Of Mice and Men: The Movie

Blog of 11-15

Prompt: 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?

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 think that the director told us about the incident in weed differently because in the book it got brought up in a conversation while the movie started off with it. I think that the point that the director was trying to get through was how your past can follow you because in the movie it gets brought up multiple times. I think that the director was trying to let us know what happened before because the incident is what brought them to where they are now.

          I think that the director would do this because it helps to show how everything you do can follow you. I think that it helps to show the ambiance and because in a book you can't tell all things but if you see it you can know what is going on with every little detail. I think that the director was making a bold choice because by doing so he was sort of messing with the plot but not completly. In conclusion I believe that he was trying to tell the story but still try to keep it myseterious.

          I believe that I did not like the choice of Curley's wife because she wasn't what I invisioned. I think that Curleys wife should have been a blonde person and I think that someone who would have been perfect for the role would have been Kristen Chenowlth. I think this because she has blonde hair and is a very fun person. I have viewed multiple productions with Kristen and usually she plays a niaeve person and I think that she would have been a better fit. I liked the other girl (Sharilynn Fenn) however she was not what I invisioned.

          In conclusion I believe that the book was really good. The reasons why I liked this book are because the book was very short but yet very well written. The book was short at the point that in the movie the director was able to inlcude most of the scenes and some extra. Another reason why I think this book was well written because I was able to tell what all the words were. I also think that this book was well written because in the book they used words that made you feel like you were actually there.