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    tragic and extremely depressing book and a movie called The Boy in the Stripped Pajamas. The book and movie were both absolutely fantastic and were very much alike‚ but they still had some differences. The few differences between the movie and the book was‚ the ending of the book and movie‚ the perspective in which they were both told in‚ One of the major differences between the book and movie is the ending of each of them. The endings are different in one major way and that is about people

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    the laboratory scene. In the book we never really see or hear of a lab like the one in the movie. Although this is not how Mary Shelly wants us to think of the creation of Frankenstein it is very visually moving. With respect to whether the movie improved on this scene I would say yes. I know it is a bold statement but the visuals of the lab and Frankenstein being created is very entertaining. I think that if they tried to do it exactly like Mary Shelly did in the book it wouldn’t have been as visually

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    Favor Throughout time‚ there have been countless movies that began as books. Authors create compelling stories; which captivate one type of audience‚ those who read. These books turn into best sellers‚ which in turn are purchased for production purposes. Once written art is turned into a movie‚ it can grasp the attention of an entire world instead. During the process of transforming a bestselling novel into a box office hit movie‚ sacrifices in the story must be made. To provide an analysis of changes

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    Very few good books translate successfully to a good movie adaptation and most people who both read Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card and watched the subsequent movie adaptation count Ender’s Game among the many rather than the few book to film adaptations. Almost every character changedt from the book to the movie in regards to either personality‚ physical appearance‚ or their given amount of screen time. The plot changed through added romances and the removal of concepts that failed to translate

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    In the book Huckleberry Finn we had read an adventure of a little boy making his way down the river. Now in the movie somethings are very different from the book. They leave out some parts that were major to the book. However you can’t put everything in a movie or the movie would be too long. Here are somethings that I had noticed that were different in the movie than the book. To start off the movie skipped over talking about how the Widow Douglas and old Miss Watson was always picking on him

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    into a movie always has its drawbacks. Like translating a document from one language to another‚ discrepancies arise between their plot lines. This is not because film writers believe the novel has flaws‚ or that they have better ideas than the original story writer. Instead‚ these differences reflect the demands of popular movie culture. The movie should be clear‚ relatively brief‚ suspenseful and have beautiful on-screen picture since no one would be entertained by a long‚ dull‚ confusing movie. The

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    “May the odds be ever in your favor.” This quote from the 2012 movie The Hunger games‚ not only applies to the modern story‚ but also to the 1950s book‚ Lord of the Flies. The movie and the book are similar in many different ways‚ such as the situation‚ the characters‚ and the overall message. In both the movie and the book‚ people live in fear everyday of their lives. In the movie the people from the districts live in fear from President Snow‚ the games‚ and each other. Kids between the age 12 and

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    that this book would be worth my time‚ before watching the movie. After I purchased the novel‚ I sat down and finished it in one sitting. The entire novel had me drawn in and numerous emotions went through me as I read it. I couldn’t put it down and waited impatiently for the film to be released into video stores. I purchased the movie because the book was incredible. At one point before watching the film I remember thinking the old saying of‚ "the book is always better than the movie." Watching

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    With almost every famous novel‚ comes either an excellent movie adaption or a cringe worthy film that has viewers constantly reminding others to read the book instead. Harper Lee’s “To Kill A Mockingbird” was no exception to this unspoken rule. Although the film excelled in accurately depicting most of the novel’s content‚ there were some omitted details that could have improved the movie’s interpretation of the novel. One of the most obvious differences between the film and the novel would be

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    distortions that you have created in your film of the once majestic book‚ “Lord of the Flies”. For example you have greatly reduced much of the setting of the book to almost nothing‚ you have also warped the themes of the role of order in civilisation and the nature of evil present in the book. Firstly‚ in the book‚ it takes a long time for the boys to be rescued and there are many events shown to show the time passing‚ however in your movie there is almost no evidence of a large amount of time passing

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