I would agree with that, and I think it is because they really had to focus on the main point in the movie. In the book they had a lot of room to put in funny quotes and voices.
i would deffinately agree with you. I got a better perspective in the book, than i did from the movie. I think Rawiri's naration was better and it made me look at things a little differently than i did than in the movie.
I like the novel better. I think that the movie doesn't show enough of Rawiri. The novel is much more happy. The movie is very serious because of Koro. He is always yelling at Kahu.
I thought the film was WAY more serious. When Kahu went off to do stuff, the Nanny Flowers in the movie didn't even care. Rawiri was boring, and dumb. I think the movie was actually kind of dreary. The book was way better, and more silly. It was fun reading.
I thought the movie was more serious than the book. I thought the movie was so serious because it is not like they can add all that extra stuff which they could in a book. Also, that in the movie they had to get what they wanted the audience to know the theme of the book and they needed to put that in instead of the funny things.
I agree with Monkeyman(Alec). If the movie had the voice and quotes that the book did the movie would have been a lot longer than it is, possibly causing people to dislike it.
I agree with all the above! The novel was very good and I didn't get much from the movie. Rawiri's naration had a very cool twist. The movie on the other hand was plain and made me fall asleep.
I would have to agree with you, Sarah, and Ashley. In the book I could picture things how I wanted them to look, and i could take time to make sense of things. In the movie things were different than how i pictured them, which isn't fun. Also the book was fast paced, and less than humorous. I know this is a serious read, but atleast in the book you can laugh alittle and in the movie it went by fast and serious. More to the point!
I would choose the novel over the movie. It is much more fun to make up your own image of the characters rather than watching a movie that already has the characters. The novel also has more information on the Maori religion than the movie does. Whales were also mentioned more often in the book and not in the movie.
I really didn't like the book or the movie. But if I had to pick, I would take the book. In the book, they could put in little bits of humor, because usually people like humor, even if it's a somewhat serious book. But when it's a movie, and a more serious movie at that, they don't have time to put in the humor. It's not going to make anyone like it more, and it might be seen as taking a serious issue and laughing about it.
I agree with everyone that agreed about the novel being humorous and light-hearted. The movie WAS really serious for my taste. I liked the book much more. I also agree with City Strider because in the book she is agressive and smacks the men and she argues with them also.
I totally agree with everyone. The book was humorous to read and fun to hear the conversations that took place between Nanny Flowers and Koro, because Nanny was much more stubborn in the book and had more of a voice. I also think that the movie should have given Rawiri more of a main role because in the book, he was the speaker and the main character in the book.
Yes I agree that the movie is more serious then the book. I usually like books better then the movies. It was a good movie and it made me feel bad when Koro yelled at Kahu. In the book I couldn't feel as much tension as the movie was about that scene.
Actually to tell the truth I think that the book may have been more funny in the begining, but was all the more devastating and horrific at the end. The movie kind of jumped past that part as well as they could if you ask me.
I'd have to say that the novel seemed to display all the characters in a different way. Like Kahu seemed so depressed and attention hungry in the movie but in the Kahu in the novel did not seem to be attention hungry. Not to mention that Rawiri didn't have a cool hat in the book! But seriously I want that hat... that was like the coolest part in the movie, except for the "consequences," that was pretty funny.
I like the book better, I could imagine things more my way. With the movie it was set in stone how they look and how things were interpreted. It seems that I always like books better than the movie of it because I can interpret things my way, and if something is not quite how I like it, I just think about it in another way. :)
I agree with you, but I agree with Alec too. The book had a lot of blank pages to fill and the movies they just kind of got right to the point. I liked the book better than the movie, but the parts when it was from the whale's point of view i understood it better in the movie and that was because I actually seen it from their eyes.
I think that in the book, you got more backround information, like about the whales and stuff, and why the big whale came. The book was more passionate, i guess is the word, but the movie was dreary.
I like the book better because it was funny and had a lot more details about everything. When Rawiri narrated he gave lots of more details, but the movie barley had him in it. The book let you kind of picture what was happening by all the details and it went by slowly, but in the movie it didn’t have that so they just got right to the point. So practically the movie and the book were kind of opposites of how the story was told.
I would agree with that, and I think it is because they really had to focus on the main point in the movie. In the book they had a lot of room to put in funny quotes and voices.
ReplyDeletei would deffinately agree with you. I got a better perspective in the book, than i did from the movie. I think Rawiri's naration was better and it made me look at things a little differently than i did than in the movie.
