“ 'We gained control of many things. But we had to let go of others. '" That was said by The Giver in Lois Lowry 's book, "The Giver". It 's like he was describing a movie adaptation of a book. When you change a book to a movie, you lose some good things, but you gain others. In "The Giver" the movie, there are many changes and lost scenes, but there is also wonderful additions that you can see and hear now, such as music and the character 's expressions. While the movie is not a facsimile of the book, it’s still really good. Many things such as color, landscape, sounds, music, character’s expressions, and more played a huge role in the novel and the movie, but they played different parts in each. Music and the character 's expressions were things that made the movie better, by putting focus on the mood of the story and showing important things the community is missing.
Music is different in the novel and the film, and it affects them both in different ways. In
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In closing, you can see that music and the character 's expressions affected the movie by focusing on the mood of the story and demonstrating some of the important things that the people in the community don 't have. Music was used to show the mood of the story throughout the movie. It was also one of the things that the people in the community didn 't get to enjoy. While it had a major role in the movie, it was only a minor role in the book. Music wasn 't really mentioned in the novel. In the novel, you had to imagine the character 's expressions. In the movie, they showed you how the characters were feeling. It showed how they didn 't have deep and real emotions. It also demonstrated how emotions were another important thing that the community was missing. The character 's expressions and music played key roles in the film adaptation of the book. They made the movie better. Although the movie is missing some minor scenes, you can see that it gains many great things that make it
Also the little things that caught my attention like when Sarny screamed after Nightjohn lost his finger and when Mr. Waller made Mrs. Waller slap Sarny. In the book their was less things going on, their was less descriptions, and it was not as specific. I liked the movie more than the book because in the movie you can see how the characters looked. In the movie you can see the kind of person each character is like if they were nice or mean. Also in the movie you could see the pain in a slave’s face after they were whipped or if the got their finger cut
Although there are many differences between the two, there are also many similarities. Like how in both the movie and the novel she outsmarts the
The movie did have some parts that I thought were better
Another difference is that in the movie they go into town, but in the book it 's never mentioned. Something else that was different was that in the book the mood was happy most of the time, while in the movie the mood was sad. A difference between the book and the movie is that in the book momma was going to burn Byron, but in the movie she does not burn him. A big difference is that in the
There are details left out of the movie that were in the book, the movie doesn 't demonstrate the ongoing theme of hunger as well as the book does, and the the movie does a better job with
For example one difference is that the film opens with Ponyboy Curtis writing his theme, and in the book it starts with Pony getting jumped by some Socs In the book It starts with Pony getting jumped by some socs in a red Corvair. On his way home from the drive in theater. In the film it opens with Ponyboy Writing his theme for school.
The Giver movie is less powerful than the book because of the book’s storyline, characterization, and ending. From looking at both the novel and the film, filmmakers might consider following the plot of the book better and adding more details to the
First of all, I think this because the movie showed more which made me comprehend it more. The setting in the movie made me comprehend it more which in the movie I didn’t see the setting that well. Another reason why I think the movies made me comprehend it more is because I got to visually see where the characters were living and telling us their story.
There are many simularities and differences in the book and movie " The
In the end I found the film to be easier to understand vs the book as it was an easier and more straight forward plot line whereas in the book it seemed to jump around leading to constant flipping between stories and pages to get a better
In my opinion there are a lot of comparisons between the film and the book, but there are also differences between them too, but also they have impacted the audience in both the film and the
For example, in the book, when Inigo and Fezzik visit they have to go through many hardships in the Zoo of Death. Arabian Garstini, a very dangerous snake, is one of the animals in the Zoo of Death. Suddenly it starts coiling around them “and the fourth coil, the final coil, [coils around their] throat” which is terrifying. This builds a lot of tension and causes the readers to really get involved in the story. But, in the movie, there is no Zoo of Death and Fezzik and Inigo easily go inside the Pit of Despair.
The book The Giver, a dystopian novel by Lois Lowry, and its movie adaptation have many similarities and differences. There are many aspects of Lowry’s story that remain the same in both versions of it. Generally, the characters, setting, plot, and events stay true to the book. However, in the movie interpretation there are some things that are changed and made different from the original book. Many things are changed in the film, and these separate the movie from the book quite a bit.
Based on my criteria, I come to the conclusion that the movie version of The Giver is superior to the book in these two ways. The main reason I believe the movie is better than the book is because it made me feel more in the perspective of Jonas, instead of a bystander. Without freedom, choice ,color , or individuality, life just would be meaningless and
I enjoyed the movie better than the book. It included just the right amount of action scenes, description words, and details from the story. The story was amazing but I like seeing things more than reading them. I usually like the movies better than the book.