Troy. The movie and the myth were both based on the Trojan War. They were both very interesting‚ and captivating. It was stimulating to see it in 2 different points of views. Both the movie and the myth of Troy were great. They had similarities‚ but there were also some very strong differences. In Edith Hamilton’s Synopsis of the Trojan War‚ it focused on many of the gods of Olympus. For example‚ in the synopsis‚ conversations between the gods happen from time to time‚ while in the movie they don’t
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Book vs. Movie Some people say that the movie is better than the book but is it really? In this argument I will discuss how the book is better than the movie. In this case the book “The Lightning Thief” is better than the movie because the book includes all fun and exciting scenes that help and make you use your imagination a lot more than the movie itself. The movie excludes characters that are important and some that are but‚ either way characters make the movie happen so they should be included
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Potter: Book vs. Movie With all the new movies based on books or comics that are out‚ people wonder why Hollywood keeps doing it. Some say they’re greedy people‚ just doing it for the money‚ and others say that it helps bring the book to life. But I say‚ why ruin a good book‚ like Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone‚ with bad lighting and adequate actors? I say that we don’t have to because the comparison between the two forms of entertainment is a landslide victory for the book. You may
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how did it become such a cultural phenomenon? The original book‚ making of the movie‚ and the major impact of it during World War 2 all bring together this iconic film. It all started with L. Frank Baum’s “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” published in Chicago in 1900. Baum based the book off his every day life‚ basing characters off of adventures he had growing up in North Dakota and jobs he had before and during being an author. When
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The Movie or the Book? Nicholas Sparks has written multiple novels that have evolved into movies‚ such as The Notebook‚ The Last Song‚ Dear John‚ Message in a Bottle‚ and A Walk to Remember. The movies previously mentioned are as equally good as the novels except for Dear John. To me‚ Dear John is one of the best books written by Nicholas Sparks‚ yet the movie is the worst. The plot is excellent‚ but it is poorly portrayed in the movie. Several literary elements are found in both the movie and the
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In many scenes of the movie the producer had the actors say exact lines and recreate scenes taken directly from the book. “Within‚ stood a tall old man‚ clean shaven save for a long white moustache‚ He held in his hand an antique silver lamp‚ in which the flame burned without a chimney or globe of any kind‚ throwing long
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Anthem vs. Divergent Teens have become more intrigued with dystopian literature. Teens find the overruled society engaging and suspenseful leaving them wanting more. Ever read or watched Anthem and Divergent? Both are a overruled society that are split into different groups telling them what they have to do. The movie and book have the same moral story because they both dont have a say on how to live there life and they both choose to do their own thing. Dystopian literature and film are rising
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of times as well. The book is a mysterious story about how a murderous man who invited nine other criminals (ten people in total) to an island and killed them all one by one according to a poem. In 1945‚ And Then There Were None was turned into a movie by René Clair who directed and produced it. It starred actors Barry Fitzgerald (Justice Wargrave)‚ Walter Huston (Doctor)‚ Louis Hayward (Philip/Charles)‚ and actress June Duprez (Vera Claythorne). Changes were made in the movie such as when the characters
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HL COMPARE AND CONTRAST WILLIAM BLAKE AND JEAN RHYS ESSAY William Blake‚ with his Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience‚ and Jean Rhys‚ in Wide Sargasso Sea‚ utilize extensive symbolism and imagery in their respective works. They use imagery related to nature to symbolize Heaven/Hell or good/evil. They also use this imagery to emphasize the morals of their literary works and indicate‚ in the case of Wide Sargasso Sea‚ how the current events would lead to the conclusion of the book. Not
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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
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