The bestselling author Stephen King once said, “books and movies are like apple and oranges. They both are fruit, but they taste completely different.” Such in the case with the movie version of And Then There Were None. In Agatha Christie’s novel And Then There Were None as well as in René Clair’s movie adaptation of the narrative, ten people are staying on an island when an unknown murderer in order to serve justice against criminals who he believes got away with murder, begin to kill the guest. Furthermore, three differences in the movie that make it superior to the book are the comedic elements, the failure of the judge’s plan, and the outcome of the ending. One of the differences that makes the movie superior is the comedic elements. Although in the book, it is more serious, it still has a few comedic moments between Lombard and Blore. Furthermore, the book still has a darker mood than the movie. One example of a comedic element in the …show more content…
One example of this, is when the judge fakes his death with the help of the doctor. He fails at that because he kills Blore from inside the house, and Lombard, and Vera both knew where each other was at that point of time. When they went outside to look, they notice something fell on his head from in a room that they weren’t in. So, Lombard told Vera to shoot near him to fake his death, to find out who really was the killer in the house. Another example of the failure of the judges’ plan is when the judge blows his cover at the end of the movie. He does that to see the success of his master plan follow through, but it turns out it collapses right in front of him. He believes that Vera is the last person on the island with him, so he drinks his drink with poison in it, while talking to her to convince her to kill herself. While he was talking to Vera, Lombard comes from behind him, and then the judge then realizes that his plan