Our America Movie Analysis

In chapter two of The Cultures of American Film, the main focus is the establishment of studios. As demand for films rose in the early 1900’s, production companies needed to expand; this lead to the creation of large scale studios.

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

First, the characters, in this story they’re five main characters, one of them being George Hadley, the father, George is striker in the story and consistent with his decision, and Lydia Hadley, the mother was really paranoid but became more laid back towards the end. In the movie though they switched roles. George was not consistent with his decisions and was very easygoing at the start of

The first difference that caught my eye was how there was no cat, in the book there was a cat named, Sammie, and Sammie always got stuck in one of Billy’s traps. But in the movie

The main difference between the novel and the movie is that in the novel you are introduced to more characters and there involvement in the story is explained. The movie doesn't really introduce u as well as the novel does and this makes it harder to follow what is going on in the movie version. It is harder in a movie to introduce a character but it seemed that it was poorly don in "The Pelican Brief" movie version. I can understand why its easer for a novel to describe how and what they what you to know about a particular character. Now in a movie it's your own perception that you make of a character.

The book and the film were both simular, and yet different in many ways. An example would be, in the film, Ponyboy was walking to the drive-in and meeting Cherri and Marcia. Although in the book, Ponyboy began his journey by telling the readers about his experience about being jumped by the Socs and being threatened. The director probably had some options to pick from to leave out from the movie, and the director chosed this to leave out. Leaving out the part where Ponyboy was jumped was an effective move because without the experience Ponyboy was lost and helpless because he did not know what to do when he and Johnny got cornered in the park by Bob and other Socs.

As well as the movie having some character differences, some of the scenes were either cut out or added. One of the major differences in the movie is that Candy never comes into the room when Lennie and Crooks are talking to each other. This is an important part in the novel because when Candy comes in, Crooks finds about their future plan wants to get in on the deal. Except this scene is cut short in the movie and Candy never shows up at Crooks’ house. Another important part that is changed in the movie is the ending. The movie never shows Lennie have the illusions of his Aunt Carla and the rabbits lecturing him while he is waiting by the pond. Also, is seems as though in the movie George doesn’t hesitate to shoot Lennie, and it is all over very quickly. Furthermore, the important scene when Slim tells George, “You hadda, George” (107), never happens in the movie, but instead it ends with an image coming from within George’s imagination, a memory of the many happy times that he and Lennie had shared. There are also some scenes that are added into the movie, but only because the novel is so short, they needed to add things to make the

Our America the book and the movie, are they the same or different. In Our America as a book it goes from showing how LeAlan and Lloyd’s life is in the ghetto. From there it tells how LeAlan and Lloyd starts to talk about a little boy named Eric Morse, that got dropped out of a 14 story high rise and what the people that lived in that apartment have to say about it. The book and movie versions of Our America has many differences such as the way they showed how Eric Morse feel from the 14th floor, and how they added things to the end of the movie but they did not happen in the book.

In the book Winnie’s parents were less interested in finding their daughter than in the movie. I liked this because it made Winnie have another reason to run away. Also, in the book the parents were quicker to give up the spring to the man in the yellow suit. Another example of why the book has better characterization than the movie is Winnie. Winnie was five years younger in the book which gave her time to mature and grow throughout the book. As opposed to in the movie where Winnie was 15 and she did not have as much room to mature and grow. Another aspect of Winnie that was better in the book was her relationship with Jesse. In the book there wasn’t as much romance between Winnie and Jesse which I liked because honestly, in the movie, I thought their relationship was an unnecessary side note. The final reason that the characterization was better in the book was the Tucks. In the movie, all the Tuck’s opinions were generalized and we didn’t get to hear each Tuck’s opinion as much as in the book. An example of this is Miles’s and Jesse’s views on immortality, in the movie we didn’t get to hear their differing opinions on immortality as opposed to the book where we herd both their opinions.

One way the book is different is the way Dave Isay play a major part in the kids live in the movie so you see the impact he has on them and the up and down with the documentary Ghetto Life 101. You don’t see that with the book because you only get Dave Isay point of view on the five pages unlike the movie where he in their live constantly. Also the part where Lloyd the part when Lloyd got beat up when his father cheated in a game of pool. That

There are other significant similarities between the movie and the book, so if I overlooked or forgot any extremely crucial points, forgive me.

The actor choices from the film compare to what the book envisioned, but also contrast. The character of Daisy is not similar in the film to what the book

     At the same time that the book shows the broader picture, the movie is centered around the trial, not the town itself. In the movie, the trial is ever present and going on, while the book starts before the trial. The book is about the children, will they be racist and like the

When watching the film, the first difference the viewer can see between the book and the movie is how the characters are portrayed. A notable example would be Carlson. In the film,

One big change that is noticed instantly when watching the movies is the removal of Peeves. In the books, Peeves the poltergeist is a mischievous spirit in that roams the school and torments students and staff. Despite this, he is beloved by readers as he appears in pretty much every book, seeing as he is connected to the wizarding