Why Is The Outsiders Movie Like The Book

The movie “The Outsiders” is based off the book by S.E Hinton. Where a group of kids from the east side of rural, Oklahoma have hard lives. From their parents being dead or not even caring about their kids, Because of this these poor kids from the east side have made friendships that can't be broken. Which the soc’s are jealous of because they don't have any feelings or emotions going through them because their parents are barely home.
So basically The movie started off when Ponyboy got jumped by the greasers after he was walking home from the movies. Just like what it said in the book. a little farther in the movie they went to a drive-in movie where they met Cherry and Marcia. Which is when trouble started to form in the book and the movie. When the movie was over Ponyboy and johnny were walking them home until all of a sudden their boyfriends who were riding in a blue mustang got out and made Cherry and Marcia leave. When ponyboy came home to Darry who was really mad …show more content…
People say that the acting is bad but I really think that it was good acting. I also liked how they changed things around in the movie and those things were better than what was in the book. Another reason why I liked the movie was because they didn't confuse the watcher with quotes that they made you figure out the meaning too. They just said straightforwardly what the theme was and didn't really challenge the viewer's brain which makes it more enjoyable to watch. Therefore I wouldn't change any of the actors out except for Dally because He is way more mean and rude in the Movie than the book.
In conclusion, I think that the Outsiders book and the Outsiders movie had many similarities along with a lot of differences that made the movie better than the book. From Ponyboy getting shoved to the floor or Dally pointing a gun at a doctor's face this book as a good general story behind it. Which makes this movie one of my favorite novels that became a