movies. We often watch more than one movie on this special night. Last year‚ we decided to watch Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief‚ and Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Sea of Monsters. My siblings and I had read and loved the books‚ written by Rick Riordan‚ so we thought‚ “How bad could it be? It would be amazing to see these incredible stories onscreen!” We were wrong. Every member of my family who had read the books agreed that this movie destroyed the intent of the original
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Compare and Contrast Book to movie adaptations are very common to find now of days. Some examples are: Hunger Games‚ Divergent‚ Paper Town‚ ect. All book to movie adaptations have many differences‚ but also many similarities. One of the popular book to movie adaptation is Divergent by Veronica Roth. As Divergent started to climb to the best sellers list‚ the possibility for a movie was almost undeniable. Soon enough a movie was announced‚ and sold out box offices all over the world. There were many
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While having the option to read the novel‚ The Cay or watch the movie‚ The Cay I would rather read the book. I believe the book‚ by Theodore Taylor‚ is better because of the fact that there is far more details of the adventure that Phillip and Timothy had in the book than in the movie‚ produced by Walter Seltzer. I also can see in the movie that there is a very low budget for the movie. I also believe that the fact that you can read Philip’s mind it makes that story that much better and shows how
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To start things off‚ the book war of the worlds is an action packed narrative book written by the author H.G wells. After the book was released it was such a hit a movie was created and directed by Steven Spielberg and released in 2005. The plot consists of a dad and his kids fighting for their lives as the world is being attacked by aliens who are tearing apart the world and causing complete chaos. Although the film and the movie are similar there are still some major differences and elements between
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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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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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colors or environments. The movie of “The Goblet of Fire‚” have some scenes that have been cut because the books contain around eight hundred pages. When I first watched the movie‚ I read that the producers were debating if they should have divided the movie into two parts due the book length. For this reason‚ a lot of print text was deleted in the movie; while other scenes were added to give the audience a deeper view of some scenes. One clear example that the movie was changed‚ is the scene when
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In the book and movie of To Kill a Mockingbird‚ the lesson of keeping one’s head held high is experienced differently. The lesson is openly stated in both the novel and the movie. Atticus says to Scout after a fight with Cecil Jacobs to‚ “just hold your head high and keep those fists down” (Lee 76). Scout had fought Cecil because she believed Atticus would want her to stand up for him. Yet‚ Atticus tells her the opposite and wishes she would let all the rude talk go rather than fighting those who
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when one tries to recreate a book into a movie‚ it is really hard to stick to all of the details because most movies have a time limit. If a director were to make a movie the exact way a book was written‚ then the movie would be four to five hours long. Not a lot of people would complain about it‚ but there is a cost limit to the movie as well. So‚ concerning The Virgin Suicides book and movie‚ you can see that there will be a lot of alterations to the books details. Although the movie and book of
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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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