ReplyDeleteI like the novel better. I think that the movie doesn't show enough of Rawiri. The novel is much more happy. The movie is very serious because of Koro. He is always yelling at Kahu.
ReplyDeleteI thought the film was WAY more serious. When Kahu went off to do stuff, the Nanny Flowers in the movie didn't even care. Rawiri was boring, and dumb. I think the movie was actually kind of dreary. The book was way better, and more silly. It was fun reading.
ReplyDeleteI think the should have made Nanny Flowers a lot more vocal. She wasn't as aggressive and hardly spoke at all.
ReplyDeleteI thought the movie was more serious than the book. I thought the movie was so serious because it is not like they can add all that extra stuff which they could in a book. Also, that in the movie they had to get what they wanted the audience to know the theme of the book and they needed to put that in instead of the funny things.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Monkeyman(Alec). If the movie had the voice and quotes that the book did the movie would have been a lot longer than it is, possibly causing people to dislike it.
ReplyDeleteI agree with all the above! The novel was very good and I didn't get much from the movie. Rawiri's naration had a very cool twist. The movie on the other hand was plain and made me fall asleep.
ReplyDeleteI would have to agree with you, Sarah, and Ashley. In the book I could picture things how I wanted them to look, and i could take time to make sense of things. In the movie things were different than how i pictured them, which isn't fun. Also the book was fast paced, and less than humorous. I know this is a serious read, but atleast in the book you can laugh alittle and in the movie it went by fast and serious. More to the point!
ReplyDeleteI would choose the novel over the movie. It is much more fun to make up your own image of the characters rather than watching a movie that already has the characters. The novel also has more information on the Maori religion than the movie does. Whales were also mentioned more often in the book and not in the movie.
ReplyDeleteI think that they sould have shown alot more of Rawiri. Because he was the speaker in the book and they barely show him in the movie.
ReplyDeleteI really didn't like the book or the movie. But if I had to pick, I would take the book. In the book, they could put in little bits of humor, because usually people like humor, even if it's a somewhat serious book. But when it's a movie, and a more serious movie at that, they don't have time to put in the humor. It's not going to make anyone like it more, and it might be seen as taking a serious issue and laughing about it.
ReplyDeleteI agree with everyone that agreed about the novel being humorous and light-hearted. The movie WAS really serious for my taste. I liked the book much more. I also agree with City Strider because in the book she is agressive and smacks the men and she argues with them also.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with everyone. The book was humorous to read and fun to hear the conversations that took place between Nanny Flowers and Koro, because Nanny was much more stubborn in the book and had more of a voice. I also think that the movie should have given Rawiri more of a main role because in the book, he was the speaker and the main character in the book.
ReplyDeleteYes I agree that the movie is more serious then the book. I usually like books better then the movies. It was a good movie and it made me feel bad when Koro yelled at Kahu. In the book I couldn't feel as much tension as the movie was about that scene.
ReplyDeleteActually to tell the truth I think that the book may have been more funny in the begining, but was all the more devastating and horrific at the end. The movie kind of jumped past that part as well as they could if you ask me.
ReplyDeleteI'd have to say that the novel seemed to display all the characters in a different way. Like Kahu seemed so depressed and attention hungry in the movie but in the Kahu in the novel did not seem to be attention hungry. Not to mention that Rawiri didn't have a cool hat in the book! But seriously I want that hat... that was like the coolest part in the movie, except for the "consequences," that was pretty funny.
ReplyDeleteI like the book better, I could imagine things more my way. With the movie it was set in stone how they look and how things were interpreted. It seems that I always like books better than the movie of it because I can interpret things my way, and if something is not quite how I like it, I just think about it in another way. :)
ReplyDeleteI agree with you, but I agree with Alec too. The book had a lot of blank pages to fill and the movies they just kind of got right to the point. I liked the book better than the movie, but the parts when it was from the whale's point of view i understood it better in the movie and that was because I actually seen it from their eyes.
ReplyDeleteI think that in the book, you got more backround information, like about the whales and stuff, and why the big whale came. The book was more passionate, i guess is the word, but the movie was dreary.
ReplyDeleteI like the book better because it was funny and had a lot more details about everything. When Rawiri narrated he gave lots of more details, but the movie barley had him in it. The book let you kind of picture what was happening by all the details and it went by slowly, but in the movie it didn’t have that so they just got right to the point. So practically the movie and the book were kind of opposites of how the story was told.
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