One of the biggest complaints that movie goers often have is that the characters or plots of movies often stray greatly from the books off of which the films are based, most notably with female characters. “Foxfire,” “Phantom of the Opera,” “The Twilight Saga,” and “A Walk to Remember” are all novels where the lead female characters differ greatly from their literature based counterparts.
In the film, “A Walk to Remember,” Mandy Moore portrays Jamie Sullivan, a southern preacher’s daughter with a big secret. In the film, she is often seen with her hair down, wearing pants, and making random displays of whit. In the novel of the same name, however, Jamie Sullivan is painted more or less as a spinster in the making, never wearing make-up, and almost always in dresses with her hair pulled up and is painted as far too kind to make snappy comments at others.
“Foxfire” features Angelina Jolie as the boyish looking “Legs,” a teenage drifter that arrives in Portland. In the controversial novel, Legs is a beautiful blonde with long hair that often uses men to get the things that she needs. The movie hints that the girl may be a lesbian and has no political affiliation, while the novel is exact opposite.
“The Twilight Saga” novels feature Bella Swan as a plain looking red-haired teenager with friends and a job, while the movies have her as a raven-haired waif of a loner. In 2004s “Phantom of the Opera,” Emmy Rossum paints a much younger and fragile sense of Christine Daae’s appearance with her extremely lean physical build and quiet demeanor. In the novel, it is implied that Christine has a few friends and associates and is in her early to mid 20s.
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