The main purpose of Wybie's character is to be a dialogue partner for Coraline that allows the audience to hear what's going on in her head, a device that isn't needed in the written medium. His existence has some significant impacts on the plot as well -- for example, one of the ghost children in the movie is Wybie's grandma's sister, who he mentions went missing when they were little. This is the reason why his grandma doesn't let him go inside the Pink Palace Apartments.
The Other Mother also makes a twisted, mute version of Wybie in her world. Coraline is overall more polite and pragmatic in the book, whereas she's quite feisty in the movie. Gaiman writes Coraline as a quietly intelligent and observant child, an echo of other British children's book protagonists who make it through their adventures with sensible practicality and independence.
On the other hand, Dakota Fanning's portrayal gives a sassier, spunkier take on the character -- her version of Coraline is the type of little girl who frequently exclaims, "Ugh! The Other Mother's fake world doesn't really fool Coraline for a minute in the book, but she's fairly taken with it in the movie. Selick uses his characteristically whimsical visual imagination to create sequences in the other world that brim over with fun and magic.
It's hard not to be as taken in as Coraline is when the Other Father sings a delightful song dedicated to her in the distinctively droll voice of none other than John Linnell of They Might Be Giants , or when a miniature gravy train trundles around the dinner table bearing delicious sauce for her potatoes. One of the enticements the Other Mother sets up for Coraline is the wondrously colorful garden in the yard, which teems with magical flora and is shaped to look like Coraline's face when viewed aerially.
Later on, an action-packed showdown with the Other Father takes place in this location, with all the wonderful plants and devices that so delighted Coraline before twisted into their true, terrifying selves.
Much of Coraline's alone time is healthy for her; it allows her to utilize her imagination and creativity. Children don't have enough daydreaming time as it is, as George Carlin once said.
But it can be said that her parents in the film are more hands-off, ignoring her much more and appearing indifferent to her requests for fun with them. Her parents in the books seem to care a bit more, although they, too, are busy.
One of the most annoying things for many readers was the addition of Wybie, a character that's not found in the book at all. His presence seemed as if it were forced in to appeal to more male viewers, or to take away a bit of Coraline's "tricky, brave and wise" characteristics, giving him more credit in directing her in how to free herself when book-Coraline has to rely on herself.
Then again, there are also fans who appreciated the addition of another character, especially since it gave the two some humorous moments to share in the movie.
It also gave her a friend in an otherwise lonely place for a kid to grow up in. Wybie's grandmother is also absent from the book.
There are lots of little character differences that aren't much on their own but, when added up, point to entirely different pieces of media. Coraline is naturally English in the book, like Gaiman himself, and the door she uses to enter the other world is quite small in the book--more like an Alice in Wonderland kind of door than the regular door we see in the film. The dogs in the theater talk in the book, and the cat's eyes are green instead of blue. Coraline's hair is black in the book, and there are no snow globe or ghost children eyes to find.
Instead, the ghosts ask her to help find their souls. Coraline also talks to herself a lot which is why Wybie was added--so she'd have someone to talk to instead and the Other Mother is tall with long fingers right away in the book.
While movie-Coraline only mildly corrects people when they mispronounce her name as "Caroline," book-Coraline gets much more incensed over the mispronunciations.
It makes sense since a kid's name is always the most important word to that child and getting it wrong feels like breaking the law. No one will listen to you, really listen to you. As with any adaptation, the dialogue varies a lot once it's been translated to the film.
Part of this is just due to Coraline's more refined manners and inner dialogue with herself in the book, but she's not the only person whose dialogue is different. This big change contributes to how we interpret the text because it provides a twist on the plot by leading readers of the novel. It still tells the story of a young girl who grows unappreciative of her real family and finds a magical door in her new home that leads to a better, fantastical version of the family she has now.
The creepiness and scary moments are also true to form, with this world being only a copy of the real world, created by the Other Mother in an attempt to trap Coraline forever. The quest to rescue. One of the first real successes of the studio is a short in called Steamboat Willie, by Les Clark, which introduced the character later known as Mickey Mouse and was the first. Coraline: I compared and contrasted the book to the movie of Coraline.
For starters, the book was released in and the movie was aired in Coraline was transformed into a movie to show more in detail of the character appearance and actions.
Since the movie was released after the book, some additions to the movie include: the character , Wybie, the other mother swallowing the key, the full name of Mr. The majority of changes made between the book and movie were made in events and characters in the other world.
Oddly enough the other mother is not a part of this change. The biggest change occurs when Coraline faces her other father. There is no …show more content… In the movie, they mix up characters and events from Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. Alice is determined to be the Alice that should slay the Jabberwocky, but the Red Queen tries to kill her. They fight and Alice wins. When she goes back home, she is apprenticed to a shipping merchant because no self-respecting woman ever gets married.
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