story in order to make it more clear for those viewers who had not yet read the book. Baz Luhrmann accurately portrayed the characters of the novel in his film by emphasizing their hopes along with their flaws. However‚ there were many plot discrepancies in the movie due to Luhrmann’s need to make the movie more appealing to moviegoers. Character representation was an important aspect of both the novel and the movie. Since they
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The movie adaptation of The Great Gatsby maintained true to the original book by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Although mostly everything seems to stay the same‚ some movie scenes differ. Nick’s character is tweaked and Gatsby’s parties are not the same. The movie also creates more false hope than the novel does. Nick Carraway is the first character introduced into the book and movie‚ but in a different aspect. F. Scott Fitzgerald introduces Nick right away as the narrator. He is giving a monologue about
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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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us about the movie? (Sarah) – “Well‚ I can’t tell you so much. The story — which is like the whole series — is about friendship and growing up and the decisions we make and the triumphs. And it’s about the massive disappointment and the mistakes‚ and what you learn and what you don’t learn when you should learn. A lot of this movie is going to be surprising to people. This is a grown-up movie.” So‚ what’s the theme of the movie? (Cynthia) – “I would say that the theme of the movie is love and
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Peter Jackson’s 2009 film‚ The Lovely Bones‚ is based off of the New York Times bestseller novel written by Alice Sebold. Both the book and the movie adaptation tell the story of a young‚ 14-year-old girl named Susie Salmon who is brutally murdered by her neighbor. In both versions‚ Susie narrates her story from the place between Heaven and Earth‚ the “in-between‚” showing the lives of her family and friends and how each of their lives have changed since her murder. However‚ the film adaptation
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later‚ the story is relevant making it “coming of age.” Personally‚ this book has no connection to my life. I have not encountered post traumatic stress from demise. In general‚ reading for the past five years hasn’t appeased me. However‚ “The Catcher in the Rye” engages and builds on suspense of events attracting me to finish it. A novel with mighty suspense is fascinating‚ but it wouldn’t create an intriguing movie. Narration happened in an immensely descriptive style creating an imaginative
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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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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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Spada English period 4 Movie and Book Comparison Tuesdays With Morrie is both a book and a movie. They are alike and different in so many different ways. The movie is never going to have as much detail as the book did‚ but they did a good job making the movie as close as possible to the book. The book covered a lot more aspects of the story than the movie did‚ and the book focused on the bigger more important parts. There were a lot of main points that the book and movie were alike. In both Morrie
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Outsiders is both a great book and a great movie. Although they are both very great‚ they are not completely the same‚ or completely different. A book that turns into a movie usually has way more information because the person writing the book isn’t just going to make it a movie line for line. The movie “The Outsiders” doesn’t work like that though. The book and the movie are about as close to line for line as you can possibly get. They have to add some scenes in movie to explain the thinking of
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