2020/66 After reading the novel and watching the movie immediately, it is difficult to watch the movie purely from an objective point of view. From an adaptation perspective, it can only be given to Samsung.
In detail, the film takes about 40 minutes to show the third part of the novel, the plot after Winston's arrest, which leads to the lack of portrayal of the first two parts, and the first two parts (especially the first part) in the "party". It is extremely important to describe the world under the totalitarian rule of the "Party". With such a foreshadowing, the horror of the third part can be better reflected. Just watching the movie, you can't really see the change in Winston's state of mind - the process from being an anti-"Party" ideological prisoner to being cured, and even from the first half, you can't see where he is "anti" at all (because most of it is omitted). Due to the contents of Winston's diary, his opinion of his colleagues in the surrounding party, especially the process of obiran's inexplicable trust to the eventual phishing law enforcement due to this trust is directly ignored, and Obiran appears almost suddenly in the film).
The second part of the novel mainly describes the development of Winston and Julia's love. His love with Julia can be described as a kind of resistance under the rule of extreme thought control, a kind of "human" existence, from their first time in "Golden". Township” (the name in the novel) first date, later rented a small room on the second floor of a junk shop for a secret date, and finally went to meet Obiran, who thought he was a fellow man, this feeling is more of a A spiritual commonality. And it seems that they don't have such an emotional bond in the movie. The scene of having sex in the wild for the first time is very strange, and it doesn't show Julia's rebellious image at all. The whole thing is a bit baffling.
Of course, the world created by the original book is too grand, and it may be difficult to fully present it in a two-hour movie. It can only be avoided and ignored, which has also caused serious defects in the adaptation. But no matter what, the dark tone of the movie, the weird soundtrack, especially the image of Big Brother watching you on the electronic screen is still very atmospheric, and the gesture of crossing his fists is also in place. . Just thinking, if you watch the movie without reading the novel, some plots may feel inexplicable, and it is difficult to deeply feel the atmosphere of Oceania in the novel.
After reading it, I still have to sigh again that the novel is really great. When I read it, I felt a chill down my back. After reading it, I thought about it day and night. I couldn't get out for a long time. No wonder Haruki Murakami wanted to write a 1Q84 to pay tribute. It's hard to imagine that this is a 1949 work, because some of the plot seems...as if...like deja vu...like The Handmaid's Tale, it's hard to say whether it will one day become a prophecy and become Reality... I hope that there will be a good director and a good screenwriter to turn it into a drama, so that people can feel the excitement in all directions, or in other words, preview the future.
Big Brother is Watching You!!!!!!
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