Lady Alice - Book versus Movie

The Outsiders book was great- it was the best book I’ve read but the movie was a disappointment. I feel that the film makers had cut out most of the important scenes and dialogue. They also changed many things like Bob’s hair colour and where they live, in the book the Greasers live on the East Side but in the movie they live in the North Side and the Socs live on the South Side instead of the West Side. They also changed how Darry slapped Pony into Darry pushed Pony. Also in the book Dally dies before he hits the ground but in the movie he dies after he hits the ground. Many people’s appearances changed in the movie too.

I hated it how the cut out the events which happened to Soda because he was an important character in the book but in the movie he wasn’t even shown properly. It also erased the things which happened between Pony and Darry which was also an important event in the book. The movie didn’t include Two-Bit fighting with Johnny’s mum- in fact it didn’t even show Johnny’s parents except for their shadows through the window. The part where Pony’s teacher told him to write a story was also cut which was annoying because that was an important thing in the book.

I hope that someone remakes the movie but includes all of the scenes because it was an excellent book which should also be an excellent movie.

Lady Alice