Are you more impressed with the film or the story? Why?
After reading the story and comparing it with the film version, It's unfortunate to say that the video was a lot better. Usually the written version is much better than the video because in most cases the video usually leaves out a lot of key points or does not go into too much detail about on the characters backgrounds.
I would say that the video version did exaggerate a lot when it came to telling this story, like how Thomas parents died in a fire when in the story his father had died while in WW2 and his mother died while giving birth to him. Also, the movie mentions how Victor's father left because of guilt of accidentally killing Thomas parents by causing a fire in a house. When Victor and Thomas leave to Phoenix, in the movie it showed that they left on buss where as in the story they went on plane.
They way that Victor was depicted in the movie, it showed him with so much anger and hatred in which he took out with many people. He was not the most pleasant person to be around with since he was going through so much. Thomas was depicted in the story as someone that was annoying to everyone in which no one wanted to be around with where as in the movie it seemed that people were please to listen to his stories no matter how cheesy they might have sounded.
One key character that was missing in the story was the women who was the neighbor of Victor's father when he lived in Phoenix. I'm not too sure if I find the story to be better than the movie at all, I feel that the movie went more into depth with building character background and explaining why Victor's behavior was the way it was. Yes things were exaggerated but I felt it gave more to the story that was written. The story seemed a little boring compared to the movie.
Hi Jaime - I agree with you I also favored the movie over the reading. I too felt the movie offered a more understanding reason for Arnold Joseph leaving the reservation and his family. I felt the movie offered a deeper insight into the relationships between the characters. I enjoyed reading your thoughts.
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Sarah Baker
Hey Jaime. How are you? I have to disagree with you. I thought the story was just as good as the film. I felt like they went hand in hand. It was nice to see in the film the relationship that Thomas and Victor had, I liked the fire story and the reasons Victor was angry and had some animosity towards Thomas. I also like the story. The film made me think that Thomas was very spiritual and the story confirmed it. The story kind of answered my questions that I had when I finished the film. Like is Thomas that type of person that is a little weird but has spiritual insights? Over all I think both film and movie was entertaining.
ReplyDeleteI think that the movie was much more entertaining than the story but I also think that when it is on paper you can have a clear understanding of there exact dialogue and what is going on. I think that the movie did a good job at explaining why there Thomas and Victors relationship is the way it is. Good job.
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ReplyDeleteI agree that this particular movie gave a great more information and detail than the story. I was able to really connect with the characters while watching their behaviors. The story really confused me, because of all the differences from the movie, and then I realized that the story is Thomas' alternate view of reality of what happened on the journey. He changed all the people in his life to likeable people, even Victor! I liked the story better, especially reading how Thomas was very prophetic. I'm not even sure that's a word!
Thanks, Carrie