Never watch horror movies. Watching it purely because I just finished reading the original book, "The Woman in Black" by Susan Hill, and had a whim to search for movies. I didn't expect it to be there, so I dared to enjoy it. The novel was rated by The Guardian as: "An excellent work, the kind of novel that chills your mind and body at the same time". Indeed, when I was reading, I was too frightened to look back. The presentation of the movie was even more surprising. The gloomy pictures accompanied by the terrifying background music really frightened people enough. In contrast, the overall rhythm of the film is more compact. The frame of the narrative has changed. The novel spends a lot of space to pave the way, and only after the reader's appetite is satiated, the memory mode is turned on, and the story is step by step, from the ordinary life to the cold old house ghost story. Movies, on the other hand, go straight to the point and tell the story directly. At the beginning, there were three little girls who jumped off the building. The gorgeous and warm style of painting quickly changed to gloomy and scary, and it basically continued after that. In short, you can catch your breath from time to time while reading, but movies don't give you the chance to catch your breath. The film is much darker than the novel. At least, when the sun is shining in the original book, the swamp shimmers in the sun, the water and the sky are the same color, "the sunset and the lone eagle fly together". The charming scenery once made the protagonist of the novel, Arthur Kipps, a young and vigorous and fearless, almost fell in love with the isolated place of Eel Lake Manor. He offered to stay overnight to deal with Mrs Drablow's mountain of papers, even though the town saw his decision like a fool. In the movie, he didn't have such an obvious plan. In such a harsh climate and strange atmosphere, I believe that normal people will not linger. Until he was frightened once, he still felt that the ghost couldn't hurt him. The kind-hearted Mr. Daily advised him: "If you still want to go, you are a fool." However, no one could stop his firm determination. Mr Daily therefore asked him to bring his own puppy. (It is said that this loyal puppy played a very key role in the book, giving the protagonist a lot of courage and warmth, so that the protagonist desperately saved it from the evil. But these are not reflected in the movie. It may be Arthur The child partially replaces this deep sense of intimacy.) In the original book, Mr. Daily is the only warm and happy existence. This winner in life has not been influenced by the woman in black. He has sons and grandsons, but they all live far away. He is rich and determined to become a big local real estate owner. He and his wife live in the largest villa in the village, and they live with their own servants. He had always supported and cared about Arthur. When Arthur was dying after a night of inhuman torture, it was Mr. Daily saved him. He couldn't sleep at night and couldn't worry about Arthur, so he drove over to pick him up. It was him again, staying in Arthur, calling a doctor, until he finally managed to recover and was able to return to London after many days. He also visited the Arthurs later. However, in the movie, Daily and his wife also became the victims of the black woman's grievance, although he became more active and participated in Arthur's corpse search throughout the whole process, becoming his most effective assistant. It wasn't enough that real estate agent Jerome died a son (the original book was taken through Daily's mouth), and the movie had to add another daughter to him and set himself on fire in front of Arthur. Even the owner of the hotel, the couple was arranged to be the parents of the little girl who jumped off the building. It's just that the movie doesn't mention that coachman Keckwick's father and the nanny of the black woman's son were also engulfed in the swamp. Obviously, the changed character arrangement highlights the parts related to children, increases the visual and emotional impact, expands the power of grudges, and renders a stronger color of horror. Compared to the supporting role Daily, the protagonist has become a lot warmer. He was harassed by women in black, hostile and hindered by the villagers, but he tried his best to find out the reason for the haunting, help the villagers get rid of the control of the grievances, and help the mother and son of the grievances reunite. It's just that he, like the protagonist in the book, didn't expect the woman in black to be "Never" Potter) is still trying to transform. Looking forward to his other better works. Potter) is still trying to transform. Looking forward to his other better works.
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