Discuss When Zachary Beaver Came to Town
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How much did they change from the book?
posted by Mrs.peacockSTAFFMOD on December 5, 2018 at 6:30 PM
I am a fan of the book. And I never saw this movie. From what I can tell from the trailer, Zachary doesn't look like an actual fat kid with a less convincing fat suit. When I remenber he wore short sleeve shirts.
And I'm very possitive that Toby and Zachery didn't go on any road trip to find Paulie.
Plus I heard and notice it doesn't take place during the Vietnam War. Cause Zachary wasn't playing a handheld game in the trailer like in the book where he was watching Tv. Cal's brother died in the Vietnam war and here the gulf war.
So am I missing any other details on the changes on the book? Cause from what I learn it looks more than 78% different from the original book which is one of my favorite realistic fiction books.
Reply by tmdb43737777
on December 5, 2018 at 6:32 PM
Its updated with technology and i also dont remember that ride to find paulie but otherwise it seemed pretty close. There were some scenes added for cinematic effect (there's a bit with a train that I think isn't in the book) but mostly I think it tried to be fairly faithful.