Movies vs Books

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Air, food, water, shelter, and fire are important elements of life for human bings. Without those elements humans could not possibly survive. Those are the obvious ones, but have you ever thought of something else that you couldn't live without? When you answered that question did television, or books come to mind? If they didn't then think again. Entertainment is a very important part of our existence, especially in our culture. Without entertainment, whether it be individual or with a group, humans could not stay sane, hence could not survive. There are many types of entertainment. Humans, since Adam and Eve have been entertaining themselves in all sorts of different ways. As simple as playing with sticks and stones, and as complex as flying F-16 fighting jets; we need entertainment. Two of the most popular forms of entertainment today is watching televison, and reading books.

Reading and writing is one of the oldest forms of communications. Throughout the ages stories have been past down from generation to generation through word of mouth, and through the advent of paper; books. One hundred years ago there was no radio, no cars, and no television. They entertained themselves in different ways then we do today.

I think the director did the best he could, even though it wasn't a reasonably good job, with the transition from developing this movie from the book. I believe just from the plot of the book that it wasn't an easy job in making the transition from the book to the big screen. When I watched the movie I had already read the book so I already knew what the plot of the book was going to be, but my parents who watched it with me had no clue what the plot was because I didn't tell them anything, and they had not read the book. My parents soon became very bored with the movie. They said it was very slow and dull. While those were their actions it wasn't mine. I enjoyed the movie. It was fairly easy for me to follow the movie, and I was very aware of the situations. There were many parts of the movie that I had to tell my mom what was happening and where we were. Even though this was my first time watching the movie, I was acting like the teacher, and my other was the student because I had some experience with the book and my mother had not read it. If I didn't read the book before I watched the movie I would have probably been just as lost as my mother was, and I would've shut the movie off, or go do something else. The same was true when I was reading the novel for the first time.

The novel "Snow Falling on Cedars" by David Guterson is a story about love, death, treachery, deceit, romance, and many more adjectives that I can't think of right now. It takes place in a tiny fishing village on an island off of the Washington coast. The novel is four hundred and sixty pages long, and it has a fairly complicated plot. The plot often moves back and forth from present tense to past tense. It takes place during WWII so that is a major factor in the time line of the plot. WWII is most definite when we move the Japanese Americans out of their homes and into concentration camps. A white local boy named Ishmael and a Japanese girl named Hatsue fall in love without letting either of their family's know about their relationship. But when the Americans take Hatsue and her family from home Ishmael can't stand being away from his love, and he writes a letter to Hatsue and her mother finds it. When Hatsue's mother finds out she bands Hatsue from seeing Ishmael, and Hatsue begins to realize that it their relationship would never work out. Even though their relationship ends, they still always think about each other, especially Ishmael who will always love Hatsue.

When they finished their work, instead of plopping themselves on the couch with the remote control, they either sat down with their family and talked, or they read. They read poems, mystery novels, science-fiction novels, romance novels, and so on. People one hundred years ago read much more than we do today, so does that make them smarter than we are today?

The largest difference between "The Perfect Storm" and "Snow Falling on Cedars" is that "The Perfect Storm" was based on a true story. In that case, the novel of "The Perfect Storm" was filled much more with facts, and the actual lifestyles of fishermen. The book went into detail on how tough the life of a fishermen was, and it went into great detail on how to swordfish. It talked about the crew of the swordfish boat, how to fish, and how much money can they earn on a normal expedition out to sea. Other than the job itself, the book went into detail on the lifestyles of Gloucester fishermen, especially of the crew that was part of the Andrea Gail. Since the director of the movie "The Perfect Storm" had the same time guidelines as that of the director of "Snow Falling on Cedars", he had to leave the details of the lifestyles of the fishermen out, and concentrate more of them being caught in the storm because that is where the most action is.

Any director who volunteers themselves to be part of a film based on a book is asking for a challenge. As a species, us humans need action; we have to be d

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