Book Vs. Movie

11/17/2020

Daily Literary Quote
“Books and movies are like apples and oranges. They both are fruit, but taste completely different.”
-Stephen King

Journal Prompt
Discuss some of the differences between the text of Beowulf and the 2007 film adaptation. What do you think these changes show about our society?

40 Comments

Ariana Williams

11/17/2020 10:37:46 am

In the book, the king died from a neck wound by the dragon. In the movie, the king died from a mixture of cutting off his arm and falling a long ways down with a dragon. It shows that our society is always changing.

Ashley

11/17/2020 10:38:55 am

That’s a good point.

Adrian

11/17/2020 10:42:30 am

Hmm, I suppose.

Aubrey Gregson

11/17/2020 10:44:41 am

Very true

Jaicei

11/18/2020 10:57:57 am

I agree that society is always changing.

Ashley

11/17/2020 10:37:53 am

The poem Beowulf was more confusing than the movie but the movie wasn’t much like the poem. This shows that society like more story than truth.

Ariana Williams

11/17/2020 10:39:38 am

I agree with this.

Della

11/17/2020 10:40:11 am

That’s true

Dodge

11/17/2020 10:40:49 am

I didnt think of that.

Leah

11/17/2020 10:53:18 am

This is very true!

Della

11/17/2020 10:39:09 am

The book was more descriptive and had a better story line
The movie followed the book but in the book Beowulf kills Grendel’s mother and in the movie he didn’t he had a kid with her
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Adrian

11/17/2020 10:43:13 am

they**

Preston

11/17/2020 10:39:23 am

Some differences are Beowulf didn’t actually kill Grendals mother, had a child with grendals mother. I think the movie wanted to make the hero not seem so perfect and show a weakness.

Jackson

11/17/2020 10:41:28 am

I agree

Dodge

11/17/2020 10:41:29 am

I agree.

taija

11/17/2020 10:45:11 am

that’s a good point

Aubrey Gregson

11/17/2020 10:45:45 am

I agree

Leah Cannon

11/17/2020 10:52:06 am

That is a good point!

Jackson

11/17/2020 10:39:26 am

The first thing I noticed that was different was that they didn't name the sword that Beowolf braught with him and when beaowolf walked into grendels mother's lair he was seduced by her and made a baby which was the dragon when in the book he cut her head off. What I noticed about the difference between the book and the movie is the amount of drama

Mason Payne

11/17/2020 10:42:29 am

Good point!

Dodge Grover

11/17/2020 10:39:57 am

Grendel attacked the village in the book because he was pure evil. In the movie though he attacked because the noise was bothering him. In our society today, villians need motiv to be evil. Our villians need to ne relatable in someway and cant be pure evil just because they are evil.

Mason Payne

11/17/2020 10:43:13 am

I notice the same thing.

taija

11/17/2020 10:45:55 am

yes I thought about that change too.

Hayley

11/17/2020 10:41:17 am

In the book, it said Beowulf was killed by a dragon bite to the neck and in the movie he died after he cut off his arm and ripped the dragons heart out falling to the sandy beach below and to his doom. In the book Grendel sounded like he was a vicious beast who could kill anything, and in the movie he did kill anything, but he didnt sound the part in the movie. He sounded like he was young. I also thought that grendel's mother would look the way that grendel did in the movie but she looked like an actual human. Which I thought was kinda weird. And then I thought the dragon just died in the book, but in the movie the dragon turned into a human man and then his body got taken away to sea. So that was kinda weird too. I liked the movie better than I liked the book. I think the changes show that not everything will be shown as it is described. A lot changed in the movie than it was described in the book. But that is how most movies and books are

Mason Payne

11/17/2020 10:41:27 am

The first thing I notice that was different between the movie and the book the reason Grendel attacked Herot in the novel because of his pure evil nature. In the movie, Grendel attacks Herot because of the singing at the mead hall which was annoying Grendel and causing him to go crazy. This change shows that our society has created a reason for Grendel to attack Herot but in the story, he attack out of pure evil nature without reasoning.

Adrian

11/17/2020 10:43:52 am

Nice

Griffin Mylan

11/17/2020 10:44:41 am

Now this is a fantastic comment.

Treygan Bragg

11/18/2020 10:46:06 am

This is a very good comment Mason

Adrian

11/17/2020 10:41:52 am

In the film adaptation Beowulf lies about killing Grendel’s mother. This makes the film have a more interesting spin on it. Movies will often sacrifice key points of the plot to provide a more viewer friendly experience.

Ariana Williams

11/17/2020 10:44:39 am

I mean I kinda agree.

Jaicei

11/18/2020 11:03:09 am

I completely agree.

Aubrey Gregson

11/17/2020 10:43:25 am

In the movie Beowulf becomes king in a different way than he did the poem and in the movie he doesn’t kill grendels mother he actually had a child with her and the child ends up being the dragon and the fight with the dragon was different. It shows people wants a more interesting story line rather than the actually story.

Griffin Mylan

11/17/2020 10:44:56 am

I totally agree.

Griffin Mylan

11/17/2020 10:44:16 am

In the movie, Beowulf falls to his death in a fight with a dragon. In the novel, however, Beowulf dies by a dragon’s bite. This difference shows us that society like to portray a more realistic death to the audience to retail some of the emotional value we get in the text.

Treygan Bragg

11/18/2020 10:45:32 am

This is a very well thought through comment

taija

11/17/2020 10:44:41 am

Grendals mother doesn’t die in the movie. I think they changed it because it adds more drama and makes it more interesting for modern times. Beowulf does differently and more dramatically than the poem.

Paige

11/17/2020 10:46:06 am

Leah Cannon

11/17/2020 10:50:56 am

There is a love story between Beowulf and Grendel’s mother in the movie. In the book, Beowulf and Grendel’s mother don’t like each other. They make the movie a little different to make it more interesting so they can make more money.

Treygan Bragg

11/18/2020 10:44:35 am

The book goes into more detail about events that happen. The movie sacrifices a lot of key point to allow the story to flow at a comfortable pace for the viewer. They both cover the basic story though.

Jaicei

11/18/2020 10:56:53 am

The movie added a bunch of extra scenes and plot lines to, what I assume, spice up the story. For instance, Grendel’s mother was not Angelina Jolie and she did not get it on with Beowulf, at least not from what I remember. I think it shows that society rather be entertained by mindless action and pretty women than watch a historical movie.

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