How many times have you said about a movie "it was good but I preferred the book"? The great thing about books is that they do not have a run time limit because the words are in control of everything. Character’s can be described however the author wants and the readers can imagine the character rather than a movie‚ which has to find the right person who fits the look of the character. Regardless of whether a movie is based on a book‚ books are better for providing the type of entertainment which
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The Maze Runner is a book to movie adaption of the James Dashner book that goes by the same title. The movie was first released in Mexico on September 11‚ 2014 and made its debut in the United States eight days later on the nineteenth. The movie was very different from the book but show some components that were wonderfully used. The Maze Runner follows a group of teenage boys trying to survive in a maze when all of a sudden girl appears and starts changing everything. They don’t know who put them
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days prefer watching movies over reading books. However‚ it can be interesting to read a book as well as watch the movie to find similarities and differences. The novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck‚ consists of two main characters: George Milton and Lennie Small. The movie‚ released in 1992‚ focuses on the same characters’ adventures working on a ranch during the Great Depression. There are several similarities between Lennie in the movie and the book‚ including him liking to touch anything soft
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O Pioneer’s was a good movie‚ but an even better book. The movie did a good job at getting the point of the story line across‚ but not so much with the character development. I actually finished the book after watching the whole movie so I knew what to expect. I anticipated everything that was going to happen because I wanted to know if it would be the same as the movie. While the plot did not change‚ there were many things that the movie ceased to explain. For explain‚ I would have liked to know
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Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. Victor Frankenstein runs from all of his problems until he ends up with terrible consequences. James Whale‚ the film director for the movie phenomenon Frankenstein was not only an artist‚ but also a man who had a vision. The movie Frankenstein is based off Mary Shelley’s work of art‚ Frankenstein. After 85 years‚ the movie Frankenstein is still greatly appreciated‚ it implies a society we know nothing about and have a strange curiosity towards. James Whale is truly a genius for
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“The Great Gatsby”. The book‚ written by F. Scott Fitzgerald has had great success‚ and has been adopted into a wildly popular film seen all across the world. While the two pieces closely resemble each other‚ they can easily be contrasted. When looking at both the book and the movie spin-off‚ we can point out differences in their setting‚ how characters are portrayed‚ and well all we can also find similarities‚ such as Mr. Gatsby’s parties. Between the movie and the book‚ we can conclude
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The story‚ and movie “The Speckled Band” have many similarities. Julia’s room in both the story‚ and movie was the same. In the movie it looked exactly like what was described in the book. Also when Julia’s hair started to whiten. In the movie you could see when she was just about to die her hair did start to turn a grayish-white‚ and in the book it said that her hair was starting to turn white too. Also when Dr.Roylott came into Sherlock’s office Sherlock was calm. In the movie Sherlock was very
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Many books and their film adaptations mostly tell the same story and have many similarities. However‚ there always seems to be events or details that are changed to fit the film. From the way the characters develop‚ to what the symbols stand for‚ Alice Walker’s novel‚ “The Color Purple‚” and Steven Spielberg’s make of the movie‚ “The Color Purple‚” show signs of similarity and a few details that make them unique. First‚ the 295 page book about a girl growing up being abused and not having a say in
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for what is still to come. This sense of hopelessness and this view of the future is very well pictured in the novel and the movie: The Children of Men. In fact‚ the plot‚ the characters and the setting are very similar in the novel and the movie. First of all‚ the plot in the movie is relatively similar to the one in the book. In fact‚ the plot in the novel and the movie are similar because they both approach the issue of an unfertile human species and there is a woman who gets pregnant in both
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The 1977 version of “A Christmas Carol” by BBC is a very accurate rendition of the book it was based on by Charles Dickens written in 1843. This movie comes with its strengths and weaknesses‚ most of its weaknesses coming from the quality of the film production and the movie’s strengths coming from it’s striking resemblance to the earlier made novel. The short movie mirrored the book in so many ways that only really small details were left out such as Scrooge going to the tavern to get his dinner
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