Shawshank Redemption - What's the Difference?

[@marcoescalante3032]

Another fact: Stephen King sold the rights to Frank Darabont for $5,000 and never cashed the check. Instead he sent it back to Frank Darabont and said, "In case you ever need bail money. Love, Steve."

[@Vyannsy]

H8

[@JakeG-gp4qt]

One of the greatest films ever made!

[@lemonenjoyer5124]

the greatest, my friend, the greatest

[@devinbell4816]

Captain Duck, Not even close. 2001, Vertigo, Metropolis, Eraserhead, Citizen Kane, Persona, 8 1/2, etc.

[@captainhowlerwilson508]

I believe it is close.

[@footyfam8990]

Das Kinophile ENTP Terminator 2, Star Wars empire strike backs?

[@TheBraunMachine2011]

no doubt, it is one of the greatest films of all time! :)

[@GippyHappy]

My favorite bit is how the warden shoots himself. All along he knew just how cruel their treatment of the prisoners was, he never actually believed they were "rehabilitating" them. So of course he doesn't want to end up in prison.

[@moussmouss469]

He didn't do that in the book though did he?

[@bushidoh8316]

@@moussmouss469 what did he do in the book?

[@loganbigmo]

@@bushidoh8316 Literally watch the video you're commenting on....

[@ubkun5946]

So is this one of those very rare instances where the movie is actually better than the book?

[@TheSteelPickle]

Milky Hex Maniac Rare?

[@roach9397]

I feel the same about the Shining and Stand By Me honestly.

[@somerandomname3124]

+Milky Hex Maniac Let's be real here, this is true for all Stephen King adaptations.

[@roach9397]

***** He comes up with good/unique concepts. But without Kubrick's excellent adaptation The Shining is just okay. Same goes for Shawshank and Stand By Me.

[@julielal]

What you've heard is very wrong.

[@firerunner35624]

This was filmed in Mansfield, Ohio. My family and I were background "actors" in it. I was like 12 years old and in the Greyhound bus scene. Cool movie

[@joshuapatrick682]

I don’t know about the book but in the film the redemption wasn’t Andy’s but Red’s. Andy wasn’t guilty and never truly lost hope, however Red was admittedly both guilty and had lost hope. He therefore needed to be redeemed, which is why his last words and the those of the entire film are “I hope” as well as the Andy story with relationship to Red borrowing heavily on the Christ story.

[@Tim_the_Enchanter]

This is why I much prefer the original ending, where we don't know if Red manages to get across the border and find Andy. The point is that he had enough spirit left to try.

[@BethHarmon-yh8ms]

@@Tim_the_Enchanter I much prefer the film's ending. After all they've been through, I wanted to see these men reunite at the film's climax. I am more than satisfied with it.

[@laneparnell6865]

Shawshank is the greatest movie ever 😍

[@vb2388]

Lane Parnell...one of the greatest films ever..

[@andrewamende3338]

No, Blazing Saddles

[@darkknight1340]

1984 and Bladerunner.

[@harrykelly8205]

@@OHYS well then you could say it’s your favourite film ever but the phrase greatest film ever implies that it’s objective

[@StewyAdamRules]

Yes. My favorite movie.

[@rambojohnj.6117]

“I remember thinking it would take a man 600 years to tunnel through the wall with it.... “Ol’ Andy did it in less than 20.”

[@keith6706]

"I remember thinking it it would take a man a 100 years to tunnel out of Arkham. The Joker did it in less than 2 days. Clearly I gots trouble with the math."

[@Jurgan6]

You didn't mention one of the biggest differences, namely, the ending. In the movie, we see Red and Andy reunite in Mexico, while in the novella it's left open whether he makes it across the border. Also, minor nitpick, but Red is the main character, not Andy. He's the main perspective for the audience, and he's also the one that grows and changes through the course of the story.

[@HeartBreakKid551]

I remember hearing that the original ending for the movie was supposed to be open ended if Red and Andy reunite or not but I think it didn't go over well with test audiences or the studio executives had a hand in it (you know how movie productions go) so they ended up adding the last scene of them on the beach. Personally I like open ended movies because you can pretty much create your own ending the way you feel fits the movie whether you want a happy ending or a sad ending its up to the viewer.

[@Jurgan6]

HeartBreakKid551 I also think this story works better open ended because it's about hope. We the audience have to hope Red makes it without knowing if he does.

