Differences Between Jumanji Book And Movie

To begin, there were many similarities and differences in the tone of the book Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg and the movie based on this book. Both the book and the movie were suspenseful, dramatic, and exciting. Throughout each they were faced with many challenges and hardships. They had differences too. The movie was romantic and personal, but the book was funny and cute considering the alteration of characters.
First of all, the movie’s tone was suspenseful, mysterious, dramatic, and exciting. Based on the movie, there were giant mosquitos busting through glass and trying to attack the characters. Not only that they were causing people to wreck their vehicles and having to be rushed to hospitals. Also, Allen, the later adult character, was sucked into the board game for 26 years, trying to survive in the jungle. Lastly, a hunter was chasing them throughout the to trying to hunt and kill Allen. At the very end of the movie, the hunter had a gun pointing at Allen, but thankfully he had finished the board game in time.

Next, the book’s tone was also suspenseful, mysterious, dramatic, and exciting.

The author of the book states that the male character was almost eaten by a lion. It was sitting on the dresser behind him licking his lips when he finished rolling the dice. It chased him around the house until it got stuck under his parent’s bed. Then, a giant 8 feet snake coiled around the mantle after another unlucky roll. Near the end of the book, it even started to come towards them. Lastly, there was a rhino stampede in there house! They heard thumping, furniture crashing, and wood splintering as the ferocious beasts fled from their

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Finally, although they were alike, the tones had slight differences. In the movie the tone was more romantic, due to the to the adults, Sarah and Allen, that had once been friends as kids. Throughout the movie they had been a little flirtatious and at the very end it shows them as married, but the book doesn’t even introduce us to the adult characters. The book had a tone that was a little less creepy and was more cute and comical. The children were always making ironic obvious comments. It wasn’t nearly as scary and was less eventful. Also, the movie was more intense. Not only were the kids in danger, the whole town was greatly affected by the game so even more lied on their shoulders. The monsoon had completed flooded the town, monkeys and stampedes ran wild, and a hunter ran about trying to kill Allen!
To conclude, the movie and book, Jumanji, has many differences and similarities. They were both mysterious, suspenseful, dramatic, and exciting. Although the book was more comical and playful, but the movie was romantic and intense. The challenges, hardships, dialogue, and actions make the tone the way it is. Each thing they faced and how they handled it affected the story and how the viewers heard it.