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| == Book vs. Film == | == Book vs. Film == | ||
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| ⚫ | ==='''General Diffrences:'''=== | ||
| *In the movie, the use spells, power amulets and shape-shifting was significanly diminished compared to the book. The Gloom, which was an important background element in the book, was barely used in the movie. The movie's director explained that he never liked magic, so all magical aspects were severely downplayed (which begs the question why that director was hired to do a fantasy movie in the first place.) | *In the movie, the use spells, power amulets and shape-shifting was significanly diminished compared to the book. The Gloom, which was an important background element in the book, was barely used in the movie. The movie's director explained that he never liked magic, so all magical aspects were severely downplayed (which begs the question why that director was hired to do a fantasy movie in the first place.) | ||
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| *On a simular note, The Gloom Moss, which is a significant plot device in the book, is absent from the movie. | *On a simular note, The Gloom Moss, which is a significant plot device in the book, is absent from the movie. | ||
| '''Character Diffrences:''' | ==='''Character Diffrences:'''=== | ||
| *In the book, Tigger was a lively, energetic young woman. In the movie, she was dry and |
*In the book, Tigger was a lively, energetic young woman. In the movie, she was dry and no-nonsense. | ||
| *In the movie, Ignat was a balding, somewhat average-looking man. He was reluctant to seduce Svetlana because he was engaged. In the book, Ignat was a Light Succubi, who, according to Anton, had "a body of a Greek god and a face of a movie star". He was reluctant to seduce Svetlana because she wasn't his type. | *In the movie, Ignat was a balding, somewhat average-looking man. He was reluctant to seduce Svetlana because he was engaged. In the book, Ignat was a Light Succubi, who, according to Anton, had "a body of a Greek god and a face of a movie star". He was reluctant to seduce Svetlana because she wasn't his type. | ||
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| '''Plot Diffrences:''' | ==='''Plot Diffrences:'''=== | ||
| *The opening scene of the movie wasn't in the book, nor was it ever mentioned or alluded to. | *The opening scene of the movie wasn't in the book, nor was it ever mentioned or alluded to. | ||
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The first part of a fantasy trilogy by bestselling Russian author Sergey Lukyanenko.
Characters:
Light Others
- Anton Gorodetsky (Light Mage, Category 3)
- Boris Ignatyevich/Geser (Grand Light Mage)
- Svetlana (Grand Light Sorceress)
- Olga (Grand Light Sorceress)
- Semyon (Light Mage)
- Lena/Tigger (Shifter-Mage)
- Bear (Shifter-Mage)
- Ignat (Light Succubis)
- Garik (Light Mage)
- Igor (Light Mage, Category 3)
Dark Others
- Zavalun (Grand Dark Mage)
- Alyssa Donnikova (Dark Witch)
- Kostya (High Vampire)
- Unnamed High Vampiress
Unaffiliated
- Maxim (Inquisitor, Category 2)
- Yegor (potential Mage. Leans towards the Dark, but hasn't chosen sides yet)
The success of the 2004 film very loosely based on this novel has caused much comment in the west. 20th Century Fox have acquired foreign distribution rights for the film and are discussing the funding of sequels.
Book vs. Film
General Diffrences:
- In the movie, the use spells, power amulets and shape-shifting was significanly diminished compared to the book. The Gloom, which was an important background element in the book, was barely used in the movie. The movie's director explained that he never liked magic, so all magical aspects were severely downplayed (which begs the question why that director was hired to do a fantasy movie in the first place.)
- On a simular note, The Gloom Moss, which is a significant plot device in the book, is absent from the movie.
Character Diffrences:
- In the book, Tigger was a lively, energetic young woman. In the movie, she was dry and no-nonsense.
- In the movie, Ignat was a balding, somewhat average-looking man. He was reluctant to seduce Svetlana because he was engaged. In the book, Ignat was a Light Succubi, who, according to Anton, had "a body of a Greek god and a face of a movie star". He was reluctant to seduce Svetlana because she wasn't his type.
- Boris Ignatyevich's dry, sarcastic wit, which characterized him throughout the book trilogy, is all but absent in the movie.
Plot Diffrences:
- The opening scene of the movie wasn't in the book, nor was it ever mentioned or alluded to.
