The book, “When the Legends Die”, was pretty good. Then some idiot had to
             go and make a movie out of it. In contrasting the two, I found alot more
             The first similarity came when Blue Elk came and took Thomas Black Bull to
             the reservation. Tom had trouble with the kids as in the book. Brother Bear was
             chained up and eventually Tom took him back to the woods and left him just as
             Tom did in part I of the book. Of course, Red Dillion was a jerk in both the movie
             and the book, although the book illustrated a better image in the reader’s mind.
             There were quite a few things the two had in common but the differences
             I am not going to attempt to represent every difference but I wil give a few
             examples. For instance, we first see Tom, or any characters for that matter, after
             George and his mom dies. The movie represents Tom as older, during his rodeo
             days. In the book, during Red and Tom’s 2 fight, he only knocks him down but in
             the movie he beats him up really bad. He goes home with the nurse but in the
             book he does nothing of that sort. So far he hasn’t gone for the bear yet but we’re
             The book had alot going for it and I thought that it was much better than the
             movie. The movie was a horrible experience and is probably the only time I wished
             my teacher wouldn’t have shown it. Usually, I like the movie better than the book
             but this was the exception. Whoever made this movie should be charged with
             murder (of the book). The movie missed alot of the key points.
             The movie was interesting and did illustrate some things better than the
             book. It did an excellent job of show Tom’s transitiion from rags to riches. In
             addition, the movie moved alittle faster which made it more exciting. I believ
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