Sunday, May 9, 2010
Persepolis
I was thinking about this earlier this week while watching the trailer for Persepolis. I was wondering if there is a big difference between watching the movie first as opposed to reading the book first. With most books that are transferred to films the movies often are not exactly like the flow of the book. Hopefully at some point I will be able to watch the film and see if the film left anything out, or could it add more continuity to the story being told?
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Most of the times when I watch video of something after the book for the same thing is read, I always have the reaction of "wait, that didn't happen in the book," or "wow...what happened to this part of the story." Usually disappointed. As for the opposite, watching film first then read book, which I rarely do, feels like getting more detail of things, and the book most of the times explains more than what the film gives out. The bad thing about this is that while reading the middle of book, the main plot is the same, and it is boring to read the same thing twice.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Chao when he says that when you watch a movie there are a lot of parts added that were not in the book. However, in this case, I think that would be a great advantage since Satrapi was involved and illustrated the movie. Maybe there would be holes that got filled in that we were confused about. I also hope to see the movie soon and see the effects of having Satrapi being involved.
ReplyDeleteI feel that it is always better if you have the opportunity to read the book you should because that is the way the author originally intended to have you view the work. The movie isn't a bad option but the novel is the original way the work was made so I feel thats the best option.
ReplyDeleteI feel that there is always a big difference between the book and the movie. First off the book is always longer then the movie; a book you can read over a period of time while a movie is more then likely watched in one sitting. It would be really hard to fit everything thing the book has into a 2 hour movie. Having 300 pages of pure comic translated into a 2 hour movie, there is definitely going to be changes, additions, or parts being taken out. I agree with Chao in that the book usually carries more detail about something. That's why in most cases, the book is always better. I'm excited to see the movie too. Contrary to what everyone else thinks in the class (or at least most of the class) I actually really liked Persepolis.
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