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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The title of this book/movie is The Lovely Bones. It is about a girl named Susie Salmon who is raped and murdered by her neighbor Mr. Harvey. Throughout the book and the movie susie’s family falls apart as they try to solve her murder. But as susie watches from heaven she tries to help her family cope with her loss while she is coping with the thought of never being able to grow up herself. There are many differences between the book and the movie. For example in the book hen susie’s soul leaves
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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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There are many similarities and differences between “The Hunger Games” movie and novel version. Only a few truly stood out to me. To begin with‚there are several similarities between the novel and the movie. The one that I liked the most was when Prim was called and Katniss volunteered for her. She was shocked and couldn’t help herself but to do it. Like the novel Prim was taken to her mother by Gale. Katniss is escorted to the stage by the peacekeepers. Another example is when Peeta gave
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O Pioneer’s was a good movie‚ but an even better book. The movie did a good job at getting the point of the story line across‚ but not so much with the character development. I actually finished the book after watching the whole movie so I knew what to expect. I anticipated everything that was going to happen because I wanted to know if it would be the same as the movie. While the plot did not change‚ there were many things that the movie ceased to explain. For explain‚ I would have liked to know
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The 1977 version of “A Christmas Carol” by BBC is a very accurate rendition of the book it was based on by Charles Dickens written in 1843. This movie comes with its strengths and weaknesses‚ most of its weaknesses coming from the quality of the film production and the movie’s strengths coming from it’s striking resemblance to the earlier made novel. The short movie mirrored the book in so many ways that only really small details were left out such as Scrooge going to the tavern to get his dinner
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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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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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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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for what is still to come. This sense of hopelessness and this view of the future is very well pictured in the novel and the movie: The Children of Men. In fact‚ the plot‚ the characters and the setting are very similar in the novel and the movie. First of all‚ the plot in the movie is relatively similar to the one in the book. In fact‚ the plot in the novel and the movie are similar because they both approach the issue of an unfertile human species and there is a woman who gets pregnant in both
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