Book Vs. Movie

10/19/2022

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?

37 Comments

Janna Fisher

10/19/2022 12:12:19 pm

Some differences I noticed was the long ve interests in Beowulf and grendel mother. This shows that our society is more interested in romance and a hero and a villain then the actual story

Erin

10/19/2022 12:16:01 pm

Romance is very centered around our society and is in every crevasse in the media.

Anika

10/19/2022 12:16:18 pm

That is a good point.

Tristan Cooper

10/19/2022 12:20:43 pm

Agreed

Riley J

10/19/2022 12:21:56 pm

I didn´t think of that

Moses Taylor

10/19/2022 12:23:22 pm

I hardly even thought about the romance plot with the queen

Makenna

10/19/2022 12:24:44 pm

Agreed

Hannah Rich

10/24/2022 12:16:22 pm

Thats a good point! Adding romance might have extended the audience so more people were interested

Erin Jones

10/19/2022 12:13:54 pm

Some of the changes were Beowulf's weakness to beautiful women so that made him a liar in the movie. It shows that not every hero in a story is invincible and I think that shows that in this modern era we enjoy connecting to weakness rather than strength.

Makenna

10/19/2022 12:26:07 pm

I 100% agree with "connecting to weakness rather than strength"

Tristan Cooper

10/19/2022 12:14:03 pm

It was a lot more gruesome and a lot more nudity. Also it was more of a love story more than a hero story.

Haylee

10/19/2022 12:22:06 pm

There is a lot of love stories in movies now.

Riley J

10/19/2022 12:22:14 pm

I agree

Moses Taylor

10/19/2022 12:24:17 pm

I disagree with it being more gruesome than the original

Anika

10/19/2022 12:15:55 pm

In the poem, Beowulf dies because of the dragon that bit him and died because of the poison in it, but in the film, he dies because he lost a lot of blood when he tried to kill the dragon by ripping his heart out when the dragon was trying to kill the queen. Grendels mom is also a suductive lady in the film. I think it shows how our society has gotten worse over the last few decades.

Erin

10/19/2022 12:17:27 pm

It's crazy to think of the new norms of today v.s. the past norms and what the ideals were.

Maren

10/19/2022 12:24:34 pm

What do you mean by how it has gotten worse?

Aspen

10/19/2022 12:16:49 pm

The changes they have are trying to keep up and continue with the new trends. The movie would be super boring because the generations have changed. Its like how old music as like no words and is all the instruments and these days they have way more lyrics.

Anika

10/19/2022 12:17:37 pm

Also a good point about the new trends and the movie keeping up with them.

Haylee

10/19/2022 12:21:17 pm

I agree!

Hannah Rich

10/24/2022 12:17:17 pm

What kind of changes were made to better suit a modern audience?

Haylee

10/19/2022 12:18:05 pm

The differences that I noticed was that Beowulf fell for Grendels mother. I feel that nowadays we try to make the stories more modern.

Tristan Cooper

10/19/2022 12:21:02 pm

Yaaaaaaaaa

Logan

10/19/2022 12:19:37 pm

Some of the differences between the book and the movie are the relationship between Beowulf and Grendel's mother, and the relationship with the queen. The movie and book are not completely the same.

Riley Sommers

10/19/2022 12:20:07 pm

There were a ton of differences between the book and movie. Mostly the movie was way more sexual than the book. Which shows that sex is more important in our society.

Moses Taylor

10/19/2022 12:20:16 pm

I think that Beowulf's weakness towards women is a reflection of how we view sex in our society. Beowulf is a hero but his specific character flaw is meant to justify our societal flaw.

Colton

10/19/2022 12:20:25 pm

It shows that society only cares about sex.

Riley S.

10/19/2022 12:21:36 pm

Agreed.

Logan

10/19/2022 12:21:36 pm

Oh.

Maren

10/19/2022 12:23:52 pm

You think that's the only thing everyone cares about?

Riley J

10/19/2022 12:20:38 pm

The movie portrayed how violent war is and it helped make more personal connections with the characters. This shows that we need those connections to live normal lives.

Jace

10/19/2022 12:20:54 pm

in the movie Beowulf has a sex drive and has a history of being with women. He also lets things bug him, he isn't a big tough guy like the book insists

Anna

10/19/2022 12:22:14 pm

The biggest differences are the dramatic representations of love and lust. It shows our society low keys sucks.

Maren

10/19/2022 12:22:31 pm

Today we like to watch movies with characters who have a weakness, but in the book he didn't have any. The movie was more like a love story than a hero story like it's supposed to be.

bella

10/19/2022 12:23:32 pm

In the movie it shows a lot of flaws that Beowulf has that wasn't said in the poem. He also has flashbacks from past fights and it's almost like he's being cursed.

Makenna

10/19/2022 12:23:41 pm

In the movie Beowulf showed his weakness by giving a child to Grendel's mom and in the text/poem I didn't think he did. In today's society people choose weakness over strength I say this because it's a little more challenging to show our strengths and it's easier to show our weaknesses.

Hannah Rich

10/24/2022 12:14:49 pm

Beowulf had weaknesses in the movie unlike the poem and I think its that way because we are recognizing the qualities of a human.

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