Comparing it with the Sense&Sensibility movie version, I feel that it is also an adaptation of a famous novel. Jude is really not good. For those who read the original book first and then watch the movie, the difference between the adaptations is huge and the axe is so deep that it has neither the spirit of the original book nor the aura of the film and television, which is indeed unacceptable for the time being.
The whole film has a strong TV series style, pursues the quality of the soundtrack and the picture (the hoarse and rough bagpipes are not inferior), and moves closer to the stereotyped cognition in terms of plot and characters. But I have to admit that the film is so weak and powerless that it cannot convey the profound meaning and tragic taste of the original book at all. Sue is more like a selfish and willful ignorant girl, Jude is a rogue-like and simple-minded migrant worker, but Arabella seems to be more sympathetic than Jude, and Mr. Phillotson has completely lost his weight. There is no following. Of course, there is a bloody plot where Jude yells at the sky at the end of the film, and such small deletions and neglect seem to be consistent with the overall level. In order to express a new female image of Sue, the film uses the scene of smoking and riding a bicycle; in order to depict the feelings of Jude and Sue, the film also broadcasts a stereotyped scene: so the spiritual fit becomes an ordinary love game. , nuanced emotions become immediate, rebellious themes overshadowed by mundane failures.
In fact, it is difficult for Jude to convert it into an image. There are obstacles between different artistic languages (the works in the transition period are quite fond of depicting the heart), but more are the tastes and psychological differences of the audience. The audience of literature can have a very high appreciation, a serious and objective attitude and the accumulation of cultural atmosphere, and they are more accepting of such narratives that are strongly different from daily life and regarded as a kind of entry for discussion, a kind of possible experience ( It is true that after the advent of Jude, Taoists and ordinary middle class criticized a lot, but after all, it is a classic that was later recognized). However, the audience of film and television dramas often resort to leisure and do not expect the inspiration of sublimation. According to Burke's words, literature is more like Sublime, and film and television dramas are Beauty. Jude's adaptation is proof, but S&S is of course a different story: Austen's novels are traditionally popular novels that pursue the scene, and the sublime is not the only label of literature.
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