[@P-diddykong]

Jurgan6 the books main theme is hope. While hope is only mentioned in the movie, and takes a backseat to the theme of freedom, as you can see in the last shot with the big wide ocean representing freedom. So in the movie it makes sense for to show how Red got his freedom while in the book it makes sense for him to learn how to hope in the end

[@ranica47]

What they also left out which I'm amazed didn't get mentioned here is that Andy had to share his cell with a Native American for, I think, two years as punishment for something or other. When Red asked the cellmate what Andy was like he said "nice guy, quiet, but a very cold cell." We know now that it was cold cos Andy had broken through by then but what Red realised after Andy's escape was that for two years Andy wasn't able to dig any more of his escape tunnel through the wall due to the cellmate being there. That two years must've been torture for him!

[@christopherkotsopoulos701]

Some other differences - it's not until mid-afternoon that they realize Andy has escaped Shawshank completely in the book. The warden also sends one of the guards through the hole he dug to see where he went and Red is sent to the hole for not being able to control his laughter when he hears the guard reacting to the the foulness of the shit pipe.

[@edward4840]

The Shawshank Redemption is my favourite movie of all time…

[@olliemad]

The book also states what crimes the inmates did which I found to give them a totally different perspective as in the film you kinda forget that these men are in for life for bad crimes. Brooks for example was a hard con man who murdered his wife and daughter, whereas Red put a large insurance policy on his wife and cut the brakes on her car, but she picked up her neighbour and her son, his actions killed all 3.

[@jenniferschillig3768]

When I first saw this in the theatre, I was the only one in the group of friends who'd read the book. So I knew the basic plot, but the changes and embellishments they gave it were a (nice) surprise. One thing I find interesting is a scene I loved in the book (and apparently, so did many other readers) but was deleted. Frank Darabont explains why in his notes to the published script. After the tunnel is discovered, Norton gets a skinny young guard to go down the hole. Said guard makes it down the shaft, and calls back up, "Smells like shit...oh, shit, it IS shit!!!" and pukes his guts up. Red just falls over laughing and Norton claps him in solitary--which doesn't bother Red at all because he spends the whole two weeks laughing over it all! Darabont figured that this fan-fave scene should be in the movie. It was scripted and filmed (but isn't on the DVD special features)...and fell absolutely flat with test audiences. Darabont couldn't figure out why--and then he realized that after the shocking reveal of the tunnel, we needed to know HOW Andy did it...we didn't need to delay it for three minutes to spend it on a character we'd never seen before. Hence, the much more effective jump-cut from the hole in the wall to the police cars zooming towards Shawshank. Textbook example of something that works on the page, but not onscreen.

[@davidokin124]

Thank you! This was a very interesting, informative comment.

[@zacharyturner2944]

I’m so glad too. That transition from the tunnel to the police cars is one of the best transitions in film history.

[@KEVMAN7987]

I love that Red goes to the parole board all angry at the end and they finally release him. "I swear to God. Release me, don't release me, I dont give a damn. I will kill again." *stamp accepted*

[@tommyhill7645]

Kevin Gomolchak family guy?

[@LibraGamesUnlimited]

Was it because it was refreshingly honest or something? Like you spend all day interviewing people for a job and you get one applicant after another telling you what they think you want to hear then you get one who tells you the truth and want to hire them (fully qualified or not) just for being honest. You probably don't because you need someone qualified but you really want to. :)

[@flavouredsnacks8739]

Kevin Gomolchak he doesn't say that

[@philomade]

I thought it was because he never wanted to leave and then finally Adam gave him hope and something to look forward to (the buried box under the rock) as they talk about the institutionalised mind also. Either way that film changed my life and gave me a strong sense of optimism

[@hooksncrosses3419]

Family guy. "We've crippled that guy who keeps raping you Peter: "but I like that guy"

[@craignewman8872]

HERE'S AN INTERESTING "WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE" TO DO: If you haven't heard, they're planning a remake of SCARFACE. The 1983 Al Pacino Drug Lord movie is itself a remake of the 1932 Paul Muni Gangster film which in turn was based upon the novel by Armitage Trail... which in turn was inspired by the life and crimes of Al Capone. It would be interesting to talk about the differences between the book and BOTH films and their parallel to the real life story of Capone.

[@incendere244]

This was the first movie I remember watching what was a 3 year old doing watching this Hell if I know

[@thenecktye2843]

You had one fucking cool childhood.

