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    I definitely think that the changes in the film add details to the original story as I understand. The original story of “The Odyssey” is a great story and it does in some way help the reader portray the text through imagery, and it does make them picture what is going on, and what the creatures in the story look like. When I read the story all the creatures sounded extremely fake looking to me, but when I watched the film they didn't look a lot unrealistic. So I do think the changes in the film

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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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    “The Odyssey” The movie vs the book the comparison vs differences The film adaptation and the epic poem, had a bunch of comparisons and differences. Konchalovsky has yet failed the epic poem when finding similarities with the epic poem. The epic poem was written by a blind poet by the name of Homer the movie was made by Konchalovsky. Konchalovsky could not make a good enough movie that was enjoyable like the epic poem. The epic poem had the story going in a roller coaster that was almost like it

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    Brother Where Art Thou Vs The Odyssey by Homer The Odyssey by Homer is a Greek epic poem based on its main character Odysseus and it took place in the classical Greece. The book was composed in the eight century B.C.E, after the events it describes, and narrates several adventures with the objective of its main character to return home with his family. Moreover, the movie O, Brother Where Art Thou was published in the year 2000 and directed by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen. The movie also narrates the adventures

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    form of books or movies, as long as they follow the format of a hero’s journey. Epics are one of the best known formats for a story, and can be used time and time again in literature and film. Homer’s famous poem, The Odyssey, and its modern satire, the film O Brother, Where Art Thou?, share many traits as epics. More than just having a similar plot to The Odyssey, O Brother shares many themes, characters (including protagonists and antagonists,) conflicts, and musical elements. The Odyssey and O Brother

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    Books Better Than Movies

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    Why Books Are Better Than Movies Do you enjoy reading books? Have you ever wondered why some people prefer books over movies? Books hold a certain level of awesomeness that movies just simply can’t cover. I strongly believe that books are better than movies for many reasons. Today I would like to share with you guys a couple of things: the rumor that good book= good movie, what makes a book better, and what books are better. When a movie comes out that is based on a good book you once read, you

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    The LEGO Batman Movie was released in 2017. It stemmed from the success of The LEGO Movie (2014) and the continued prevalence of Batman in U.S. popular culture from the 1960s to current day media. This includes television shows, various movies, comic books/graphic novels, and multiple cartoon series. The LEGO Batman Movie was about family, friendship, facing one’s own fears and - oddly enough - abs (The LEGO Batman Movie). Watching The LEGO Batman Movie did apply to personal growth. The movie’s

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    “Odyssey vs Oh brother where art thou” The similarities between the two stories are quite extensive, so I will only focus on a few. There are similarities not only in the plot and the journey’s the characters take on and are involved in, but both are packed with metaphors. In both stories, the main characters are following the strong theme of nostos. Odysseus is battling gods, monsters, he even goes and visits Hades to help him return home to his family. McGill convinces two people to escape out

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    Poseidon vs. Megatron What makes someone a true villain? Someone powerful but answers to another or someone so powerful no one could command him? A villain is someone so strong or powerful the can do whatever they want, including evil. Movies and books have many famous villains but two incredible ones are Poseidon a villain written by the Greek poet, Homer, and Megatron a villain from the movie Transformers. When put next to Poseidon, Megatron is better for numerous reasons. Some people believe

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    Epoch Of Helen

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    from epoch to epoch, and from culture to culture. The three main epochs that contain stories of Helen are the ancient Greek era, the medieval Christian era, and the contemporary era. The two main Greek stories including Helen are Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey. The main medieval Christian story including Helen is Dante’s Inferno.

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