- In the movie, Anton Gorotskiy visited a witch in hopes that she would use magic to get his wife back. In the book, this incident toook place in the beginning Day Watch, the second installment of the trilogy, except in that case, a woman named Natasha asked a witch to help her get her husband back.
- In the movie, the vampiress ensnared Yegor while he was at an Aqua Park. In the book, she ensnared him when he is returning from swimming lessons.
- In movie, Anton tried to destroy an invisible vortex using a flashlight-like gadget. In the book, he destroyed a visible (at least to him) vortex using an amulet.
- In the movie, Anton fought the vampires in an abandoned warehouse. After a hard, gruesome fight, Anton managed to kill the vampire by smashing his head against the sink. Anton barely survived. In the book, Anton fights the vampires in a deserted alley. He killed the vampire by triggering The Stamp, an invisible magical artifact that all "registered" vampires must wear. He temporarely incapacitates the vampiress by throwing leftover votka in her face. Anton was unharmed during the confrontation.
- In the movie, a passager plane threatened to crash into a neighborhood do to the large Dark Vortex formed around Svetlana. In the book, the incident took place two years before. The plane actually wound up crashing into the neighborhood thanks to (as Anton put it) "bueracratic loophole". In the book, Dark Vortex formed around Svetlana threatened to cause a disaster of nuclear proportions unless itcould be "defused" in fourty-eight hours.
- In the movie, Olga can change from an owl to a human at will. In the book, she can only change into a human for thirty minutes per day.
- In the movie, Yegor's mother was single. In the book, Yegor's parents were distant, but married.
- In the book, Anton gives Yegor a detailed explanation of what The Others were and how Night Watch and Day Watch fit into the plot. In the movie, the explanation is significantly shortened, leaving out a number of important plot points.
- In the movie, Bear and Tigger have a romantic relationship. In the book, they are just friends.
- In the movie, Ignat fails to seduce Svetlana because his heart wasn't in it. In the book, he actually succeeds, but he's recalled when Night Watch realizes that his actions cause the Dark Vortex to grow.
- In the movie, Dark Vortex is represented by a cloud of ravens. In the book, Dark Vortex is presented as, well, a vortex.
- Most of the conversation between Anton and Svetlana is cut out. This significantly damages the plot-line, since without the missing portions of the conversation, the viewer has no idea why she had a sudden change of heart.
- The movie and the book have very diffrent versions of the final battle on the roof. In the movie, Zavalun arrives on the roof via an elevator. He produces a sword from his spine and fights Anton in hand-to-hand combat. For a while, their skills seem matched. The fight is abrubtly interrupted when Yegor is put in harm's way. Anton was seconds away from killing him. In the book, Zavalun teleports on the scene, with Alyssa and an unnamed male Dark Witch in tow. Tigger (who was in her tiger form at the time) attacks Zavalun's underlings. Bear attacks the vampiress. Ilya (who wasn't on the roof in the movie version) uses an amulet to launch a snake-like magical construct at Zavalun. Meanwhile, Anton notices that Yegor (who vanished into the Gloom's second layer moments before) When he returned, Zavalun managed to defeat the construct. After morphing into a more powerful demon form, Zavalun tried to enthrall Anton. Thanks to Yegor, he didn't get very far. Zavalun morphed into yet another demonic form, threatening to kill all the Light Others on the roof. But before he could do anything, Ilya activated a magical barrier powerful enough to stop Zavalun in his tracks.
- In the movie, Yegor is Anton's son. In the book, they aren't related. (Sergey Lukyaninko explained that this change was a result of a "glitch" in the script)
- In the movie, the Dark Vortex was destroyed by stage-light-like gizmos mounted on Semyon's van. In the book, it's destroyed after Svetlana's change of heard caused it to "deflate" enough for Olga to be able to use her powers to wipe out out for good.
- In the movie, Alyssa showed Yegor and Anton that back in 1991, Anton was willing to kill Yegor (who was an unborn child at the time). This effectively led Yegor to choose the Dark. In the book, Alyssa forced Anton to tell Yegor the whole truth. This forced Anton to reveal that Yegor was manipulated by the Light Others for the sake of greater good. Yegor leaves the roof, disgusted with both the Light and the Dark.
http://www.rusf.ru/lukian/english/ - author's official site
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0403358/ - IMDB entry for the film
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