittedly the characters were well thought out as they somewhat fit the profile said character portrayed in the novel but some small factors were left out- Robyn wasn’t as ‘saintly’, Homer seemed more ‘rough as guts’ and Kevin seemed a little more arrogant. When it comes down to it the characters weren’t exact replicates of ‘themselves’ in the movie.
A large segment of the book was on the characters getting prepared for the trip and also whilst they were in hell, Marsden described each day as Beattie only seemed to go through a couple of the days. This made the story lack a large build up that Marsden had originally put in place. To compensate for the large build up, Beattie created an extra scene, that wasn’t present in the book, about Corrie confessing a secret to Ellie. Beattie obviously seemed keen on getting to the climax of the story line as it is evidently the most exciting part. The