Beautiful Creatures Movie And Book Comparison

The New York Times bestseller Beautiful Creatures novel was written by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl and later adapted into a manga that was illustrated by Cassandra Jean. The film adaptation’s screenplay and director was Richard LaGravenese. A romantic historical fantasy told from the male perspective of Ethan Waite that features a love story that transcends time, literally. However, when you add a sprinkling in the mysterious new girl, Lena Duchannes, magical powers and a curse all with the Southern backdrop of Gatlin, South Carolina makes for a riveting read. Due to the drastic changes made in the film, I felt that it was important to discuss the differences between the film and the graphic novel being that we live in a visual culture these

It’s on the all-important locket that literally connections them to the past through visions. The problem is the dates are totally different, the manga has the date of April 11, 1865, is historically accurate of when General Sherman and his troops were there and burning, which gives the visions some authenticity. However, unlike the original work and the manga the date the film adaptation gives is Dec 21, 1865, which is the start of the winter solstice, a pagan holiday which goes well with the other worldly lining in the

Staying authentic with the language and the houses that were almost depicted as Southern royalty of the old south being reserved. In addition, using the manga format helped in maintaining this by using borderless panels, opening up the scenes to the viewer as if they are right there with the characters, however, the characters themselves were a different story.
Of super natural parts were left out of the film such as seeing the ghost of Lena’s ancestor above her grave when they have to dig in it to find the book of moons, the originator of the curse. (Garcia, 2013) However, they left in the most important vision to the past, which really gave out nice effects that the manga could not have. However they both showed the importance of the past and how it can affect future generations.
The ending was the most drastic difference because the film totally deviated from the original by making a completely different scene and leaving the audience with a cliffy. The manga on the other hand gives us a somewhat satisfying ending by showing use that the story is not quite over hinting at the seventh