Differences in Film and Literature
Today there are many differences between stories and film adaptations. When people read a book like Lord of The Rings they use one of the mind's greatest things, the imagination. When people read the story they imagine how the characters look, the way they act, where the story takes place, and other of the setting. Then when a movie such as "Lord of the Rings" comes out, they see the movie and see how the director has interpreted the story, many people are either impressed because it is how they imagined it or they don't like it because it is so different from the story and what they thought it would be. In most cases of a book or story gone Hollywood, the fans of the book generally don't like it because it doesn't fit the liking of the reader/viewer.
Some reasons for a director to adapt the movie from its original literary counterpart may be that the description in a section of the book may be to elaborate or not elaborate enough and to......
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