Libby Morrell's EPQ

  https://www.rottentomatoes.com/critics/chris-stuckmann/movies What I learned: I found a critic's review on Insurgent, proving that the vast majority of top critics did not deem it worthy of the young adult dystopian genre.  How reliable is it?: Chris Stuckmann is a verified movie critic for Rotten Tomatoes who has rated hundreds of films and given his professional and personal opinion to either recommend or discourage people from watching certain things. The general message of his review is reliable as it many other reviews were similar and conveyed the same meaning.  https://www.rottentomatoes.com/critics/source/2790 What I learned: I found a top critical review on Allegiant, which represented the same general views of other top critics. It proved that the books was of a higher standard than what was portrayed in the film.  How reliable is it?: Roxana Hadidi is a verified top critic on Rotten Tomatoes, proving that she has a reliable, professional opinion. Looking...

I managed to complete my Harry Potter case study before Christmas as I expected. I did some in depth analysis of the main characters to see how good the casting was. I looked at negative differences such as the film portrayal of Ginny Weasley. I used the Goodreads' book reviews to compare with the Rotten Tomatoes ratings for each film and the books always came out on top.  This was useful as it allowed me to summarise that whilst the films are enjoyed by audiences, usually the books will receive higher ratings. However, the popularity of the films may have been what drew people to read the books anyway. The film and literature industries have to work hand in hand in order to be a success.  I also started looking at unsuccessful adaptations such as the Divergent trilogy to see how film adaptations can ruin literature. I wanted to find evidence for both sides of the argument.  I have decided not to do any primary research such as a questionnaire due to lack of time througho...