After reading the original book "The Flesh of Evil" and then looking back at the movie "The Bright Years", it is a very wonderful adaptation. "Bright Young People" is not a complete rendition of the original novel, but selectively tells the story of the main character group "the Bright Young People" in the book. And the movie does not use the original title "Vile Bodies" but instead uses the title "The Bright Young Things" with the title of "bewitching teenagers". The original novel is a group drama that runs through the two age groups of middle-aged and young people, while the film uses almost all the brush and ink to describe these young people in their early twenties. And Uncle Fried also made an adaptation of the original book that fits the theme of the movie very well. Uncle Fried Cut off most of the scenes of the adults in the original work, leaving only the key scenes that interact with the protagonist. At the same time, he expanded the stories of several young people except the protagonist. Among them, Miles (played by Mr. Xin) The expansion and Simon (a US Decoration) The adaptation of the lines is exquisite. Since I am a teacher of Xin, I have a strong focus on the role of Miles when I haven't read the original book. However, in fact, Miles is a relatively dissociated character with Agatha in the original text. The two of them They have their own unique colors, so after Miles fled and Agatha died of illness, the two still had their fragrance flowing in the text after they left the stage early. Unfortunately, these two beautiful children are not the protagonists, so I describe them in the text. There are still irresistible deficiencies. Therefore, when I watched the movie after reading the original book, I had to admire the wonderful adaptation of Uncle Fried. If the original book is to tell readers that Miles is a base, the film is to get Miles' sexual orientation out of the audience, and at the same time let the audience see how cute this gorgeous teenager is, Miles seems to be made up of two elements, a candy-sweet cuteness and a base that mixes alcohol and tobacco flavors. Due to the deduction of the roles of the adults, the movie has no time to deepen the emotional conflicts of the protagonists. The original work is a group drama and the background factors of the times make the emotional entanglements of the protagonists relatively thin and calm, while the movie Tilt up the calm sea, and let the turbulent sea set off huge waves. The original work actually has a relatively beautiful but vicissitudes of life ending, and the adapted ending is even more interesting and conflicting. The "sad" ending not only makes the protagonists happy, but also adds a new layer of comedy and irony to the film. I don't think the adaptation of the glorious years can be called "excellent", but should be called "subtle". The script does not deviate from the deep thinking of the original work, and at the same time as a movie, it has the profound dramatic quality of the movie. Maybe some viewers think that the movie is still not as profound and superficial as the original book, but to me, the movie is an excellent way to show us the chaotic, complicated, extravagant and decadent pre-war high society through the eyes of decadent and glorious teenagers. kaleidoscope.
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