I was so excited to do the comparison of this book to the movie because I could actually remember reading this book as a young child and I absolutely loved its imaginative edge. I was also delighted to find that there are a number of similarities between the book and the movie. Obviously the basic story line is the same, but the way events happen throughout the book are carried over in a strikingly, yet more adventurous way in the movie.
The negative attitude James has toward his aunts in the book is still there in the movie, but I felt much more sympathy for the James in the book because of the fact that he was an orphan. This was still true in the movie, but for some reason I was easily distracted by the exciting animations and fantastical creatures that come to life in the movie. I guess what surprised me is the fact that I had imagined all of the animal characters in the book to be more like humans, and when I saw them come to life in the movie, their characters did not match the picture I had created in my mind while reading the book.
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