[@pilgrim6685]

Lol most children remember watching teletubies

[@julianvillafane2598]

Incendere OK Morgan Freeman............

[@liquorsnake]

Incendere the first movie I can remember seeing was a clockwork orange at 7

[@adamdorris4081]

That ROCKS!

[@FantasticMrEthan]

A lot of what Brooks feels in the film is taken from the end of the novella when Red is finally free. Red becomes a bag boy and is surprised at the speed of everything. Without the suicide of course.

[@SuperSara924]

We read/watched this in my high school film and literature class. I ended up using “get busy living or get busy dying” as my senior quote. One of my favorite films of all time, and one of my favorite Stephen King stories

[@DrDolan2000]

It's a great quote. Personally, I prefer to get busy living

[@CorpusFisty]

A lot of Stephen King adapted films are terrible, but a few, like this one, are better than the original. I would put The Shining, The Green Mile, and 1408 on that list.

[@Gargoyle_Guy]

Christine is pretty good too I think.

[@magpieram]

Misery was excellent - mostly followed the book.

[@CorpusFisty]

magpieram True. Yeah Misery was great. The ending worked a little better in the book though, I thought.

[@Cyprienroche]

No you can't put "Christine" on that list, the movie is fun but... come on ^^ "Green Mile" is a *great* adaptation, but better than the book, no. Like "Misery", it mostly followed the book except for some details here and there. "The Body/Stand by me", I love both but for this one, I must say I enjoyed the movie more (except for the end, with Gordy being the one with the gun; the stand-off between Ace & Chris is so much better in the book, it gives me chills...

[@jumperwilli7770]

Green is NOT worst and not better and for Christine I like more the kills in the book,THE CARS FUCKING DESTROY A HOUSE,but the story is more cool in the movie

[@richardsiemion5903]

When someone says “the book is always better than the movie” they clearly don’t read a lot of books. Check out Forest Gump next.

[@eamonnstokes8366]

Richard Siemion the movie is shit

[@draxbrady1535]

AND “GOODFELLAS”!!!! Way better than “Wiseguys,” but I still liked the book ‘cause I’m kinda biased towards it lol

[@everythingisawesome2903]

@Shay071705 You're entitled to your wrong opinion cause Forrest Gump has already cemented it's place in history and will forever known as one of the GREATEST film of all time.

[@johntreweeke6003]

Shay071705 movie so bad it won a Oscar

[@Slaughtermayne]

@@eamonnstokes8366 More then likely you have no sense of humor and haven't seen many movies lol

[@SozeSR]

My favourite movie of all the time by far. Incredible story, amazing narrative, and so immersive. Truly the makings of a legendary film.

[@knarf_on_a_bike]

I've watched this movie dozens of times. Only now noticed the warden handing Andy the Bible, saying "Salvation lies within." And Andy hid his pick-axe in that bible. BRILLIANT! How could I have missed it all these years? Thank you for enlightening me.

[@AP-xc3vv]

There is one thing in the book that is easy to miss that absolutely changes the entire tone of Andy's character. Both book and movie depicts Andy as an innocent man caught in a dark corrupt system. However, in the story "apt pupil" it is reviled that Andy laundered money for the nazi protagonist Dussander. Which makes sense when you think of a major plot point is Andy laundering money for the warden. "Boom a bonus thing you didn't know"

[@charliem8269]

never clicked on a notification so fast

[@apenguinnamedabraham]

This is one of the only stories where I genuinely can't choose between the book and the movie. They're both so damn good.

[@BeeKeeper37]

One of the key details in the book… That is not discussed in the movie… Is that Andy gains access to a set of prison plans… And is able to confirm that there is no great over the end of the sewer pipe which would have been a big surprise if he would’ve made it all the way to the end and been stuck… The movie does not explore that detail… Pretty important actually

[@csopi1862]

Would love to see "the godfather" next...

[@davy_K]

The book isn't very good - pretty pulpy. One of the few times the film is far better than the book.

[@seraj3068]

Yeah

[@nicksketch7122]

The Shawshank Redemption - Best Film of all time!

[@fathergetdown]

If anyone is interested, go watch Chris Stuckman's video on Shawshank. He visits many of the locations from the film, and they all remain virtually untouched, appearing almost exactly as they do in the movie.

