I Am Number Four, Perfect Combo

Authors Note: In this piece I will be demonstrating how the text transfers from the book I Am Number Four to the movie.

Have you ever read a book and later to find out that someone is making a movie on it and thought that this movie was going to be worse than the book like always? That's what I thought was going to happen in the book/movie I Am Number Four written by Pitticus Lore. But to my surprise I thought that they did a fantastic job sticking to the main plot in the book and having most of the senses in the movie too. And that is why I think that text transfers very well in this story.

Although in the book it might describe the characters more well with adjectives in the movie they are exactly what I expected them to be after reading the book. I was also very surprised that they even used some of the same quotes straight out of the book! So here is a brief description on how the book goes.

 John Smith (Four) is one of nine children from the planet Lorien living somewhere on earth with an adult guardian. All nine were sent away to grow up in safety, allowing them the time required to develop special powers called legacies. Here on earth we call that puberty. Once fully mature they are to return to Lorien and save the planet. A charm protects them so that in order to kill all 9 of the children they must be killed in order.

At the beginning of both the book and the movie Three has been killed by the Mogorians.After Henri (John's Guardian) found out that three has been killed he stepped up their security measures and moved from sunny Florida to the not so Paradise city named Paradise, Ohio.

In addition one of the major difference in the book to the movie is when Henri gets a magazine on Mogadorians and goes to the house it was sent out at he gets kidnapped and locked up there. After a chapter or so John and his best friend Sam come to rescue Henri. Once they rescued him they had to make a getaway because three Mogadorians saw them and started chasing John, Sam, and Henri. They made there getaway because John developed his first legacy and teleported them to safety.

This major turning point in the book which I thought was probably the climax was not included in the movie at all. Besides that the I Am Number Four movie was one of the best pictures that had almost perfect text transfer from the book to the movie. And that is why this book and movie series was one of the all time best combinations.