Question: Are you more impressed with the film or the story? Why?
I thought that both the movie and the reading were good; but I have to say that I overall I liked the story better. I think that it was a little more focused on Thomas and Victor's relationship and it did not make Victor look or seem so bitter and hateful and did not make Thomas look like such a nerd that everyone hated, in the reading it mentioned it but not so drastic. The reading did not go into detail about Victor's father being alcoholic or the abuse that Victor encountered as a child. As for Thomas, the way that his parents died was vastly different as well, in the movie they died in a fire caused by Victor's father, whereas in the story the father died in the war and his mother while giving birth to Thomas.
I also like the story more because when I read it, I liked how it reflected on the memories that Thomas and Victor had a children, and when you read the memories, it seems like Victor is happy about the memories that he and Thomas had, and that Victor understands that when he was young he was not a good person to Thomas. He even mentions that he is sorry for some of his actions. After reading the story I think that Victor really wanted to hang out and be friends with Thomas once again and truly felt sorry for the way he was as a child/teen. In the movie, by the end, I thought to myself that Victor was coming around and was starting to feel bad for how he was towards Thomas. I guess I just liked how I got more closure in the reading than the film.
All in all, I think that they were both interesting, books and stories are usually always better than a film in my opinion, so I am not surprised that that I like the story better.
Hi Emily -
ReplyDeleteI have to respectfully disagree with you on the point that Thomas was not as disrespected in the reading. I felt he was more disliked and disrespected in the reading. When Victor was beating him up none of their peers stopped the fight. They all teased Thomas for his "shortcomings". No one wanted to listen to his stories. Thankfully Victor apologized for how brutal he had been to Thomas, but he stated at the end of the story he knew they could never be friends.
I did appreciate how the reading included the flashbacks regarding their close friendship as children.
Thank you,
Sarah Baker
Emily,
ReplyDeleteThe story did seem like Victor was more soft on Thomas than the movie. Normally I like book stories better than movies, but this time I liked the movie. I'm glad you enjoyed the written version. But I do agree with you that all in all, both movie and written version were interesting.
I have to agree with you on that I usually enjoy the story or book more than the film. But this time I enjoyed the film much more than the story. With the story it ended so soon, while the film was a great amount more and much more interesting to me. With the film you got a much more happy ending than the story with Thomas and Victor coming closer together. I must say I enjoy my happy endings makes the story or film that much better.
ReplyDeleteHi Emily, I have to agree with you. All in all both the film and movie was interesting. However, I thought that in the movie Victor would definitely start to hang around Thomas again and squash any differences they had. In the story, it stated that Victor knew that he couldn't really be friends with Thomas, even after all that happened. "It was cruel but it was real".(pg 74) Then, I figured that was the reason why he gave Thomas half the ashes, because deep down he knew that things would stay the same. I like hearing different view points on the film and reading. It was really good overall. enit. I'm just kidding. That word was the only thing that annoyed me throughout the movie.
ReplyDeleteHello, I like how you started out with a question, it immediately hooked me to keep reading. You have provided enough details. I liked your essay.
ReplyDeleteWhat you need to work on is Citing examples more, be more specific, towards your statement.
What’s strong about the essay? It is strong because you state your opinion, and back it up.
You also state which on you liked best, and explain it well.
Thanks, I like reading you thoughts.
Thanks, Lesley