Freak The Book And Movie Comparison

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Freak The Mighty Book and Movie Comparison
When famous books are turned into movies, many things are changed: characters, settings, and plot. Freak The Mighty is no exception. There were many things changed in Freak The Mighty. But, there were things that stayed the same as well. Here are some differences and similarities in between the book of Freak the Mighty and the movie of The Mighty.
Things are changed from books to movies because they must fit the entire book into two hours or less. So, some things will be left out. In the book, Freak and Max first met in Preschool. However, there was no talk in the movie about preschool at all. In the movie, Freak met Max when Max was watching him with his ornithopter and Freak caught him doing that.

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