Movie Critiques

        Chris Emter
         Front Lit
         10/7/11




          When in comes to reading a book, then watching a movie made from that same book, there are probably going to be a few differences int he characters, settings, and plots. This can make a movie or story more interesting or disappointing depending on how well the producer mimicked the story made.
          After reading the story and watching the movie, I found out that there are a lot of things different between the two. Things from character change to length and even settings for the story were changed between the two. For example the town in the book was called Twotrees and in the movie it is called Shinbone. In the book, Bert was the John Wayne character in the movie, but he was called Tom Donafin. However in the book, the author portrayed Ranse as being an outcast and very arrogant, but in the movie he was portrayed as being a hero, and a smart man that would be good in the government system. Like I said in my last blog, the reason why things were added or taken out was to make a longer story and more entertaining.
          I do not think the author cares if the producer switches things up, just as long as he or she gets paid. The film was filmed as old western style  with black and white film, old west settings in the desert, and the costumes. I thought the costumes were represented well with the time period. I think that is what they would have worn back then. I definitely like the movie version better because it gave the short story in the book more energy and sort of what really happened. it was more entertaining see what they did then trying to imagine it.
          In conclusion when watching a movie based off a book, there are going to be changes made, count on it. Just go with the flow, watch it, and have a good time.