Movie vs. Book Essay

There are many movies based on books, where scenes were either altered slightly or changed completely. Movie directors often change scenes from the novel in order to make the final production more interesting, to create a story they perceived from the novel, or to compensate from leaving a particular important scene out. In which director Peter Jackson, undertook when producing the movie, The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug, on a particular scene of the novel, chapter seven, in J.R.R. Tolkien’s, The

Did you know that the director changed the ending for the movie “The Giver,” so that it wouldn’t be as ambiguous? This made it much more powerful because you could know what happened at the end, how Jonas’s actions changed society for the better, and how his actions saved Fiona’s life. In the book, The Giver by Louis Lowry, Jonas is a twelve-year-old kid who lives in a dystopian society. He gets assigned as the Receiver of Memory. Asher and Fiona are friends. They are smaller characters, too. Asher

Memento directed by Christopher Nolan was originally a short story written by Nolan’s brother Jonathon Nolan. The movie is supposed to be a traditional translation of the short story. By definition the movie is a traditional translation. It follows the short story fairly well but adds characters, changes names and provides small backstories to provide depth. In the movie we are introduced to a string of characters. First Lenny or Leonard, his name was Earl in the story. He suffers from the same

both drama and a horror movie. The movie was originally based off of Stephen King’s novel, before later being written as a screenplay by Stanley Kubrick and Diane Johnson, The Shining stars Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, and Danny Lloyd. The music was produced by Wendy Carlos and Rachel Elkind. The movie focuses on the haunted Overlook Hotel, which King based off of the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado. The classic movie The Shining has been portrayed as a worthwhile movie. I found that the plot

author named Lois Lowry, famous for this book. In my opinion, while the book and movie are very similar, there are also differences in characters and the plot. First of all, the characters are different. In the novel, Jonas was going to the ceremony of 12. The book starts off with the ceremony of 17. Jonas in both the book and film is the receiver of memories. His father is a Nurturer and his mother works at the department of justice. In the book and movie the father is portrayed as the nice one

thought this was an amazing book. My favorite parts were when he killed Spitz,when he attacked the guys, and when he found John Thornton.The parts I didn’t like was when the men beat Buck, and when the huskies came and ate all the men’s food. I would change the parts where Buck got beat. Those parts should be changed. I think the book and the movie should have been exactly the same because it is very confusing. For example, they had a main character in the movie besides Buck and John

Comparing and contrasting the movie and the book Nightjohn The young adult novel Nightjohn depicts the plight of enslaved African-Americans from the point-of-view of an adolescent so that readers can feel as well as learn about the difficulties experienced by slaves in the antebellum south. The book revolves around the prohibition of teaching slaves how to read. In the novel, a former escaped slave named John teaches a young girl named Sarney how to read. John or 'Nightjohn' as he is called, slips

the summer of 2011, was adapted from the book of the same title by J.K. Rowling and tastefully directed by David Yates (IMDb). The movie was mindfully scored to fit its scenes, elegantly directed to achieve an artistic aesthetic, and portrays the development and dynamics of the characters. This movie, was charmingly

Mockingjay is the last book in the Hunger Games trilogy, Katniss has just recently escape from her second Hunger Games after causing the arena to explode. The story is written in several different parts the first being Katniss's journey of healing and coming to terms with her previous home being destroyed because she chose to rebel against the Capitol. The second part is about her training and being used for propaganda to help keep the revolution alive. The last part is when she goes to war, she

The movie Divergent is based on the novel by Veronica Roth. The book and film takes place in future Chicago where there are five factions; Dauntless, Abnegation, Erudite, Amity, and Candor. People in future Chicago take a test to determine what faction is most like them. If multiple factions are the result of the test, then it is determined that the person is Divergent. This is a rare story of Beatrice Prior’s experience as being Divergent and surviving in the Dauntless community. The movie starts