Seeing that the first few of the hot comments are highly opinionated about the character's plot, and the angle is pressing, the words are fierce, and there is a tendency to criticize the street, it can be seen that the hatred is all, and it is inevitable to feel sad for the story.
In fact, it is understandable. After all, the original novel did not win all the praise. While Safran was busy collecting awards and honors, he also had a lot of infamy behind him. To put a literary work with such a polarized evaluation on the big screen, its courage is commendable, but it will inevitably face many bottlenecks. But there is no doubt that Eric Ross is an extremely astute screenwriter, and the way he handles the story, and the pros and cons of the final stage of the work, has room for discussion.
Friends who have read the original work must understand that this is a work with a very high degree of visualization. The difficulty of adapting it into a film and television drama is not at the level of consciousness, but in the writing style: one is the complex narrative structure, which goes against the time of the film and television drama. It is more difficult to express concreteness with images than words; the second is the multiple themes, the novel can have mixed arguments, but as a movie, it must have a fixed focus; third, especially, it is about the little boy Oscar in the original book. The investigation of the unrestrained inner world, the difficulty here is only greater than that of Genet's Speyway.
How to do? Eric's adaptation has two advantages that are particularly eye-catching, one is that his vision is particularly shrewd, and the other is that his methods are very old-fashioned. In terms of narrative and theme, the original novel is a mixed interlude of three stories, with Oscar, grandpa and grandma as the main narrative, and the themes correspond to the 9/11 terrorist attack, World War II and the present. Eric's way of handling it is pretty insane. First of all, we decided to use "Oscar·911 terrorist attack" as the only theme, because both in terms of length and emotion, Oscar's story is the protagonist of three stories. On the other hand, even from a speculative point of view, the 911 terrorist attack Being a themed event also has distinct advantages. Then, the remaining two stories are simply omitted. There is no affection, no inseparability, although it is amazing, no matter how much you think about it, you can't find a better way. I believe that since Eric adapted the novel into a script, it is also out of love for the story. After the theme is determined, there are sidelines that are not highly related to them. The embodied "Sixth District", which was introduced in one chapter in the original novel, is equally witty and interesting) is also not left, and it must be difficult to separate from emotion, but it is enough to show the basic quality of a playwright. There are many benefits to this approach, but ultimately the main one is bridging the way the film industry operates. Creating a complete dramatic conflict around a distinct theme is a panacea in terms of structure and form. On the one hand, it enhances the pertinence of the theme, and on the other hand simplifies the difficulty of film production. No matter which aspect, it is in terms of image strength and production technology. and post-market articles.
Of course, with such drastic trimming, the defects of the output are also essential. There are two main aspects: first, the tone of the original work has been changed, from a deep family story to a post-911 scar art work, there must be something missing in what it wants to express, and it is difficult for the audience to resonate with the limited emotional expression; second , a lot of stories about grandpa, grandma, and even Oscar have been deleted, resulting in a huge hole in the character image, and it is even difficult to gain a foothold. It is difficult for audiences who have not read the original work to form a persuasive force, which is also a poor perception of the audience. main factor.
But in any case, if you don't consider the elements of the play, from the perspective of the original work, the degree of reduction of the movie is also very high. The basic image presentation does not need to be repeated. What is interesting is that although the general audience's evaluation, whether it is applauded or critical, mainly uses 911 as the argument, but in fact 911 is not the core of the original story - at this point the film It is handled very delicately. Even if the 9/11 scars have been established as the theme, many foreshadowings and answers in the original book are also reflected to a considerable extent in the movie. There are too many silent atmospheres that are not created through specific words. Pain, grief, and the original restoration of the ingenuity of literary craftsmen into the film are really surprising places.
In the end, I love the story of the original novel, so I don’t hesitate to give it five points, of which Oscar’s story is worth three points, and the story of grandpa and grandma is worth one point each, so the movie can only be given three points.
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