Sleepy Hollow Movie And Book Comparison Essay

Many people argue about which version of a story is better, the book or the movie. Most of the time movies are based on a book or a novel. The book is an original idea where the movie brings it to life and gives you a better picture of how the story goes. Often times the director stays true to the story, however that isn’t always the case. Director Tim Burton created a spinoff of the book “The Legends of Sleepy Hollow” written by Washington Irving which didn’t hold true to the story but still had many similarities. Although both good in their own ways, I think that the movie “Sleepy Hollow” tells the story of The Headless Horseman in a more interesting fashion when compared to the book “The Legends of Sleepy Hollow” because the protagonist

However, Tim Burton did a fine job turning the bland school teacher Ichabod Crane from Washington Irving's story and turn him into a more interesting and likeable character. In Irving’s version, Ichabod Crane is described as a strict school teacher who is maybe not the best looking or the bravest. In Burton’s version besides the fact that he is played by Johnny Depp, Ichabod Crane is introduced more as a detective rather than a school teacher. Although the movie does have the advantage do to the fact that Ichabod Crane was played by Johnny Depp and well everyone likes a movie with Johnny Depp in it. But excluding that fact the movie’s version of Ichabod was a much more likeable character. He was a detective who is trying to prove the deaths of people to have been murders. This gives him a good reason to go to Sleepy Hollow in the first place. In the book he was just a teacher who moved there from his hometown in Connecticut. Since he was a detective in the movie it made the Ichabod a more well-rounded character. When telling a story one of the most important parts is to make sure that the characters you create are well developed and likable for the

When comparing the book “The Legends of Sleepy Hollow” written by Washington Irving and the Movie “Sleepy Hollow” directed by Tim Burton, I found that the movie did a better job at telling an interesting story. A few aspects that were better than in the movie were the character development and the plot of the story. In the book Ichabod Crane was described to be a very dull character while, with the help of Johnny Depp, the movie made the character a much more interesting person. Although similar and different in their own ways the plots of the movie had key parts that were effective and entertaining. The all of the events that he added had a role to help tie the story together and lead to good ending. However both having their own strengths and weaknesses, I found that Tim Burton did a better job at telling the story of the Headless Horseman then Washington