task as it may sound‚ there are many problems that can arise from trying to adapt a book into a movie‚ being that the written word is what makes the novel a literary work of art. Many times‚ it is hard to express the written word on camera because the words that express so much action and feeling can not always be expressed the same way through pictures and acting. One example of this can be found in the comparison of Ken Kesey’s novel‚ "One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest‚ and the film version directed
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younger and loses interest in his wife‚ so he goes to the Spanish-American war. When Benjamin returns‚ he is about the same age as his son‚ Roscoe‚ who gets married and has children. Benjamin ages younger and attends the appropriate school for his age. Soon enough‚ Benjamin is playing with his grandson and attending kindergarten. Finally‚ he is a baby and forgets the life he had‚ and everything just fades away. In the movie of Benjamin Button‚ a man rushes to help his wife who is dying from hemorrhaging
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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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anyone thought of a war movie‚ they immediately thought of Darryl F. Zanuck’s‚ The Longest Day. Cornelius Ryan‚ who was the author of the book by the same name‚ and happened to be a D-day veteran himself‚ wrote the movie. The book meticulously recreates the events preceding and during the invasion. It is filled with detailed descriptions of multiple occurrences during the invasion. It explains everything from mass attacks on beaches and towns to humorous anecdotes. The book wasn’t exactly a story
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Macbeth & The Book Thief: A Comparison between Ambition present in the Novels In comparing Shakespeare’s Macbeth and Zusak’s Book Thief‚ though the books deal with different time eras‚ characters and even language styles‚ there are some striking similarities between the themes in both novels. The themes are evident throughout both novels‚ these themes give a better understanding of the author’s message he wants to portray to his audience. Both books show ambition effectively in many situations
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Professor Stone History 1301-11774 28 June 2011 Tactics of War In “The Patriot”‚ the tactics of war used by the British Army differ significantly from those used by the American rebels. The British based war and victory on honor. If a battle is not won properly‚ it might as well have not been won at all. Benjamin Martin‚ the leader of the rebels‚ identifies the pride of the British as their weakness. The American rebels based war on victory itself and concentrated their efforts in simply defeating
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A Nightmare on Elm Street A Nightmare on Elm Street is one of the better horror movies. There are quite a few Freddy Krueger movies out there‚ and this movie all started in 1984‚ with A Nightmare on Elm Street. In 2010‚ there came a remake of the 1984 Nightmare on Elm Street movie. In these two movies there are comparisons and differences between these two‚ which include Freddy Krueger himself‚ music and sound effects‚ nightmares‚ and the graphics. Freddy Krueger is pretty much the same
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yet‚ so different: Internet and books. Without information‚ life is blind. But without questions being answered‚ life is like living in a potato. Internet is defined as a worldwide computer network that exchanges information on many subjects. People mostly use the internet as a search engine to find out about their questions within a short amount of time being used. Books‚ on the other hand‚ are a source of information recorded on stacks of written paper. Books are used to study‚ remind‚ read from
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The Reader‚ set in post-World War II Germany‚ relates the story of an SS camp guard‚ Hanna Schmitz‚ and her evolving relationship with the narrator‚ Michael Berg. Both the book and the movie deal with serious issues‚ including love and denial‚ guilt and accountability‚ and reconciliation. They both employ several subversive strategies: in presenting Michael Berg’s first love‚ it is impossible not to be sympathetic; we are drawn in. Hanna is the mysterious older woman who initiates the young boy into
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Essay for The Great Gatsby The plot and the setting of book and movie are very similar. There was a lot of thins borrowed from the book‚ but there was a lot changed as well. The movie followed the plot of book very closely and portrayed the setting of the book very well. A lot of the dialogue was borrowed and spoken directly as it was in the book. The movie did an excellent job portraying the 1920’s and the parties that happened at Gatsby’s house. “There was music from my neighbor’s house
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