If you ask someone what they think of when they hear “Sherlock Holmes”, they might respond saying that he wears a deerstalker hat. However, in all of the Sherlock Holmes installments, it’s only mentioned once or twice that he wears one in the countryside only, not in everyday life. Also, out of all fifty-six short stories and four novels featuring Holmes, he never once says “Elementary, my dear Watson.” Even though these are some of the most well-known Holmes traits, they technically don’t exist. This is a prime example of a plot or character being open to interpretation. The “Hound of the Baskervilles” movie also interprets the characters and the plot of the book differently, yet still effectively. Although the film adaptation has essentially the same plot, the original Hound of the Baskervilles uses different methods to attract a slightly different audience, and to fit the format better. Movie critic Pamela Troy informs readers that the Hound Of The Baskervilles film is a “fascinating take on the story that may outrage some Holmes fans, but serves as an admirably sinister beginning to Halloween week” (CultureVulture.com). Characters and plotlines are changed in order for the adaptation to work as a film, and this leads to a different tone and …show more content…
The original novel uses violence sparingly, opting only to place it in high-strung areas of the plot. This creates tension and makes these areas of the story subconsciously stand out; the book tends to have longer spans without action, then an abrupt twist or dramatic point. However, the film adaptation involves a lot more violence, drug use, and death, making it more fast-paced in general. Both concepts work, but, again, a faster paced plot is more effective in a movie. One example is the seance scene, which adds to the mystery and tension of the crime, as well as adding drama and
Comparing the book to the movie you can clearly tell what certain things are different. For example, Sydelle Pulaski worked for Mr. Westing in the movie but only talked over the intercom. This not only caused a lot of drama but more depth to the plot. Also, Crow didn’t go to jail but they did talk about most of the consequences of her going to jail. This made a little bit more serious and emotional instead of just letting it go.
Peter Jackson’s 2009 film, The Lovely Bones, is based off of the New York Times bestseller novel written by Alice Sebold. Both the book and the movie adaptation tell the story of a young, 14-year-old girl named Susie Salmon who is brutally murdered by her neighbor. In both versions, Susie narrates her story from the place between Heaven and Earth, the “in-between,” showing the lives of her family and friends and how each of their lives have changed since her murder. However, the film adaptation and the original novel differ in the sense of the main character focalization throughout, the graphic explanatory to visual extent, and the relationship between the mother and father.
Normally, when a movie is made about a story in a book the two stories are not exactly the same. The movie is adjusted by adding small details or leaving out some parts in order to make the story more
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The Hound of the Baskervilles written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and the movie The Hound of the Baskervilles directed by Jeremy Bret are two works of art that are mainly telling the same story. There are, however, many differences about the book and the movie. Those differences don’t affect the outcome of the story, but they give less impact to the story. Along with the differences there are many similarities, and those similarities give you confidence that it is the same story.
If a person is going to read the book they might be shocked watching the movie because some scenes from the novel were cut out, or might be less affected on how the ward looks. It could be any five of those elements; it would still change the person’s perspective on it. They might prefer one over the other due to these changes, however the director made the changes from the novel in hopes it would still have a great affect. In conclusion, the novel into the film created several differences in characterization, setting, symbolism, plot, and
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a beloved novel published in 1960. After reading the novel there were some moments and people that I found particularly enjoyable. My favorite part of the novel was when the children went to Boo Radley's house to try to get a look at him. In addition, Atticus Finch was my favorite character in the novel. In my opinion the book was very good. I felt that it really showed the thoughts and actions, both good and bad, of the people in the South during the time of the Great Depression. At some points it was sad and at others it was comical but overall it conveyed the message that it was trying to send and everyone could learn something from it.
Throughout my years as a scholar I never quite enjoyed the process of summer work, especially the summer reading aspect of it. There are multiple reasons on why I perhaps dread the work. For one, I like to enjoy my summer without thoughts of school (though this was nearly impossible being a rising senior), and I go through the process of forgetting school, by ignoring my summer work up till the night before the first day of classes. However, this year I made an active decision to start my summer reading early, and I’m glad I did so. As I was scrolling through falconview in its last functional days I was pleasantly surprised to find the book MoneyBall as one of the options. Being an avid Baseball fan, having seen the movie adaptation, and the
Although the book The Hound of the Baskerville and the film The Hound of the Baskerville have very similar main ideas there are smaller details that are different but still have an effect on the mood and plot. For example, Selden, in the book, has a beard, “‘A beard! A beard! The man has a beard!...It’s not the baronet-- it is---why, it is my neighbour, the convict’”(Doyle 193). While in the film, they discover the convict Selden is dead by a tattoo on his hand. A small detail but important for the plot. The book and the movie have many similarities and differences, both big and small, throughout both with their characters and overall mood.
Stephen King, a horror story author who made The Shining and It, once said “When I go to see a movie that is been made from one of my books, I know that it is not going to be exactly like my novel because a lot of other people have interpreted it”. This is true because in books you can imagine people in your own head and think of what the setting looks like. You also do not know what will happen in the story, but in the movie there is music so you know when something is coming up. Movies are my favorite but they can not exactly be the best. These are some reasons why movies are not as good as the books.
I cannot speak for all, but I find watching the movie much more interesting than reading the book. I find that the movie paints a perfect picture well on the other hand reading the book you have to let your imagination take over and create images in your head of what might the scene look like. “Interview with the Vampire” was a well-written book and a well developed movie after reading the book and the watching the movie I found the movie much more entertaining then reading the book. In this essay you will read on how the setting, plot and the characters were created in the movie and in the book and their similarities.
Some of these include the plot and different description. To expand, in the film, the plot moved much more quickly than the book. Also, it seemed to just skip to the big parts and leave out all the little, but significant, details. Moreover, some things were described differently in the movie than in writing; such as, characters looked different
As Stephen King, an author, once said, “Books and movie are like apples and oranges. They are both fruits, but taste completely different.” Which is true. The movie a Raisin in The Sun is better than the book because the movie gives more details and information rather than the book. By adding more details and information to the movie, it makes it seem more interesting than the book. Even though the author added little details to the movie it feels like there are a lot going on. The book compared to the movie just seems boring. Change is good, sometimes in life you have to try new things to make something better. By changing the movie up a bit, there seems to be more going on, as was mentioned before. Like it was said in the quote, the movie and book looks the same and has the same features, but it is also completely different from one and other. Like it was said in the quote, the movie and book are similar, but are different in many ways. Here are some examples that are listed in the next three paragraphs.
It is common in today's media-driven society to reach into the past for inspiration and ideas. A trend has developed where original works are transformed into other mediums. For example: books are turned into movies and/or plays, movies are turned into weekly sitcoms, and cartoons will spawn empires (Disney). These things happen so often that an audience rarely stops to question the level of authenticity that remains after these conversions. Perhaps it is only when a project is not well received that people begin to think of the difficulties involved with changing a work's genre. Using Gulliver's Travels as an example, discrepancies and additions in the movie can be
The Hound of the Baskervilles written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and the movie The Hound of the Baskervilles directed by Jeremy Bret are two works of art that are mainly telling the same story. There are, however, many differences about the book and the movie. Those differences don’t affect the outcome of the story, but they give less impact to the story. Along with the differences there are many similarities, and those similarities give you confidence that it is the same story.