Before the film was about to end for half an hour, I rated it quite high. Because I only need to spend ten minutes to endure the self-righteousness of the politicians, and the other moments are on the emotional line that I like, especially the male and female actors and actresses are my very, very favorite. The scene where Miss Kenton insisted on seeing the book in Mr. Stevenson's hand was very satisfying to me. The performances of the two actors were perfect, and the emotion I didn't notice in the book was vividly displayed. When Miss Kenton was not looking at him, Mr. Stevenson's eyes were full of affection, and when she looked up, it was the usual courtesy, even indifference. Hopskin's attention to detail is truly amazing. But the plot progressed to the last half hour, and I was not satisfied. Obviously, the drama change wanted to highlight the emotional entanglement between the two, so Mr. Stevenson was arranged to confront the crying Miss Kenton, and he also said something extremely excessive - talk about work. This is not in the original. The original film and television works did not retain the first-person perspective of the original work, and lost most of the subjective color of the protagonist, which should be a very important part of the original work. Because the whole work is the hero's reflection on his own life, he only remembered years later that his behavior at so many critical points was actually terrible, and he was completely unaware of it. If Stevenson really heard Miss Kenton crying in the room and entered the room, then according to the character of this character, it is impossible to be indifferent, and even talk to her about work when the beloved is sad— —Stevenson is an emotionally repressed person, but not an emotionless fool. Worse is the ending. The ending of the film and television works seems to be that Miss Kenton has always loved Stevenson, and in the end it was only because her daughter was pregnant that she did not completely leave her husband. This makes the whole story clichéd. In the original book, Miss Kenton has actually started her new life. She loves her husband and is managing her own life with heart. Mr. Stevenson is just a little thought of the past. When the current life is not going well, he will occasionally Thoughts surging. But this doesn't mean that Miss Kenton can't let go all the time, and the one who regrets and didn't let go is the one who didn't reach out and grab it. Although it's a twisted story, I also think the original conception is more refined and more lingering. The love that no one said, and the feeling that was missed in the end, the calmness and relief after many years, and the nostalgia that still remains in my heart. I thought a better way to adapt would be to add some scenes of the two working and chatting together that were not in the original work, because from the original work to the movie, there is no specific display of the process of the two people's secret relationship. The original novel is not understandable without these, after all, it is a first-person reminiscence, and it is not based on The emotional line is the main line. But if the film and television intends to focus on romantic films, adding these contents may make the relationship between the two more convincing and make the final ending more embarrassing.
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