After reading The Rescuers by Margery Sharp, I watched the movie on Disney+, and it was enjoyable. But there are many differences, especially the plot and how Miss Bianca in the film is not how I thought she was portrayed in the book. She is elegant yet proud, perhaps a little spoiled especially at first, but she also has a true and kind heart. Miss Bianca in the film is much sweeter and cheerful. She still has the heart to help others, but the film shows her more as a sidekick to Bernard, the janitor mouse, more than as an elegant ambassador mouse who comes from such a lovely place, as she was shown in the book.
I liked both Biancas in the book and movie, but I missed some of the elegance about Miss Bianca in the book. The biggest difference was the plot. The plot in the book involved the rescue of a Norwegian poet from a prison and had more to do with the peril of sneaking into a place with humans and their guard dog. In the book, Miss Bianca and Bernard are on a mission to rescue a Norwegian poet from a prison. It’s a quiet and careful mission with sneaking, and thinking, and lots of danger. In the movie, they are trying to rescue a little girl named Penny from a villainess named Madame Medusa, who is forcing her to find a diamond in a dangerous cave. That made the movie feel more exciting and put more action in the movie.
Miss Bianca in the movie is sweet and brave, but she’s not as fancy as in the book. In the book, I pictured her as very proper and royal. In the movie, she’s kinder and more cheerful, and works well with Bernard. Bernard is also more nervous in the movie, which made him funny. I liked how their friendship grew stronger. I felt bad for Penny in the movie. One of my favorite parts was when Bernard and Bianca flew on the back of Orville the albatross: it was funny. Even though the plot changed a lot, the movie still was similar to the book The Rescuers. I enjoyed both the book and the movie, and I think that in the movie they added more characters for it to be more enjoyable.
I then watched the movie The Rescuers Down Under. At first it was interesting when Cody got pushed into the hole at the start because he could’ve been in a lot of trouble. Then when I heard the hunter showed up with a gun I got scared for Cody.
Then it got intense when the lizard came for Cody and then the hunter kidnapped him. Another part of the movie I was worried about was where all the animals were locked up in a room and when the lizard tried chasing one of the animals for the key.
In the movie I noticed Bernard and Bianca’s love has strengthened. First Bernard and Bianca are at a restaurant to eat, Bernard is nervous because he is thinking about proposing to Bianca. He somehow lost the ring and meanwhile they were told to go on a mission to save a kid named Cody. Then they go on the mission, they start getting closer with each other on the adventure and with each other a lot. Later on in the movie Bernard finally proposes to Miss Bianca after they save Cody, in the end she accepts. In The Rescuers, the villain Madame Medusa is equally evil to the hunter in The Rescuers Down Under.
The villain Madame Medusa captured a little girl named Penny so she could get the Devil Eye Diamond which is also a similar situation with the villain in The Rescuers Down Under. The Hunter comes across a little boy named Cody and kidnaps him so that he can track down Marahute (a rare bird). The difference between the two is that both of the villains want something from the child. In conclusion, The Rescuers Down Under is a very enjoyable movie. It was interesting and I think other people would enjoy this movie.