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Jeanette Walls Movie Analysis

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Straight from the get-go the movie was able to captivate my attention by submerging me into the life of Jeanette Walls and her unordinary family. The lineup of actors who portrayed these characters did a superb job because of the way they were able to interact with each other and their surroundings, also the background characters were also a reason as to why this film was enjoyable. Even if there are some differences between the movie and the book, the overall messages are not lost through director Destin Cretton’s adaptation of the memoir. In the past, I have been someone who more than likely would always prefer the book over the movie due to the fact that books always gave more detail to character’s motives and descriptions of scenes. Also …show more content…

Originally they were swimming in a hot spring, but in the movie they made so they were swimming in a pool in the morning with black people because at that time minorities were only allowed in the pool during early hours. While this scene happened very differently in the book, I thought it was better the way the movie did it because the reactions of the people around made what Rex was doing seem even worse, I felt as if more emotion was added into the story. Also it helped show Rex’s true self more, we were able to see the drunk ruthless side of him early on in the story. When the family arrived to Welch they did it completely different from the book because it only took them a few days, but in the story Jeanette states “It took us a month to cross the country” (130) this was due to the fact that their car, the Oldsmobile, was run down and on its last legs. In the film the car was fully operational. Later on that same day Erma, Rex’s mother, said “Nice of you to let me see my grandchildren before I die,” (130) this is her iconic quote that allows both readers and viewers to instantly understand the relationship between Erma and Mom. The one thing I did feel like the movie missed was the tone of a certain section of scene four, as stated in the article, “The Trouble with

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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

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Many people, if asked what they would prefer, would prefer to read the book instead of watching the movie. It could be because the movie will always leave some parts from the story out. It seems like directors of the movie always leave out parts from the book, only incorporating the important parts from the story. Some also say that they prefer to leave the descriptions of things in the book up to their imagination. Also, when you are reading the book, you get to read the main characters point of view on things.

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(Rex) “adventures”. This begins to show the characterization of these two important characters, the optimistic little sister who finds her dad’s escapades not for what they really are and the cynical older sister who is already finding the truth behind the fantasies of their father and how age connects to this maturation. This also connects to the idea of foreshadowing as this idea is followed throughout the story. 2. “‘Mom frowned at me. '

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Daniel Aguirre Ms. Tobias English III GT - 6th 12 January 2017 After analyzing both the movie and the novel, I have discovered similarities and differences. Ill try to compare and contrast the two since the movie does not depict the story exactly as how the novel does. Similarities There were still some similarities in the film that tied back to the book. One of the main ones is when Nick walks to Gatsby’s backyard and finds him standing at the edge of his dock reaching out to what was a green light.

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Yet the distinct differences between them also affect the plots to an extent to which the suspense in the movie is less compared to the novel. Although the differences greatly alter the two, it makes each of them unique and exclusive from each other. Despite these differences, there is one theme that links both the novel and the movie together: that people with different personalities, interests, and appearances are also the same to each other. The book shows more examples of this theme than the movie, making the novel more understanding to other individuals than the film itself. Because of this, we would recommend the book and film to those who experience a likeliness to the conflicts in each storyline, such as a fight between two different social

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No matter how hard directors and screenwriters try, it is impossible for any movie to be a perfect reflection of the detailed plot and intricate characters presented in a novel. I had watched the film adaption of Richard Matheson’s I Am Legend prior to reading the book, I was very aware of major differences from the get go. The to main categories that I could see differences being placed in were emotion and action. Many aspects of the book were changed to emphasize both either emotion or action for the film. Considering pieces of literature cannot be easily transferred to the screen, few of these changes were very necessary.

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I could not wrap my mind throughout the book questioning if Jeannette Walls’ stories were true, but seeing it on screen changed my mind because I could visualize it all. Watching Brie Larson play as Jeannette Walls allowed me to see the character development

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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.

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