Reading Beowulf before watching the movie allowed for an open‚ personal interpretation of what the author wanted us to create in our minds. We created our own thoughts about the setting‚ characters‚ and imagery that the author had envisioned and put into the book. There were multiple differences between what was read and what was watched. Multiple changes and additions were made to the storyline in the movie. The creators of the movie made the changes with the idea that the story line would be similar
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The Alfred Hitchcock movie‚ The Birds‚ was said to be based on the DuMaurier story by the same name. Both versions included birds going wild and attacking humans. They also included some of the same things‚ for example‚ in the movie and the book‚ they boarded up the doors and windows to repel the attack‚ and someone is found dead at a farm with their eyes pecked out. However‚ the similarities are not as numerous as the differences. There are many contrasts between the story and the film‚ particularly
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soda would sound much more appealing than reading a book by the fire at night while drinking a frappucino from Starbucks. Now‚ producers and directors would take successful and famous stories and adapt it into a movie. Sometimes‚ they would succeed‚ with examples being the Harry Potter series‚ which received mainly positive reviews from both critics and the audience. However‚ most of the time these people would unknowingly butcher the book based movie by taking out many important characters and events
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Many people feel that book to movie adaptations give the readers a chance to connect with the characters and visualize what happens in the book. While many others believe that many important things that happen in the book may be left out or altered‚ changing the plot of the book entirely. One of these book to movie adaptations being Stardust by Neil Gaiman. After reading Stardust by Neil Gaiman and watching the movie “Stardust” 3 differences that impact the plot directly would be the role the lightning
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The Pit and the Pendulum is a book written by Edgar Allen Poe in 1842. Years later‚ in 1961‚ a movie was made. Directed by Roger Corman‚ the film is a lot different than the movie‚ though it does have a few similarities. One of the few similarities is the pendulum sequence. When Francis is strapped down to the “bed‚” the pendulum comes inches closer and closer‚ slowly‚ as in the book. Right as it’s about to kill him‚ he’s saved. Another similarity‚ though minor‚ is the involvement of a pit. A
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of times as well. The book is a mysterious story about how a murderous man who invited nine other criminals (ten people in total) to an island and killed them all one by one according to a poem. In 1945‚ And Then There Were None was turned into a movie by René Clair who directed and produced it. It starred actors Barry Fitzgerald (Justice Wargrave)‚ Walter Huston (Doctor)‚ Louis Hayward (Philip/Charles)‚ and actress June Duprez (Vera Claythorne). Changes were made in the movie such as when the characters
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also people that say that they are sacrificial‚ but yet there are things that they can do to be more than what they are. In the book Les Mis‚ by: Victor Hugo there are a couple people that are very sacrificial. They have done many things in the movie and the book that have done a great deed to people and they have helped saved lives. There are many characters in this book that I could argue about them being sacrificial. They put their lives in danger to help save others. People that sacrifice their
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she’s got it until that changes. The story and the movie were both great examples of the Holocaust giving you a vivid picture of what life was like during that time. Although the book had may have had more description the movie gives you an personal clear picture what it was like. The story gives a more broad image about the Holocaust. Showing you that you may have been going on with your day and everything thing turns downward in an instant. The movie shows more about the concentration camps and what
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how did it become such a cultural phenomenon? The original book‚ making of the movie‚ and the major impact of it during World War 2 all bring together this iconic film. It all started with L. Frank Baum’s “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” published in Chicago in 1900. Baum based the book off his every day life‚ basing characters off of adventures he had growing up in North Dakota and jobs he had before and during being an author. When
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1920‚ where lavish parties and drinking were very common. In 2013‚ it was adapted into a movie‚ produced by Baz Luhrmann.The book and the movie were fairly similar‚ however their are a few significant differences between some of the characters and settings .These changes also effect the theme of the movie‚which is the search for the American Dream and if it is worth it in the end. Throughout the book and the movie Nick describes himself as a honest‚ respectful‚ and nonjudgmental person. In chapter
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