Of Mice and Men vs Movie 5/11

Prompt : 1. 1.In the film, the director shows us “the incident in Weed” differently from how we find out in the book. What’s different? Why do you think he chose to do it that way? How does it change the story?The book begins with the “stage” set by the pond. In the film, we see George on a train first. Why would the director do this? What is the director telling us about George’s life? 3. What do you think of the director’s choice of Sharilynn Fenn to play Curley’s wife? Does she look the way you imagined her in the book? Whom would you have chosen?
 


     I believe the director changed this scene in the movie from the books so that it would  make it easier for the movie goer to know why they had to move to a new place of work. As well many people would have found it confusing if they just saw that they were arriving at a new ranch. As well they would find it kind of awkward if George just began to complain that he never had time for himself.  As well it should that George truly cared for Lennie as much risking his live to get him out of trouble. It also sets the tone of the movie because it shows that it is not happy but that all problems have their solution.


                   The director of the movie of mice and men made the movie start in the train because he wanted the person watching the movie to know that they are constantly all over the country for many reasons.  It makes it so that we know George's live is very difficult and has to take care of another human being that is not related to him.  It also shows the reader that they close friends and George is more mature one because he is the one that takes care of Lennie. Another could be that he wanted the audience to she where they are coming from and how they arrived to the ranch. As well the director could have just done it to show the reader a different opening to the book that could be better and more interesting to him to the viewer so they could see his prospective.

                     I believe that Sherilyn Fenn was chosen for the role of Curley's wife because she fit the role and she was a talented actress.  She played Curley's wife the way I imagined Curley's wife would react to certain situation.  She could be kind and nice when she wanted but bitter and cold when the time cold for it. If I had to cast a new actress to play Curley's wife it would most likely be Scarlet Johnson. I think she would be perfect for the role because Curley's wife is not shown to be tall and neither is Scarlet Johnson. As well Curley's wife is depicted as a good looking woman and I personal believed that she had blonde hair which Scarlet Johnson has both things.  Final reason is that Scarlet Johnson is as well a very talented actress she has been acting for nearly two decades, so she has experience.


                     I really enjoyed reading Of Mice and Men and the movie because they were both  captivating. A reason I liked the book was that it told a very realistic story about the live of a migrant worker. Another reason that I like the book is the way that John Steinback describes the setting and how the foreshadowing is not notice able but after you think about at the end it makes complete sense. One reason that I enjoyed the movie was that it stayed faithful to the movie and the changes that it made were for the better so that it could be more interesting at times. I also enjoyed the watching movie because it showed the emotional parts of the book that might be hard to understand.

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