Beastly
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I've decided if I happen to see a movie and read the novel it was based off of that I will use this blog to do a comparison entry of the book and movie. I saw Beastly first in movie theatres and than later found out it was a book first, so I borrowed the book from work so I could read it.
Regarding the movie it was just alright. The director and make up artist seemed to downgrade and sugar coat events that were in the book and I'm not sure if this was because the movie was low budget or if this was their vision. The main character's appearance was more sci-fi steam punk and how Lindy was bought to live with him is less severe than how it happens in the book. As with all movies unless you do read the book before hand certain scenes aren't really going to make any sense and the movie is going to seem jumpy. Maybe that's not all movies but it seems to have been my experience with Beastly and The time traveler's wife.
The book was much better. The reader understood a lot of things they didn't go over in the movie and more disturbing things happened in the book, it seemed like they thought movie goers couldn't handle this. The main character actually had fur and claws. The way Lindy came to live with him was much more shocking. The book also explored the possibility of what both characters worried about after he was transformed back to normal. Also you learn why Kendra can't help his friends until he succeeds, in the movie she just tells him she can't do anything unless he breaks the spell. There's also some amusement in the book there's a chat room of teens that have been transformed through the book they get together to chat. Also I must give the book a big major win for making reference to phantom of the opera at least 3 or 4 times.
The book wins here, and if you do give the movie a shot you definitely should read the book first for more information that you will be armed with while you are seeing the movie.
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