“This is What it Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona”

The biggest difference from the movie and the written version would be in the opening of the movie, which was the fire scene, because in the written version thst scene was not in it. i really liked how the movie started with their childhood; it gave me very good information, and shows good details on how the boys grew up. i think that the scene and how Arnold couldn't save his friends from the fire was a big impact in the movie. It gave him guilt and i think led him in thr wrong way to becoming an alcoholic. Who also left his wife and son at a very young age. I just think that in the written version without that scene i wouldn't have really understood the movie. that scene made it way more dramatic, and you could feel the heartbreak in the movie where you couldn't feel it in the written version. With that fire it changed those boys' life's dramatically. they both had to grow up with no father figure and both had many of the same problems but dealt with them in different ways.
Another difference to me bewteen the movie and the written version was how they so differently protruded Victor and Thomas's relationship. in the movie Victor was annoyedand didnt understand Thomas and in the written version it didn't seem like their relationship was that bad. In the movie they took a bus ride, which they would of had to be around each other for a long time and got a chance to talk about their feelings and time to start a bond an a understanding of each other. While in the written version they took a plane, which wouldn't give them barley anytime to bond and start a relationship.So i really would prefer the movie over the written version becasuse it gave me a clearer understanding of the story.