How Has 'Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children' Been Adapted for the Big Screen?
How do you adapt a book for the big screen? It's a question that every filmmaker wrestles with on occasion, and everyone has a different answer. Some filmmakers choose to stick close to the source material, with the story playing out pretty much how every reader imagined it to. Others do drastic rewrites, with plots and characters changing. The latest example of the latter is Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, a beautiful film by Tim Burton that's based on the New York Times bestseller by Ransom Riggs. As someone who loves both the book and the film, it's time for me to look at the decisions Burton made, analyze them, and explain them. Beware: spoilers follow!
