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I remember that there was a notice in front of the novel saying that it was very convenient to buy small turtles in the UK in the past. But because they packed the baby turtles in crates, the storage conditions were very poor, they were shipped from Africa, and there were a lot of deaths, and the government later banned this inhumane business.
It turns out that this novel is about a kind of nostalgia. Miss a small pet. That's why there is such a crazy story that two old men and old women are connected because of tortoises.
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The movie has changed a lot, it has to add a lot of space, first of all, a change in the narrative. Originally, the novel was very simple, a single-line narrative of the old man and the old lady. The film adds a narrative line, with the comedian as a neighbor telling his own daughter the story of the old man and the old woman. It is a narrative shuffling, or blending. The effect cannot be said to be good or bad.
A powerful third party, a selfish egoist, keeps the film alive. Increased our sympathy for Mr. Hoppy, played by Hoffman. There is a stronger sense of substitution.
But it is also the biggest change to the original. For example, because this third party will suddenly come to Mr. Money's house to check the room. The main creator's handling is more daring than Dahl. The doorbell rang just after dinner. It is conceivable that Mr. Hopi has just put all the tortoises in the house in the kitchen. A romance novel turned into a farce.
The change at the end is also very big. Although it is also a perfect ending, he added a false failure. That is to say, the third party discovered Mr. Hopi's conspiracy and reported it, and the love between the two failed.
But in the last scene, the old woman suddenly confessed to Mr. Hopi that she had a crush on him for a long time. The two then reached a peaceful understanding. This is simply missing from the original. There is no such gang in the original work, and no old lady takes the initiative to attack.
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