[@albiehay5567]

Do: To Kill a Mockingbird, Doctor Zhivago, Fahrenheit 451, The Godfather, Misery, The Grapes of Wrath, Forrest Gump, Children of Men, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, The Graduate, The Color Purple, Heart of Darkness/Apocalypse Now, Schindler's List, The War of the Worlds, The Great Gatsby, Ragtime, The English Patient, The Hours, The 39 Steps, The Birds, The Silence of the Lambs, American Psycho, The Big Sleep, Fight Club, Brighton Rock, Trainspotting, Empire of the Sun, No Country for Old Men, The Day of the Jackal...

[@albiehay5567]

Goodfellas/Wiseguy, The Remains of the Day, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Lolita, L A Confidential, The Maltese Falcon, Blade Runner/Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, The Old Man and the Sea, The Green Mile, Fantastic Mr Fox, A Passage to India...

[@briankentpirrie5228]

starship troopers (1997) sahara (2005) john carter (2012) miss peregrine's home for pecliar children (2016).

[@albiehay5567]

Gone with the Wind, About a Boy, Far from the Madding Crowd, Full Metal Jacket, Ben-Hur, The Jungle Book... Do them all and don't waste any more time!!!!

[@briankentpirrie5228]

+AlbieHay 40012 the hunchback of notre dame (1939).

[@NJGuy1973]

Forrest Gump would be awesome. The book and the movie were so different it would blow people's minds.

[@usmcsgt46359]

you need to do one on full matel jacket

[@crowman9096]

matel? the fuck is matel?

[@stevenhulbert6973]

Mattel is a toy manufacturer

[@WhiteBloggerBlackSpecs]

_The Short-Timers_

[@taylorpack2839]

Is that you Kyle beck ? is this me?

[@raccontourahara7868]

Shawshank Redemption is one of my favorite movies ever

[@jackhole1979]

If you ask me, you left of probably the most important difference between the movie and the book. Towards the end of the movie (after Tommy is killed and Andy finally gets out of solitary), Andy seems like a beaten man, someone that may have lost the hope he claimed couldn't be taken away. And by taking his frame of mind into account, when Haywood says that he "came by the shop askin' for a length of rope", you sit there with Red during that stormy evening thinking the worst. And then Andy doesn't come out of his cell at role call, you feel the hope has left the movie, only to be lifted up during Red's re-telling of Andy's escape and the downfall of Norton and Hadley. If I remember correctly, in the book Red just mentions that Andy escaped from Shawshank, no lead up, no playing with your emotions or twisting your expectations. Just states the fact that Andy escaped. THAT is the biggest difference between the movie and the book, and you kinda left it out. Way to go.....

[@isaacbosworth9249]

Jared Jams it didn’t seem like you were bragging until you mentioned it

[@thespacepirate33]

This is one of the rare films where I had high expectations going into it and discovered that it's better than I thought it was going to be. Easily one of my all time favorite movies.

[@30AndHatingIt]

Shawshank comes in at an insanely close second to Empire Strikes Back for me. It's such a good film.

[@drewgilchriest3507]

I'm going to need one of these done about " The Count of Monte Cristo."

[@jenniferschillig3768]

@some guy named damian You'll like that one, Heywood. It's about a prison break.

[@babotond]

@@jenniferschillig3768 file it under educational, oughtn't we?

[@vallraffs]

Loved this movie.

[@connerdavies281]

OMFG I LITERALLY JUST FINISHED WATCHED THIS!!!!!! Brilliant movie!!!! Brilliant Whats the Difference!!!!!! How about a things you didnt know next??!!!??!?!?!? ;)

[@krogdog]

I remember reading Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption and saying to myself that the best thing that happened to this book was movie!

[@anotherweeb8196]

This film is a true masterpiece which describes the importance of HOPE.

[@Maswartz226]

Can you guys do a Lord of the Rings WTD?

[@mirkecWii]

Maswartz226 I SECOND THIS

[@roach9397]

They'd have to do one movie at a time though.

[@artheaux666]

Maswartz226 that would take some time

[@oscarmccormack1611]

Done.

[@steampunkerella]

not to mention the book's ending is kinda bad. i love stephen king but endings have never been his strong suit

[@samjacobs7668]

Kat Reynolds ending are always the hardest

[@guibox3]

Christine has a very sad and poignant ending. Same for the Stand and The Talisman. He is like any other author. Hit and miss.

