breathtaking costumes‚ the movie Troy was a Hollywood movie that was certainly a box office hit. I am not sure if you know this but Troy was based on the Iliad an epic by Homer. Aside from the excitement during the movie‚ unfortunately it proved to be a loose adaptation of Homer’s classic and I could not help but notice the major differences between the book and the movie. One of the most major differences between the book and the movie was the absence of the Gods in the movie. In Homer’s Iliad‚ the
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After reading the novel and watching the movie "All Quiet on the Western Front" the novel proved to be a lot better for learning about World War I. The novel is called the best war novel for a reason. Erich Maria Remarque’s novel is so powerful you can almost perfectly picture how living in the war was like and what the trench conditions were like. The novel was better than the movie because in the novel food was very hard to get. But in the movie‚ it seemed as if acquiring food was not hard at all
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Professor Thomas 2/20/2012 Dracula: A better read‚ or a better movie? Since the beginning of the moving picture‚ directors have been recreating books into movie. More often than not‚ the directors will change the original plot line of the book. In Bram Stoker’s Dracula the director changes the plot in a few different instances but for the most part‚ the director keeps the same plotline. Some similarities between the book and the movie are: the genre and setting‚ loss of personal power‚ and the gothic
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The Book and Movie have differences in the movie and book of Mulans or what ever you want to call that stuff. IN the beginning of the Book to the movie is that Mulan is young but in the movie Mulan is older. She goes to live with some old old old people they train her. She can be a warrior. In the book and also in the movie. In the Book and movie Her family pushed her to become a warrior the movie Shw wants to become a woman warrior They send her off. They wants her to go and fight for
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When you read a book you have it is a must to use your imagination to build the world of your book. A person must use their mind to be able to describe what they think a character may sound like‚ look like‚ mannerisms‚ clothes they would wear‚ and where they live. But when is comes to most movies‚ sadly the use of your imgaination is not needed. In the movie industry today it has become common practice to adept a book into a movie. But with the legnths most movies run‚ which is about an hour and
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into a movie‚ there will always be missing elements. With “Doubt”‚ its movie adaptation is more of a companion piece. Each medium has their advantages and disadvantages‚ but I think they benefit each other. In the play‚ the reader gets more freedom to come to their own conclusion about Father Flynn‚ whereas in the movie‚ there is a strong influence on his guiltiness. As Shanley is the playwright and also the director‚ he constructs both to be beneficial in their own right. On one hand‚ the movie is a
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Frankenstein: Movie vs. Book Mary Shelley?s Frankenstein has been done and redone many many times. The most recent version starring Kenneth Branagh‚ who also directed it‚ and Robert DeNiro has many differences when compared to the original story. Mary Shelley?s original story provided a story line for the imagination of the filmmaker‚ making the movie related to the original story but also unique in itself. For the most part‚ if one were to only watch the movie they would have a fairly good sense
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The book The Outsiders is written by S.E Hinton. It is a book about two gangs called the Socs and the Greasers. They have different social groups and it makes them to where they do not get along. The book was also turned into a movie it was directed by Francis Ford Coppola. There are many differences between the book and the movie. The differences worth pointing out are that Dally was accused of slashing someones tires in the movie not in the book‚ that Johnny was not jumped in the movie but he was
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Chloe Pritchett Ms. Tracie Henson EH 102 November 30‚ 2011 Characteristic Values In the book “A Time to Kill‚” every character plays an important role. John Grisham is a well-known‚ creative author; he uses many literary elements throughout the book to create a vivid‚ clear image for the reader. Grisham also makes a valid point to show how important these characters are with much detail. He describes his characters to the point where they are viewed as more than just characters. He makes the
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John Grisham’s A Time to Kill follows the struggles of Jake Brigance as he transitions from a audacious lawyer to a cautious and slightly traumatized attorney. When Jake’s client‚ Carl Lee‚ has kills the two Ku Klux Klan members who rape his daughter‚ fellow KKK members sends threats to Jake‚ Carl Lee‚ and their families. At first‚ Jake arrogantly waves off the threats he receives. He tells his secretary‚ “I’ve ha[ve] threats too. I don’t take them seriously… The threats are not serious. There are
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