Many people around the world are reading their favorite books, savoring each page of them. Books that become popular enough get transformed into movies for the fans to enjoy. Some movies are really close to being spot on. If that's the case, there would be little to no differences between the book and the movie. However, many movies have many differences from the book. The book, Maze Runner, is an example of a book that's been transformed into a film. While this specific book and movie have many similarities, there are some minor differences between the two.
One difference I have come to notice among the movie and book of Maze Runner is Thomas and Alby's relationship. I have found that in the book, Alby's description is portraying a rude person. He doesn't seem to like having Thomas around and doesn't even seem to acknowledge that he has one more person to help out at the glade. As it says in the book, "A dark-skinned boy frowned above him." This excerpt from Maze Runner shows the aggressive actions that Alby displayed towards Thomas in the book. In the movie, Alby welcomes Thomas to the glade. He takes more of a mentor role, and not a rude leader that doesn't like Thomas.
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In the book, Thomas and Theresa share the ability to talk to one another via telepathy. They happen to use their unique ability quite often, making it an important detail. In the movie, however, Thomas and Theresa show no evidence that they even have telepathic abilities. This upset me a great deal due to the fact that this was important to the story and they left the concept out of the
Many novels are transcribed from their original texts to films. Some of the movies are similar to the original plots, others do not follow the authors work. Alice Hoffman’s novel Practical Magic is altered when it is made into a movie; and Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible which was also made into a movie, was extremely similar to his original writing. There are multiple variables that account for how a movie is made some of them include; the amount of income, how much can be changed, and the author’s approval. The two recreations previously mentioned, have two completely different outcomes, the results all depend on the amount of creative licensing the movie company has.
There are many differences between the book; To Kill a Mockingbird and the movie. Some differences are easy to spot and some aren’t. Many things that are in the book aren’t in the movie. Many of these things you don’t need, but are crucial to the plot of the book. Movies and books have differences and similarities, but many things in books MUST be included in the movie.
There are few similarities between the book and the movie. Usually most movies are similar to
Throughout the film, Thomas seems to care little about much of anything except himself, but one of the primary instances of this can be witnessed when Thomas first discovers the dead man in the photographs. His initial response to this discovery is curiosity, not fear or horror. He does not call the police, but instead decides to take a trip to the park to check whether or not
To begin with, there are many similarities between the book and movie To Kill A Mockingbird. For example, Tom Robinson died in an attempt to escape from prison in both the book and the movie. In my opinion Tom's death was crucial to the original story, and I believe the movie would have been seen as over-sentimental if the scriptwriters had let him live. Another important similarity between the book and movie, is the mutual fascination between Arthur Radley and the children. Arthur, or Boo as the children called him, left them gifts such as dolls, a watch, and chewing gum in the hollow of a tree in his yard. The children made expeditions to the Radley house to look in the window just so they could catch a glimpse of Boo Radley. I believe this captivation was important to the story line because it was the main foundation of the children's imagination. A big part of the story was imagining Boo to be some kind of freak that came out at night to eat cats and squirrels. An additional similarity between the book and movie is the respect showed to Atticus by the African American community of Maycomb. They respected him for his courage, which by his definition meant, "It's when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes you do."(112). I think the mutual respect between the African Americans and Atticus was important not only to Atticus, but also to his children. Their father and the sad story and memories of Tom Robinson taught them the wrongs of racism. I think if the movie producers had taken out the good relationship between Atticus and the African Americans, it would be taking away one of the most important themes of the story. There are many other significant similarities between the book and the movie.
In conclusion, books and their movies are never the same. This tenet is known to cause some serious controversy in the secret world of fandoms, the community of people who are dedicated lovers of the same books, movies, TV shows, or any other form of media. John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men is a great example of the changes that differentiate between a novel and the book, as seen above. This book and its movie have obvious changes between the characters, the plot, and dialogue. These things are picked up in practically every book and its movie adaptation. Because of this, there are various discrepancies amongst enthusiasts debating whether the movie outshines the book, or vice versa. But it is all up to you to decide: Do apples taste better, or do oranges?
Novels may contain more details or different information than a film contains. This could be because of the ratings a movie could receive depending on what they involve. Because of this, there could be deleted scenes or less detail about certain events. The Catching Fire film and novel have many important similarities and differences. By comparing and contrasting the Hunger Games novel and film, one can see that the film was effective in conveying some themes, and was not effective in conveying others.
The film that was produced after the novel has a lot of differences and not as
For example, Mama goes to the bank in the movie and is given a hard time about paying her mortgage, but this did not happen in the book. Another major difference is that the school bus scene, where the Logan kids played a trick on the white kids, was not shown in the movie, even though it was an important part of the story. There are some character changes as well. Lillian Jean, Jeremy, R.W, and Melvin are Simms’ in the book, but in the movie they are Kaleb Wallace’s children. However, the main plot difference is how the movie starts in the middle, summarizing everything from the first part of the book very briefly. Additionally, many scenes are switched around and placed out of order. Altogether, the plot and character changes contribute to my unfavorable impression of the
As most everyone knows, there are differences between a book and it’s movie adaptation. This is applicable to the book and it’s movie counterpart To Kill a Mockingbird, as well. But aside from the differences, there are also similarities between these two.
Since there are two parts of the movie that last more than two hours long, the book pretty much mimics the movie. Unlike other movies that have to take out important scenes to make it fit in a reasonable time length. One similarity in the book and movie is the plot structure. For example, in both
In The Maze Runner, Thomas and a bunch of other guys from the glade are stuck in a giant maze with no way out. Thomas is the main character and this is how he follows the hero’s journey and becomes a hero. Reasons are Call to adventure, Ordeal, Death\, and rebirth, Crossing the threshold.
The books, A Wrinkle in Time and And Then There Were None, both have many differences in the movie versions. The directors of both movies change the plot to make the movie see fit to what they may have imaged the book to be, while still keeping the story line the same.
In The Maze Runner, Thomas recalls nothing of his life except for his name. He finds himself surrounded by a bunch of boys. Like all the other Gladers, Thomas appears in the Glade terrified and disoriented. However, he senses a powerful bond to the Maze. He quickly exhibits courage and confidence when he saves Alby and Minho from the Grievers after they had to spend the night in the Maze.
Surprisingly movie showed many elements, which were not included in the first book or were include briefly, such as appearance of Seneca Crane and President Snow. The story of the mockingjay, as well as some fragments in the Hunger Games itself. Similarly there were changes of delivering Katniss thoughts to the audience (that is to say us).