[@ikward2217]

The ending for "The Dark Tower" series, say what you will about how well it was written, and the concept of it is very cool, but in reality it is kind of a lazy way out.

[@legofan370]

Funny how that gets made fun of in IT Chapter Two.

[@joshuapatrick682]

I like that the antagonist meet their demise, it’s one of the most Satisfying in cinema history.

[@AwesomeJake103]

After the movie, I always wanted to know what happened next in the years that followed. I always wanted them to do a spinoff/sequel to the movie set 25 years after Andy's escape (25 years after the original film) have the movie take place in the early 90s and have them show what Red and Andy had been up to since the prison. Maybe the film can be centered around someone in Mexico finding out who Red and Andy really are and that can be the conflict of the film to make sure that their real identities never get out.

[@mrrandom1265]

They would be around 75 and 85 years old and most probably dead 25 years later.

[@sebra1818]

Thank you so much CineFix for covering this 😊 it's put a smile on my face :)

[@GrantDaily]

Please do The Fox and the Hound and maybe Silence of the Lambs! :)

[@StewyAdamRules]

Still my favorite movie. I watch it a few times a year and it never gets old. I love the soundtrack.

[@Cyprienroche]

You guys should do *Trainspotting* next, with the sequel having just come out and all...

[@lauren.xo01]

Randall Flagg of The Stand?

[@ReaverLordTonus]

Funny thing is, by having Norton and Hadley there before and after Andy's 19 years in Shawshank, it actually created a cruel irony that the movie failed to recognize. Andy was an inmate so naturally he could never leave Shawshank but Norton and Hadley were free men and could have moved on to better prospects but for over 20 years they stayed locked in the same positions. Norton appeared to be an ambitious man who perhaps had a bright eye for politics, but you never see him running for any public office or get a promotion to a more cushy post within the department of corrections. Hadley was already captain of the Guards and his only real superior was Norton who naturally never disapproved of his methods, so what stopped Hadley from being offered a post somewhere more to his liking? Why didn't he become a Warden of his own prison? Both men's lives were stuck in a perpetual rut, spending day after day, year after year in the same place doing the same thing over and over, like the very inmates they held. The cruel irony of it all was that they were just as much a prisoner as Andy only worse because they could leave anytime but never do.

[@georgevelazquez3400]

Do American Psycho next

[@LaPenserosa1]

Yes! ^^^This!

[@r.alford3692]

Awesome book.

[@noddymoran]

FramptonComesUndead have to agree with you.... I just skipped the pages where Bateman was just talking about the band Genisis! Yawn! Irrelevant!

[@veryneatguy-838]

George Velazq Yes

[@moviesbye9294]

Need to film the rat-chapter!

[@nateds7326]

I remember watching the shawshank redemption. I was speechless throughout the entire end Credits. I thought to myself Man. That is hands down the best movie ive ever seen.

[@nicksketch7122]

Best Film Of All Time, Makes everything that came before or after it look like shit.

[@youthnation1]

I always wondered where Stephen King got his source material for the book, how he knew what prison was like in 1940's and 50's. And then I read the nonfiction Escape from Alcatraz written in 1962. It's as if Stephen King is simply retelling that escape story. Frank Darabont followed King, echoing the Clint Eastwood movie that was loosely based on the book. If you want to know more about what makes Shawshank tick, read Escape from Alcatraz and watch the movie too.

[@seamuslikesmovies8748]

Never really loved this movie. It's good, but I never really saw what was so amazing about it.

[@nintendopet114]

Seamus Rae it's better if you actually understand the medium of film and how shots are constructed or how sound and lighting are implemented

[@seamuslikesmovies8748]

greyson rhodes Okay, pretty vague statement. Any examples of this in particular?

[@nintendopet114]

Seamus Rae I can't explain film theory in a youtube comment. You'd never read that much.

[@seamuslikesmovies8748]

greyson rhodes Again, extremely vague and avoiding the question. I know the film is well shot, lit, etc. I already said that. What makes it so good it's on the top of the IMDb 250 is what I asked.

[@nintendopet114]

Seamus Rae oh that I don't know because there are certainly better movies. Like fight Club, or princess mononoke.

[@geowynleda4641]

This is the ONLY film where I approve of the changes made from the book, and I love the ending.

[@ElectricOutcast]

From what I heard, they were originally going to offer Clint Eastwood the role of Red before Freeman

[@LGKids]

get busy living or get busy dying! One of my favorite movies ever! ever! Peace!

