Peter Jackson recently directed a trilogy of movies that are an adaptation of the book The Hobbit. There are some disappointments in the films such as the additional characters and storylines. Some of the supplementary storyline does help to serve as a backstory and shed light on why the characters are undertaking what they are on the expedition. However a majority of the additions to the movie only function to confuse the watcher on what was happening and generate action for the spectators when
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Ride with the Devil Ride with the Devil’s take on the civil war in comparison with the text version was fairly similar‚ although the text had more events and information that were not introduce in the movie. Ride with the Devil attention to detail to the Reconstruction Era is captured well with the use of language‚ the setting‚ and the actors. The movie gave the audience a inside visual look of the civil war and their personal matters such the friendship bonds that were created‚ the lost people faced
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The movie “The Grapes of Wrath” I watched recently is the classic adaptation of John Steinbeck’s novel written and published in 1939 only one year before the movie was released. When the movie production was approved the director John Ford and his crew were able to accomplish a major task and finish the project without getting involved in the conflict with labor unions what was very important since many members of the crew belonged to them. The script which is based on Steinbeck’s book adopted a
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internet everyday who have a very different view. Those who think that the internet is a blessing often refer to the world of information it contains and how you can gain access so much easier than when you had to trudge through stacks of library books before. There are approximately 114‚000‚000 websites on the internet and Google has indexed 0.0048% of the internet. That gives the idea of how large the internet is and how much information it contains. The information is very good to research and
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In the movie version of “Boys and Girls”‚ there were many differences‚ such as the beginning. In the movie‚ we open into the scene where the first horse is shot. The girl and Laird are both watching‚ however another difference to the original short story is that Laird has an adverse reaction to the death of the horse. He runs out of the barn and away until his sister catches him and tells him that it was good that he saw‚ so he now knows what has to eventually be done in these cases. In the events
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Similarities and Differences in Characters Vs. Actors In the novel and film On the Road by Jack Kerouac‚ the choice of actors to play the major roles‚ especially that of the narrator Sal Paradise‚ was bad in that it was way off base from Kerouac’s book. Why does the choice of actors significantly differ from how they are portrayed in the novel? Because Jack Kerouac had written the novel so long ago that he did not have the knowledge or wording to explain or show how they are portrayed in the film
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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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is more powerful compared to the film. This is because it provides background detail to vital connotations and concepts compared with the film. The anagogical concepts of Newspeak‚ Double think and Oligarchical collectivism in Emmanuel Goldstein’s book are explored in greater in the novel. Furthermore‚ the scenes are more detailed‚ as evident in chestnut tree café. Because detail is lacked‚ the audience is left questioning scenes‚ leaving the cinema
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Another great example is when the director adds a scene with Ms Phelan admitting to Skeeter that she found out about her writing the book. In this scene‚ she shows her how she is pleased and is more accepting towards her‚ unlike the way her character in the book was portrayed. Foremost‚ the
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Movies are made to be sold and not history to be perfectly told. If movies include a complete history‚ it wouldn’t be known as a movie anymore. However‚ it would be called a documentary‚ which most people get fed up of. So interpretations‚ exaggerations and idealistic scenes are added to the movie to make it more interesting for the audience. "The Patriot" is a similar film made during the modern day time about a time period in which none of the experienced the real revolution. Politically‚ socially
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