I saw the introduction of this film in a magazine four or five years ago, and I started to yearn for it, but I insisted on reading the original book before watching the film. This is also a bad problem I have always had. After reading it, I have to compare it. Usually I don't write movie reviews, or I haven't written for many years. Dare to shoot and be able to restore the important content of the original work to a degree of more than 70%, I think it is already a feat. After all, it is a well-known masterpiece. Although it is made into an English version, it can also be reluctant to imagine the characters in the original work from the light and shadow. Chat for comfort. The original book is indeed fascinating to read, but it is the author's consistent style to be verbose and trivial, but that verbosity and triviality are not the nagging and piling up of bits and pieces. The strength of the author's grasp of the text and the narrative technique are still applauding. Let's talk about the comparison below, and it is unnecessary to say if they match. In terms of casting roles, I have to say that the heroine is very suitable, she performs well, and her strength is in place. There are two male protagonists, but they can better reflect the male protagonist's psychology and situation that change with the ups and downs of life. So the basic characters are fine. Including the choice of key characters and supporting roles is also very good. So the downsides (or to put it euphemistically, the difference from the original), I think there are the following points: 1. The aunt is not sent to the monastery in the movie. The ending to Aunt Fermina in the movie is so vague that it can be said that it is not reflected. But in the original book, because the father knew that the aunt was secretly helping Fermina and Florentino to communicate, and finally sent the aunt to the ship in a rage, which caused the aunt to die in a convent. And this is one of the main reasons why the relationship between Fermina and her father has deteriorated. If this is not shown, the audience cannot well understand the relationship between Fermina and her father, and the formation of Fermina's character. reason. And this plot doesn't take long, even if it's just a word from my father and a scene to show it. She was a very strong, independent, "mule-like" woman with an assertiveness and courage. But she was not born like this. When she was studying in the monastery, she was a pure and weak girl. This actress also performed well, but why did she grow up? Was it only the father who rudely refused them to be together, forcibly taking Fermina to her cousin's house? These are all just objective reasons, and it will be difficult for them to come to fruition if they are not explained in detail. But people don't care about whether they come together or not. She's tough, so tough. 2. The doctor said "Would you be better off marrying Florentino". Fermina's life after marriage was due to the incompatibility between her mother-in-law and her daughter-in-law, the marriage with the doctor was not because of deep love, and the details after marriage. Fermina lived a sweet and disappointed life, and even a little regretful. . So in the movie, the doctor asks Felmina, would it be better for you to marry Florentino? In the original book, this problem did not come from the doctor's mouth, but Fermina's psychological activities. This change may be made because mental activity is the most difficult to express, especially since most of the book is told from Florentino's point of view. But just after the doctor asked this question, the doctor went to the shipping company for sponsorship and met Florentino. Florentino's anxiety and low self-esteem are vividly displayed, and the doctor's arrogant and indomitable attitude is also well-placed, but because of this, it shows a strong provocation, as if the doctor went to Florentino. , but in fact it is just a conflict of their original personalities. In the original book, the doctor had no feelings for Florentino, and never regarded him as his rival in love. I think the way the movie handles it, although it is not exaggerated (otherwise it would violate the original text), it still gives the feeling that the doctor cares a lot, all because the problem is from the doctor's mouth. 3. Cut out several more important roles in the original work, such as: no black female assistant (it seems to be replaced by a young white male assistant, this person is actually very helpful to Florentino's growth ), no telegraph operator Lodario Tugute (a man who had a deep influence on Florentino and who helped him and made him grow in his life. Florentino's growth was not just Under the skirt of a woman, there are also business and life experiences), there is no Belgian photographer Jeremiah de Saint-Amour (it is the death of this man that begins the story of the whole book, his relationship with A black woman is in love, but has been in an underground affair. As his friend Dr. Juvenal Urbino, he also had an unknown affair.) But I can understand that as a movie, it needs to be cut Drop unnecessary characters. But for the black female assistant, I personally think that a few shots can be reserved for her. Probably because of fear of misunderstanding by the audience, the women around Florentino are all his lovers, so he simply replaced the assistant with a young man. But no matter what, if you don't read the original book, you won't be able to understand the deeper meaning and wonderfulness, and you will always feel that Felmina is married for no reason, Ferrantino is a debauched hypocrite, and Dr. Urbino is a traditional good person. In fact, it is not so simple, the original characters are very full. In terms of framing, it can be said that it is still very close. It's just that when young Florentino went out to sea alone, the natural scenery on the way was not fully expressed, so it was difficult for us to see the extraordinary tropical river bank style, and the same when they finally traveled together on the boat. Probably can't find a hippopotamus with a voice like a crying woman.
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