[@RobertEskuri]

My son ridiculed me for not having seen Deadpool. But he's never even heard of The Shawshank Redemption. 🤔

[@AttestedFire66]

So? Deadpool is amazing and opened the door to a whole new world for hero films and R rated movies.

[@aschwerinmoses]

Hope. One day with pressure and time, he will watch this movie and remember his old fellow.

[@lloydhinshelwood]

Deadpool is the worst film I have personally ever seen turned it off after 20 mins it's so try hard

[@rambojohnj.6117]

Don’t show him til he’s at least a teen, he wouldn’t appreciate it!

[@layicorn]

sounds like someone needs a spanking

[@davidmurphy8364]

Cheers lads you just made me appreciate this film even more...which I didn't think possible

[@richardfalcon8927]

"Get busy livin, or get busy dying."

[@tripbreaker]

ITS ABOUT TIME! IVE ONLY BEEN BUGGING YOU ABOUT THIS FOR YEARS.

[@BinkyStaIIs]

Do one for The Giver, The Exorcist and Forrest Gump.

[@Redwoodtree34567]

Yes,I so agree with the fact that Morgan Freeman officially became the best narrator of all time.I mean I have watched a lot of movies in all my life,being a movie bug ,and being watched all the best movies of all time ,I must say ,this movie , particularly this movie-Shawshank is ,was and will always be my the top favourite and no other film can beat it in future I bet as the writing as we can all see was beyond amazing ,most importantly be it screenplay,direction, cinematography, background score,acting performances,cast,pace,music,dialogues are simply perfect,way too perfect,you don't see a film like this everyday,it comes once in a blue moon,and when it comes my friend it get etched in your heart till you die.This film has got that power even today ,and will will be relevant after years "I hope"... Probably the best.After this movie,Morgan Freeman became by favorite actor and my damn god,his dialogue delivery was just unmatchable.GOD of all movies for me.Its completely my opinion,people who disagree please ignore,thank you.

[@razan8487]

Bruh I literally just watched this like half an hour ago and this vid shows up in my recommended

[@719field]

been waiting for this one

[@simple-commentator-not-rea7345]

Guys, please, PLEASE do a "What's the Difference" for Metro 2033. Do you guys ever do games based on novels? Because if you do I hope you'll do THIS one.

[@jagannathbarman6712]

Simple-Commentator-not-really Also the Witcher series, and the stalker series

[@simple-commentator-not-rea7345]

Jagannath Barman Stalker series would definetly be good, but I'm not sure if they'd have much to work on with The Witcher series. All three games take place after the events of Sapkowski's last Witcher book "Lady of the Lake", they're sort of a sequel to the books.

[@Squiglypig]

Aaaahh... Der Hölle Rache kocht im meinen Herzen.. Excellent choice of music there, CineFix :D

[@markross7385]

Greatest film in my book.

[@balthazaurcustoms5918]

I remember watching this movie when I was six years old and I also remember it making me cry.

[@loganobrien6731]

I like the book more only because the book hints at the possibility Andy may have actually killed his wife. Or at least paid to have her killed

[@Mrmoviefan123]

Fun fact for Spongebob Squarepants fans: Clancy Brown, who played Captain Byron Hadley in this movie, is the voice of Mr. Krabs in Spongebob.

[@KingBoxer119]

Full metal jacket/the short timers

[@Cyprienroche]

Or a "Holyland" manga/drama comparison ^^

[@KingBoxer119]

Randall Flagg The Japanese or Korean drama? either way fuck yeah.

[@thedoncrazephaze5375]

finally a new one!!! love these, plz do more!!!

[@ramone208]

Hey guys can you do what's the difference for these movies? Lord of the Rings the Hobbit Stand by Me American Sniper Black Mass Assassin's Creed the Last Airbender

[@briankentpirrie5228]

ghost in the shell (1995).

[@WarriorsSon]

The Brooks sub plot was needed and added to the movie l guess not everyone agrees but that's cool. The idea of institutional routine.

[@darkngyth]

Could you please do a "what's the difference" on another Stephen King novel The Running Man and how it differs from the Arnold Schwarzenegger movie by the same name? Plus the end of the book is just crazy

[@magpieram]

That one pisses me off. I saw the movie and thought it was OK. Years later, I read the book, and I still rate it as King's best work. Such a great novel, fantastic ending, but that ending can't be done now in a new movie. I've read the book a few times, trying to think of a way for them to end the story in any other way, but can't. It pisses me off they wasted such a great story on a lame Schwarzenegger vehicle.

