James And The Giant Peach Comparison

When the topic of movie adaptations based on written literature is concerned, there are many different opinions on if they are “real” or “accurate.”A classic example is James and the Giant Peach originally written by Roald Dahl in 1961 and adapted to film in 1996 by Disney. Originally this movie was never going to be made as Roald turned down many different offers for this to adapted to screen during his life. It was not until he died that his wife, Liccy Dahl, agreed to have it made. There are quite a few changes between book and movie versions due to artistic vision, and many have voiced their opinions about both. Although, if these works did not convert to film everyone would be losing many, many great novels and series to time and a culture that finds more joy in visual representation. The theme of this story was to show a kid trying to mentally escape from his not so wanted lifestyle and end up in a better place. A very standard type of story when people think about all the stories out there that have the same underlying concept. The way this one differs is by selling this as a children’s story in the 60’s. You have to expect this is a time period where everybody was less politically correct and therefore less sensitive to a darker type of story then would probably see these days. When Disney decided to make a
This all but proves that if the film was never made, there would be a lot of people out there that would never even know that this was even a book. Though they had to change many things and the story’s plot was watered down, it still brought it to the masses as a now classic in both realms of media. In conclusion, if these classic novels were adapted and converted to modern times, whether they are accurate or not, they would be lost to an age where the preferred method of storytelling is