of parents want their kids to read the book then watch the movie. But why? If you read the book‚ you have an image in your head of what the character looks like‚ what their voices sound like‚ and what the scene looks like‚ and usually it is pretty good. But when you watch the movie‚ all those images get shattered. When you read a book‚ there may be parts of the book that you really like that you would like at see on the TV screen. But then‚ when the movie finally comes out‚ the part you like isn’t
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ENG.2 5/23/2011 The Road The Road was both a phenomenal book and film. While reading The Road I was both intrigued and interested as to how Hollywood would portray this story‚ and after seeing the movie I was impressed with how closely the film followed the book. Though the book was enticing and unusual the movie quickly surpassed the book in my opinion. Though the movie followed the book closely‚ there were some differences such as the amount of flashbacks the father has‚ the illusion of hope
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are a plethora of differences in the movie and the book version of Beowulf‚ however‚ the version of the movie is more understanding. The movie gives me a more detailed version of Beowulf. Whereas‚ the book gives a more difficult version description of the story. The movie is a better descriptive than the book. The version of the book only gives you an illustration of the characters for two or three lines. There are many differences in the movie and book‚ from Beowulf that makes Beowulf fascinating
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The Outsider book and movie differences The Outsiders book and movie are similar to eachother. The movie basically takes everything straight from the book‚ but movie leaves out a couple scenes and many other important things. The way the characters were described and the relationships between them was off in the movie. In the book Dally and Soda were blonds‚ but in the movie all the greasers were brunettes. You don’t get to know the characters very well in the movie and the tention between
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Shaun Swersky 11/6/12 Language Arts "Beowulf" Book Vs Movie A long time ago a legendary story called "Beowulf" was told. It spoke of a man being stronger then any other man and killing horrible monsters for the Danes. Then in 2007 a 3D movie was released it also told of Beowulf and him fighting monsters for the Danes but the story and the movie was told a bit differently. First off in the book when Beowulf encounters Grendel’s mother he kills her by cutting her head off with a
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The book The Outsiders was written by S. E. Hinton‚ and published in 1967. The Outsiders movie was then released in 1983 and was directed by Francis Ford Coppola. The story is about a group of 7 greasers set in the 1960’s. Basically the greasers are in constant rival with the socs‚ the upper class kids from the west side. Ponyboy Curtis and Johnny Cade are the youngest in the group. They go threw some very difficult times after Johnny kills a soc‚ then dies. Ponyboy must learn how to cope with all
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The Birds clearly show the use of fear. However‚ Daphne du Maurier’s novella is more accurate that Alfred Hitchcock’s film. Consequently‚ the novella was a more successful representation of mood‚ tone‚ and setting than the film. The mood in the movie is week as the
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Jassi J.L. Aberdeen May 7‚ 2013 Watching a movie or reading a book People become curious when they are hearing the phrase “once upon a time”. How do people get to know stories they desire? By watching and reading. Therefore‚ the same story can be told via a movie or a book but the processes and results are various. Watching a movie is an enjoyable way to gain direct perception of a story. Viewing films is more entertaining as a visual and auditory feast. For the entire story‚ people have less
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In “The Book Thief” the movie conveys the suffering of the Germans‚ as Night‚ a memoir by Elie Wiesel‚ describes to real life torture of the Jews. Liesel is the main character of the movie and suffers great loss‚ but it is not even close to being as bad as the torture Elie had to deal with. Even though Liesel and Elie have different backgrounds they have to go through similar situations throughout the war. Liesel fears the SS men because they could take her dad anytime. In the movie‚ Liesel’s
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A major downfall of the movies compared to the book is the added characters and storylines. While some of the added storyline help to clarify parts about the battle of five armies‚ it also serves to muddle up parts of the movie and making them hard to follow‚ such as the story line about the Necromanser and all the death he is bringing back to reclaim the mountain. Another one of these completely unnecessary use of additional characters and storylines is the love story between Kili and Tauriel. Even
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