Many do not think a modern movie could resemble an epic poem written around the time of 700 B.C. However‚ the movie‚ O’ Brother‚ Where Art Thou?‚ written and directed by the Coen brothers‚ and the poem‚ The Odyssey‚ written by Homer‚ are similar in multiple ways. The themes‚ plots‚ and characters are some of the ways these two pieces of literature are alike. In both stories‚ there are a group of men trying to make it back home. In the poem‚ the main character‚ Odysseus‚ along with his men‚ are
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there’s no conflict‚ there are no stories worth telling - or reading.” Is an utopian society the way to go? In the book The Giver by Lois Lowry‚ the protagonist Jonas soon realized after becoming The Receiver that the Elders in his community have been hiding the truth of what could have been. There is more feeling and technology in the movie compared to the book The Giver. The movie and the book The Giver have similarities‚ such as‚ the characters are all the same. Jonas is strong‚ courageous‚ and wants
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“The dominant spirit‚ however‚ that haunts this enchanted region‚ and seems to be commander-in-chief of all the powers of the air‚ is the apparition of a figure on horseback without a head.” Although the movie Sleepy Hollow is based upon the book The Legend of Sleepy Hollow‚ there are also distinctions which allow each to tell their own tale. Washington Irving’s short story inspired Tim Burton’s film but did not limit it. The foundations of the two are much the same but their story lines unfold diversely
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Book adaptations are a huge trend in the modern era of cinema and the entertainment business in general. Almost every book‚ whether fictitious or not‚ has been made into a 2 hour long film that usually gets popular. Movies like It‚ The Hunger Games and Goodfellas are good examples. For this case of book adapted to big screen Hollywood films‚ I’m using the film Zodiac. It kinda feels obvious why a book this big would get a adaptation equally as big. From what I had gathered from a bit of commentary
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watching "Last of the Mohicans" I found that there are many differences between the book‚ and the movie. Before I watched the movie‚ I thought it would exactly like the book‚ but I was wrong. If you were to read the book‚ and then watch the movie‚ you would be amazed at what they left out of the book‚ and vice versa. As I stated before‚ there are many differences between the book and the movie. For example‚ in the book‚ there is a character named David Gamut. This character follows his profession
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differences between the book‚ The Help‚ and the movie‚ “The Help”. Although the director did manage to keep some of plot the same‚ there are still not as many similarities as differences in the book and movie. To start off‚ the director did keep most of the characters looks and personalities the same in the movie as in the book. Some differences were that in the book Skeeter is big and tall‚ but the movie has her slender and average height‚ if not shorter. Hilly is portrayed in the book as a dark haired
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In the birds the book and movie are really different. To me i really preferred the movie over the book but the both seemed pretty pointless and pretty stupid because like in the movie the characters have different names. In the movie there was also a lot of really bad actors. Whereas in the book you didn’t have to worry about bad actors you just would read. In the movie in the beginning the girl started off in a bird shop pretending to work there and so when a man walked in pretending to buy some
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ever read a book series and then watched the movie and noticed the plot was completely different? “Watsons Go To Birmingham” is about a colored family taking a trip to Birmingham Alabama and realizing how much different they are treated than their home in Flint Michigan. The plot in the movie is mainly focused on the Civil Rights Movement. Lots of events changed between the movie and book‚ in the book it was more of seeing how the family lives and the people they live with. But in the movie it was mainly
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since I read this book. A movie‚ a death‚ a church and friendship‚ "The Outsiders" has it all. A story of brotherhood‚ friendship‚ and of a murder‚ a boy and his friend are caught in a murder‚ they have to escape form getting caught by the police‚ and so they run away‚ starting their journey of friendship and hardships. After reading the novel and watching the movie I noticed some differences‚ I’ll start with Ponyboy‚ in the novel pony boy is slapped by his brother‚ but in the movie‚ he is pushed‚
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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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