Haven't read the original. Comparing the 1931 one with the 1941 one, except for the similarity in the plot + lines of the same original work, I accidentally discovered some changes in this one. Let the high and low stand out. It's a little hard to believe that the floating two years ago also came from him. It was in the era of big studios, so was it forced to make a big cast romance movie?
In the 31-year-old movie version, the male protagonist has a frank and lovely personality. When the prodigal girl Ivy kissed him, he did not take the initiative to make fun of him afterwards. He is a scientist with an open temperament. Although he discusses the rather philosophical issue of the struggle between the two extremes of human nature: the pursuit of beautiful virtues and the primitive desire for impulsive savagery.
In the 41-year-old film version, the male protagonist's appearance is extremely poor, and he does not show his amazing academic achievements and chivalrous heart (all of these 31-year-old versions have been shown, and they are very popular), and they are not very clever at the dinner table but quite arrogant. Expounded that if he can break the shackles of rational virtues and primitive desires, it is a scientific miracle. Seems stupid and unreasonable. In addition, what expresses the essential change is that the male host and the prostitute meet and flirt. Obviously a person who has the potential for malpractice before transforming. At the same time, the film's handling of his real fiancee is also quite marginal, not as deep as the 31-year version of mutual love. 31 years old, 10,000 points in love words skills!
In terms of love, jekyll's love with his fiancée was blocked, which was also the reason why the 31st and 41st editions prompted his research. In the 31st version, their strong love for each other was the source of jekyll's pain when he was awake, and it also made the final farewell so heartbreaking, especially before the fiancée was bravely defending in front of his father. The previous confession to God's sorrow was so moving.
And the 41-year-old fiancee finally questioned whether you don't love me anymore... This led to a qualitative change, which made their tragic ending just one of the thousands of couples who couldn't resist external reasons and separated their lovers.
Version 41 added a scene where jekyll did an experiment to separate the good and the bad, and also added a montage of the hallucinations he subjectively produced when he was transformed. Two women were added in it, which also showed the feeling of erotic entanglement. It can only be said that through this, it can be seen that the 41st edition creator's understanding of the struggle of human nature is nothing but an old man's mundane and practical struggle.
The 41st edition opens, a person after PTSD becomes a blasphemous person, thus letting the people around him see the evil side. come on...isn't the definition of evil in 41 itself too religious? ! At the end, the old butler, who had persuaded the male protagonist to go to the dance bar to relax, actually read the religious text of rest. So ironic. Can't help but wonder if the creator of this film is also quite hypocritical.
The poor face-changing effect is also speechless. In 31 and a half years, at least a dedicated person has turned into a disgusting orangutan, and the male protagonist of the 41st version is surprised in front of the mirror, but I can't see any difference. My eyebrows and hair have grown longer? ! ? ! At the same time, the special effects of changing faces are almost the same as ten years ago. It seems that the development of photography technology is not always rapid.
In addition, through comparison, we also found the originality of the 31-year version.
One is elegant and refined, the other is extremely ugly, and it is also for the audience to have more sympathy and identification with jekyll, and hate the beast-like hyde. Since the 1941 version is not very different, although it can innovate a new bridge that makes Ivy feel that the two are similar and feel even more desperate, it is not as good as the 31 version. In fact, in the 31st edition, in the early days, jekyll often went out and couldn't find anyone and was complained by the old housekeeper, which means that he often took the initiative to drink transformation medicine to find ivy in the early days, but the 31st edition handled it indifferently, which also made the audience feel no hypocrisy about the positive character jekyll. Didn't hate him either. In the 41st version, the two are similar, and because hyde has not changed much, he has become a wicked big demon with a sinister way of laughing and hiding a knife in a psychopathic way. Very disgusting. The most unlikable adaptation is that at the end, facing the accusation of a friend, the exposure of the crime, in the process of changing from jekyll to hyde, the male protagonist actually lied. Yu made him a hypocritical person with an ugly heart. At this point, I feel 300% more distressed than Ivy as a bergman compared to the 31 version of Ivy!
There is also a bit of discomfort. The 31st version of jekyll drank the medicine and confessed his experience in front of his friends, and even said leisurely, i warned you even as hyde... This is the 31st version that has never been in harmony between the two. Two-for-one evidence. Chilling discovery, did Dr. Jekyll condone Hyde? ! Although the film does not discuss their struggles when they switch to each other, it seems to imply that jekyll and hyde are simply different forms of the same soul, jekyll, and version 31 is the way the two souls deal with each other.
In terms of many artistic details of the plot, the 31st edition is highly impressive. This is the difference between strength and level in film and television adaptation.
The mirror in Ivy's apartment. Finally, Ivy hopes to start life again. When she meets another jekyll, she can clearly see Hyde in the mirror and see the door come in. This sudden change makes both her and the audience feel hopeless and disillusioned. Although version 41 is also of this structure, the degree of implementation is much worse. Can't help but be a little disappointed with the Oscar director.
Hyde's body is flexible, in the bar, in the apartment scene where Ivy is bullied, and in the final fight scene. At the end, jekyll left muriel and turned into hyde by leaning on the pillar with his back to the audience. We clearly saw the expansion of his stature, and there was another angle to show hyde's complete animality and savagery. Very shocking, the tragic ending of this mountain and rain is very distressing.
In addition, in terms of costume art, the 31st edition has many charming and beautiful clothes. Ivy's image of a prostitute has many clothes that show the beauty of the body, and many lace and low-cut. And even muriel showed his neckline, looking like a rich woman.
I don't know if the 41 edition is because of the social environment at that time, and there is no prominent place for art clothing.
In the conversation with friends, it can reflect jekyll's belief and persistence in science, and can give quite classic rhetoric for kerosene street lamps. As a whole, the lines are very powerful. It is this kind of work that will make the audience think about the boundaries of science and the existence of religious beliefs after reading the original work. Although the ending is quite traditional, it is the fall of a man who dared to challenge science.
The original should be in the same sci-fi genre as Frankenstein, but Frankenstein adds a layer of lonely torture to what the soul is.
In short, the adaptation of the 31st edition reveals that the creator is full of middle-class self-righteousness and nothing new in terms of values. It can be regarded as revealing its ugliness in a very hypocritical way. There is also a score of 6.9 on IMDB that I can't understand.... In the
end, based on "because I don't have more time to write shorter letters", there is always fish and verbosity in streamlining, and you can't just waste the audience's time! ! The 31 version is nearly 20 minutes longer than the 41 version, and then hehehehe.
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