Differences Between Of Mice And Men

Artistic Beauty I have personally always thought that books have given a story more justice than the movie, and there has only been one incident where that was not true. I believe Of Mice and Men, although banned in literature for many reasons, has both its strengths and weaknesses in movie and book form. I think a book as detailed and filled with dialogue and emotion as this one, needs to not only be read or heard, but seen as well. There are always certain expectations when books are turned into movies. Everyone envisions them differently. In a way there is more pressure for it to be “perfect” then if there wasn’t a story everyone had already read. Many movies fulfill the part, many ruin the storyline completely. I judge very harshly
Some changes bigger than others, some reasonable some irrational, they can all affect the way the film or book is viewed as a whole. For one, the book begins with the two hiding in the brush, while in the movie it begins with the incident in Weed, with the woman in the red dress running scared. Part of me doesn’t like how it technically hasn’t even started, and there are already changes from the book. The other part of me prefers it, due to it getting to the point quicker and inserting the reason they are hiding. It gives the movie a good hook and starts it off in a very eerie way. In the movie, it is also shown that they take a train out of Weed which is never mentioned in the book, which I see as more of a transitional scene to move the story along in the movie. Another difference in the movie was that Curley’s wife was a brunette when in fact she is a blonde. It wasn’t a huge thing that knocked the story off the road but it still is a change between the two. Going off of Curley’s wife, Curley seems to worry more about his wife and George’s relationship than the one of his wife and Slim, like in the book. I did like how one was able to really see what Curley’s wife was like more in the movie than in the book, because not only was there a face to put to her, but you also realize how much more she is looking for companionship and someone to talk
I think although the scene of one of the workers asking Slim if someone else could take his place, is not in the book, it helped the spectators of the film understand more on who Lennie was. It also brought some humor into the movie because he kept stacking and stacking and stacking way more than the rest of them, whilst others needed two people to carry that same load and couldn’t catch up to Lennie’s