Lord of the Flies Movies Contrast

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Compare and contrast Essay Movie studios produce films out of novels in order to make money from the success of the novel, a number of people would also want to have a look at their favorite novel in a film version and see their favorite characters come to life. Plus, there are very limited numbers of original ideas left to think of anymore in the present day; most of the possible ideas had been made into films long before. When filming a novel, the main things that the film makers have to consider is to make the film’s storyline as similar to the book as possible. The advantages that the film version has over the book version is takes much less time to watch, more exhilarating, has real-life images and more action – more suspense. Contrasting, there are also some disadvantages that the film version has; for instance, it consists of not as much details, not exactly the same as the original, characters’ thought are restricted, etc. One movie adaptation of a novel that I have seen before that I had also read the book is the “Hunger Games.” In my opinion, I prefer the film version; the reason is the film version develops and progresses through the story at a faster pace, which undoubtedly creates a much more exhilarating atmosphere for the film. In the 1963 film version by Peter Brook, the presentations of characters are almost flawless; each character was well selected at a high standard and fits their description and characterization in the book quite satisfactory. Simply put, the characters in this film version have not been altered so much from the original. By not changing the characters and the events so much from the original, the critics admire this and gave this movie a high rating. On the other hand, the second film adaptation of the book, the 1990 film version by Harry Hook has rehabilitated the characters from William Golding’s originals. In the

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