Books vs Movies, Tuesday first period

[intheeyeofthebeholding]

"Today's film is a bit long, so I'll, um, keep the chatter down and get to it," Jon announced.

He would absolutely be sleeping through it. Or zoning out at the least.

"Just remember to think about the differences from the book, how things translate - occasionally literally - and be prepared to discuss it after."


Before he lost track of things, he wrote the next week's assignment on the board: The Shawshank Redemption.

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Class activity

[intheeyeofthebeholding]

What are the differences? Why do you think they were made? Do you agree with the decisions?

Re: Class activity

[onlyajones]

“They did cut how much time had passed in the book, events didn’t happen as quickly as the movie,” Jo observed, “and there’s a lot less characters but I imagine trying to include all of that would have made it a really long movie,”

Re: Class activity

[intheeyeofthebeholding]

"It's already fairly long," Jon observed, "but yes. What did you think of the changes other than that?"

Re: Class activity

[onlyajones]

"I quite liked the changes," Jo replied "I found it a lot easier to follow along with the movie than the book," she admitted.

Re: Class activity

[intheeyeofthebeholding]

"Some people do find Tolkien's writing style more trouble than it's worth," Jon acknowledged. "There's certainly less of that to contend with in the movie."

Re: Class activity

[noonedecidesmyfate]

"I'm not certain all the singing would have translated well," Belle said after some consideration. "Though I wouldn't have minded it. I didn't miss it though and it was already quite long."

Re: Class activity

[intheeyeofthebeholding]

"They did leave in some of it throughout, but yes, quite a bit of the poetry and songs were cut." Generally for good reason, as far as Jon was concerned, but he was trying to be even-handed here.