Stand By Me

Comparing the first train  scene from Stephen Kings novella The Body to the same scene in Stand By Me, I believe that the adaptation in the film was successful. In the novella the character models are completely different that in the film. They come off as more adult like in the novella but I feel like the portrayal of them in the movie was better. Instead of Gordie being the one to pull Teddy off the tracks it was Chris. This worked in the directors favour to change The roles, I feel it made the characters of Chris and Gordie more believeable. Overall the scene was successful in my opinion.