[@darkngyth]

The end of that book definitely isn't socially acceptable now, but still a very good read. I haven't read a lot of Stephen King's stuff but, out of what I have read I do put the Running Man right up there as some of his better work. It's one of my favorites

[@Cyprienroche]

That would be tough, since it's King's adaptation that differs the most from the source material. It's like 2 completely different stories... (the one that the movie is telling is a complete disaster though, worst SK adaptation for sure) They could do Kubrick's "The Shining" or David Cronenberg's "Dead Zone"

[@MagsPM]

What's the Difference is my favourite Cinefex segment.

[@afrikasmith1049]

Morgan Freeman: Because I'm Irish........

[@adamcastelsay]

Amazing film. Sounds like it might actually be better than the book. Frank Darabont really is a talent.

[@OTCStudios]

Life of Pi - What's The Difference

[@BiscoChocLone]

I love this series. Please please PLEASE do more

[@lukajames35]

Do A what's the difference on Carrie from 1976 and the king novel Carrie

[@twcsproductions]

In the book, Warden Norton's placard reads "His judgement cometh and that right early", in the movie it reads "His judgement cometh and that right soon".

[@sarav9798]

The one thing that always bothered me about this movie is how the tunnel to escape is in a wall rather than the floor. In the scene where they search Andy's cell there is a window on one of the other walls... his cell is not underground, so what is he tunneling through? Love the movie, just a pet peeve I cant seem to shake haha

[@SolarDragon007]

I've never read the book, but I saw the movie for the first time last Christmas, and I LOVED it

[@viniciustferreira0]

guys, do Christine from Stephen King and John Carpenter.

[@magpieram]

They'd have to do "What's the same", then it would be a very short video.

[@zachhillard8737]

now we need that episode on Stephen King's IT and the strange miniseries from 1990. you must do IT. IT is inevitable (because of the impending remake)

[@cartoongeek7492]

Can you do miss peregrines home for peculiar children?

[@darksteelhero1]

I'd love to see a what's the difference on either Thank You For Smoking or A Series of Unfortunate Events. Love you guys

[@83jbbentley]

500 yards!

[@TheChaosDragoness]

Shawshank Redemption is one of my all-time favorite movies actually, thanks for doing this ^^ And since we're on the subject of Stephen King movies compared to the books, you should compare IT to the original book.

[@nth_productions3319]

For a long time I confused this for "The Green Mile"

[@maddiemendoza2740]

Nth_Productions green mile was great but shawshanks better in my opinion

[@the_crypter]

Hekto Shmekto you are goddamn right

[@friendlyfire15]

YASSSSSS I've waited with bated breath for this!!!!

[@msvick66]

Many differences in The Wizard of Oz and the book (as well as speculation about it having hidden meanings to do with the Populist movement related to gold and silver). Another would be Gone With the Wind. I don't know if The Sound of Music was a book (perhaps Maria Von Trapp wrote her story into a book, not sure?), but the differences between what really happened and what is in the movie are fairly big.

[@drby0788]

One of my top 3 movies. I can watch it a million times and never get bored

[@mokthemagicman]

Also note that the original filmed ending had Red riding off on a bus looking for Andy and not knowing if he would ever find him. Fade to black. Glad they re-shot a better ending with a reunion. Focus groups can sometimes help I guess.

[@starwarsvssuperheroesinrea9473]

classic film! haven't read the book and doubt i ever will! but i have watched the film many times and imagine that i will watch it again many more!

[@Kickex]

This is the best series on this channel

[@robindew9072]

The Characters were amazing and iconic. The main three Andy, Red and Brooks were superb.

[@kmjl93]

Hey Cinefix! I wanna suggest doing a What's the Difference video on John Carpenter's 1982 remake of "The Thing" (or 1951's "The Thing From Another World") and John W. Campbell's novella "Who Goes There?" Carpenter's remake was said to be the closest to Campbell's story, and it's the most popular out of the 3 movies based on the book. Can I get a thumbs up so they can see this?

[@earthisabignigga2026]

Crawling through a shit pipe would scare me, like imagine you keep slipping in the shit and can’t move, you’re just stuck there until you die