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In the book Stardust, by Neil Gailman, Tristran travels outside of wall to find a star that had fallen from the sky to give to his Heart’s Desire. In addition, the book was recreated in a movie format for the enjoyment of the general public. However, there are several differences between the book version of Stardust and the movie version of Stardust. It is clear that the movie version of Stardust does not exactly depict the book version of Stardust. One of the main differences involves the main character, Tristran. In the movie, Tristran’s name is changed to “Tristan”. This appears to have been done for simplicity reasons, as one could easily mistake “Tristan” for “Tristran”. It may have also been changed so that the actors don’t mispronounce
The book and movie have the same main characters playing the same roles. Cyrano is charming, poetic, and witty with a huge nose in both the book and the movie. Women love Cyrano as a friend but nothing more. In the book, Cyrano is a famous sword fighter who fights people. In the movie, Cyrano is the fire chief who fights fire. Cyrano is Roxanne's distant cousin in the book, but in the movie, they meet when they are adults and are friends. Christian works for Cyrano in both the movie and book. Christian is handsome but not very smart. C...
While watching the movie, I could see that the main characters in the book, both their names and traits, were the same in both the movie and book. However, aside from that there were many different as...
"The Star" is written by H.G. Wells and is set in 1897 and tells a
Have you ever read a book and then watched the movie and saw many differences? Well you can also find lots of similarities. In the book “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and the movie “Tom and Huck” there are many similarities and differences having to do with the characters personalities, the setting, the characters relationships with one another and the events that take place.
Freak the Mighty is a heartwarming story. Both the book and the movie are enjoyable.You can easily find differences and simularities. The differences and similarities are intriguing.
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
How does it feel starting over in a completely new place? In the movie “The Karate Kid”, Daniel, the main character, and his mom moved to the California from New Jersey because of his mom’s new job offer. Daniel started going to school in California and met a girl named Ali, whom he started to like. He started going out with her. Daniel was getting beat up by some bullies; one of them was Ali’s ex-boyfriend. They knew karate very well, but Daniel did not. So Daniel decided to learn karate. Daniel and his mom were living in an apartment and one day he discovers that the handyman at his apartment, Mr.Miyagi, knows karate very well. He asked Mr.Miyagi to teach him karate, and Mr.Miyagi became his karate teacher. It was hard for him to make new friends in a new place and he believed that Mr.Miyagi would be the only best friend he ever met.
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Alice Sebold’s novel The Lovely Bones is a hauntingly beautiful story of a 14-year old girl Susie Salmon and her murder, that the reader won’t want to put down. Sebold demonstrates how everyone in the Salmon family copes with loss in their own way. She also illustrates the struggle that Susie has coming to grips with her own death. The film, however, is different. As the novel was transferred from paper to film Peter Jackson the director let key components of the book get lost in translation. The movie does a disservice to the book because the adaptation of the film weakened the novel’s narrative
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The novel “The Sign of the Four”, written by Arthur Conan Doyle is about Sherlock Holmes and his partner, Watson. The book follows them throughout their adventures, however, only the beginning will be discussed. What could possibly have sparked much interest in Doyle’s works that film adaptations from 1954-2010 by various movie directors? Was it the resolute mindset of Sherlock Holmes? Was it his uncanny detective work? His professional use of drugs? Or perhaps was it his ideology? Such beginnings are what writers like K.M. Weiland excels in; to craft an irresistible lure for their audience of fish. Doyle’s book introduces us to a multitude of questions and concerns, which according to Tim O’Brien is meant to “not explain or to resolve, but
Movies and books can vary in a multitude of ways. Notably, a book can often communicate more details than movies and most of the time, books are even better than the movie representing the reading. Additionally, in the book Stardust by Neil Gaiman, the book presented a theme that indicates how circumstance changes, however, for the movie Stardust directed by Matthew Vaughn, the movie exhibits a theme of how people are never who they seem to be. To say nothing of, the novel Stardust uses Tristran’s relationship with Yvaine in a third-person perspective to push forward the theme of how circumstances changes, however in the movie Stardust, the director utilizes the setting to shape the characterization of Tristran to push forward the theme of
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