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Post by Anne on Jun 20, 2004 14:02:54 GMT -5
to those people who have both seen the movie and read the book--
i was just wondering about the differences between the book and the movie....could you maybe tell me about the major/minor changes they made in the movie to make it different from the book...? thanks!
again this post could contain spoilers! so be careful of how far down you read...
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Post by Ninthwoman on Jun 20, 2004 15:16:36 GMT -5
I just reread it last night for the first time since I read it ages ago when it first came out. Some of these differences have been detailed on other parts of the message boards, but perhaps we can all put them together under this thread. Here are the ones I was able to parse out as I skimmed through the book last night: - They reunite 7 years later in the movie rather than 14 years, as in the book
- I think Allie's last name is different in the movie - in the book it's "Nelson"
- Lon is a lawyer in the book; in the movie he takes on his family's very successful cotton business
- the book is set in New Bern, and when Allie is in the city, she's either in Raleigh or Winston-Salem (both in North Carolina), while in the movie she's in Charleston
- Noah is the author of the notebook in the book; in the movie it's Allie
- in the movie, Noah's lover before Allie's return is Martha Shaw; in the book Martha Shaw is just a neighbor and the woman who says "I know you see someone else when you look at me" is an unnamed woman
- in the book Noah doesn't have to convince Allie to go out with him
- there's no ferris wheel scene, no scene lying down in the middle of the road
- in the movie Noah gets his money to restore the old plantation house from the GI Bill; in the book he gets it from an old employer he worked for in New Jersey
- there's no major confrontation scene in the book about the letters; it's a conclusion they both draw
- in the book Noah and Allie had made love during their summer together; in the movie, it doesn't happen until their reunion
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Post by SimplyLuscious on Jun 20, 2004 15:26:17 GMT -5
Ninthwoman sure state almost the differences between the motion picture and book. ;D Um... but wasn't there one scene missing from the book? Wasn't Allie suppose to draw a picture of Noah with the scar he received during his time in war? I thought it would be great if they added that scene. I'm greedy... I'm wanting all scenes in it.  But who wouldn't? |
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Post by jen on Jun 20, 2004 19:22:34 GMT -5
the last difference is wrong, it stated that they both lost their virginities during that summer although he doesnt go into detail. i think its only one sentence but it kinda took me by surprise. o and allie's last name in the movie is hamilton (just in case anyone didnt know). also there was no note arrow things after they make love (although im very happy they added that because it adds such a nice touch). They (the movie) also make lon younger and pay more attention to allie which helps the movie because it seems like a harder descion for allie to make. SPOILER: no one dies in the book or shows any signs of dying. the older noah suffered from arthritis which made him very weak. actually, now that i think about it, the list can go on and on so if anyones intrested, i'll post more but i dont think im gonna unless u want me to.
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Post by Ninthwoman on Jun 20, 2004 19:38:22 GMT -5
Yes, you SHOULD post more differences! I was just fatiguing, because there are so many!
And how could I forget about that MAJOR difference of the ending?!
I really do think they lost their virginity to each other that summer, at the very least Allie did to Noah. She says to him on page 123 of the hardcover edition, "There's never been another, Noah. You weren't just the first. You're the only man I've ever been with."
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Post by SimplyLuscious on Jun 20, 2004 22:26:56 GMT -5
Huh? I am a bit baffled right now. I thought in the book, it did stated something about the two dying, right? A simple ending passage from the novel:
She murmurs softly, "Oh Noah... I've missed you." Another miracle- the greatest of all!- and there's no way I can stop the tears as we begin to slip toward heaven itself.
Doesn't that mean that the two was dying together? Or am I mistakening the passage that because she had remembered and the two felt like they were in heaven? I'm really puzzled right now. Any clarification is highly appreciated. [/size]
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Post by Ninthwoman on Jun 21, 2004 0:19:51 GMT -5
Oh wow - you have a point, SimplyLucious. I never read it that way before, and I guess it does depend on how you interpret it. All this time I think I've read it to mean that Allie has another fleeting moment of clarity through the alzheimers, and it's that moment he has his Allie back that I interpreted as Noah in heaven. But now that you say it, the ending can be interpreted as their dying together...
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Post by Allie on Jun 21, 2004 1:08:43 GMT -5
Thx for the diffs they are very interesting *nod*  About them dying together. I don't think they did. Because in Nicholas Sparks next novel The Wedding Noah was a character in it and maybe I think Allie too. |
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Post by SimplyLuscious on Jun 21, 2004 1:29:03 GMT -5
I know. I'm hearing about everyone saying that in "The Wedding" Noah was still in it. I'm like trying for a week now to get my hand on "The Wedding" but the Barns and Nobel and Borders at my place is out of it. They're waiting for more orders to come in. Argh... it's so long. I really wanting to read it. It's hard to bear another second of waiting, but I have too. I can't find any other book stores at my place beside those two. Well, there are others but it's a hell lot of traffic to get there. I really don't have time to sit through traffic. ;D
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Post by SimplyLuscious on Jun 21, 2004 1:33:01 GMT -5
Oh wow - you have a point, SimplyLucious. I never read it that way before, and I guess it does depend on how you interpret it. All this time I think I've read it to mean that Allie has another fleeting moment of clarity through the alzheimers, and it's that moment he has his Allie back that I interpreted as Noah in heaven. But now that you say it, the ending can be interpreted as their dying together... I think I'm really confuse between the two interpretations. Ok... I think I'm going to have a big headache sooner or later if I keep on trying to understands it, on which one was really intended to be the ending.  |
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Post by Ninthwoman on Jun 21, 2004 15:53:35 GMT -5
I haven't read The Wedding, but it's possible to maintain a dual death reading into the ending of The Notebook if the events of The Wedding occur sometime before Allie gets Alzheimer's. Thus, the existence of a sequel doesn't necessarily preclude the ending of a dual death in The Notebook.
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Post by Allie on Jun 21, 2004 17:42:41 GMT -5
That's what I was thinking. Allie did have Alzheimers in "The Wedding" but it still could have taken place before "The Notebook" nursing home scenes.
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Post by kazakichik on Jun 21, 2004 18:58:29 GMT -5
the book also said that they slowly begin to drift towards heaven itself. oh how romantic
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Post by kaakichik on Jun 21, 2004 18:59:49 GMT -5
forget to mention that that actually means that the y died together, yeah
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Post by SimplyLuscious on Jun 21, 2004 19:28:46 GMT -5
Oh, I see. Maybe The Wedding is taking place before The Notebook. So in a way, it could be like a flashback before all that (in the Notebook) happens. ;D Not sure, but from what most of y'all saying, it should probably be like that. I'm going to one of the two book stores this weekend. Hopefully, they'll have it in stock this time. Don't want to exit the store in disappointment. [/size]
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But who wouldn't? 
About them dying together. I don't think they did. Because in Nicholas Sparks next novel The Wedding Noah was a character in it and maybe I think Allie too.