As a loyal fan of the novel, I still have to comment on this movie, or I feel sorry for myself.
Let’s talk about novels first. I feel that no one in the comments has read novels. I think I can understand them. After all, it is not a very popular novel, and many people may not have heard of it. But I really watched the movie because of the novel, because every time I watched it, it gave me a great shock.
First, a novel is a story told from A's perspective. This is completely different from the movie. Readers can feel that A really exists, and that he has his own unique tone and ideas. In the words of the novel, I saw A's indulgence, A's forbearance, A's contemplation, A's confusion, and A's loneliness. Once, ta became two brothers living in the same house one after another. ta is so happy. Because it's never been two days in the same place. The movie ruins that particular feeling - because A has easily extended two different lives. And when A became Rhiannon, the movie only showed his excitement and shyness, but the one in the novel left a deeper impression on the readers. That day was magical for him. ta seized one day to feel the world she saw: "The world she sees is like this." Or "The air she breathes smells like this." Between the words is a person who is so curious about the world, but only A soul who can carefully live in the lives of others. Although he loves Rhinnon so much, A has been searching for the meaning of his existence. The novel explores many issues that would be confused when young, and presents it to readers completely through mature and sensitive words.
Let's talk about the way the novel narrates A's life. While learning about A, the author shows a variety of life to readers. The movie completely took A's life in one stroke, and just briefly introduced the lives of different people he has experienced. It's completely different from what it feels like in the novel. The movie gives the impression that A repeatedly ignores the life of the original body owner just to meet Rhiannon. Just mentioned it briefly once or twice, he used to respect the life of the owner of the body. A in the novel has a different attitude towards each person's life by witnessing the lives of these different people. Sometimes contempt, sometimes sigh, sometimes envy. I have never read a novel that can tell the different lives of so many people, yet connect them all and feel them through the perspective of one person.
I also want to add three small details, although I don't know if they are important or not. One, the A in the novel never stays in a body for more than a day. He said that when he was a child, whenever he met a family he liked very much, he would not want to sleep at night, thinking that he could stay after 12 o'clock without sleeping. But when you go beyond this world, you will feel like being pulled out of your body by someone alive, and that feels particularly uncomfortable. After that, she knew that it was only when she fell asleep that she would not be uncomfortable when she moved. Second, A in the novel once fell in love with a boy (there was a relationship in a boy's body). For a while, he has been chatting with the boy by email, and the two have a good relationship. Later, when the other party wanted to see him again and wanted to make a video with him, he reluctantly cut off the relationship with his own hands. In the novel, he said that although he liked the boy very much at the time, it was the feeling that he had not yet reached love. It's just that it was the first time that he liked someone a little bit and kept in touch for a while. Rhiannon is still the most special existence to A. Three, the A in the movie doesn't explicitly answer Rhinnon's question: "Do you consider yourself a boy or a girl?". But in the novel, A clearly answered that he only thinks he is a person. People who can understand can also think about how much part of us is gender? Without gender, are we still ourselves? Is the gender of your body really the same as the gender you recognize yourself? If you think these questions are meaningless, you can ignore this paragraph.
Now back to the movie, it's a movie review after all. Although a large part of the novel is also a romance novel (the other part is about life), but the movie is undoubtedly a 100% love movie. Even if this deviates from the novel, I would still like to give it four stars. Two stars are for the love of the two, and one star is for an open and happy ending (although the ending in the novel is also semi-open, but it looks so sad... Maybe because the story told from A's perspective makes me feel A's more Be alone), one star for the novel. The movie captures love beautifully. I like Rhiannon's actor very much. From the beginning of his life, to his later growth, he acted very well. Facing all kinds of faces, Rhinnon's face is always love. But in fact the "inner beauty" in the novel is not that important; on the contrary, Rhiannon has even shown that when A is a girl, she feels significantly less attractive (at least physically) to him. The novel makes this love lonely because Rhiannon never tries to tell anyone about falling in love. A itself is a lonely existence, but their feelings are even more lonely.
The film glorifies a love story full of twists and turns. From acquaintance, acquaintance, and even a simple and warm little gesture of pulling the hair back behind the ear. The actors of each A also performed better. Although it is not as clear as A's perspective in the novel, the tone is still very similar, reminiscent of the same soul living in the body.
This movie that deviates from the novel, did disappoint me a bit. Fortunately, I was mentally prepared, and I was just looking forward to watching a love movie, so it wasn't a big blow. A friend who watched it together felt unbearable when he saw that A introduced himself, and didn't watch it any longer. So I guess that's why this unusual, novel romance movie got such a low score.
Finally, once again recommend the novel.
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