Of Mice And Men: The Movie

Of Mice and Men
Movie directed by: Gary Sinise
Book by: John Steinbeck
Prompt:
-Section I
-Section IV

               
                 I think that Of Mice and Men was an overall great book. It was well written and I like how the author wrote the dialogue with an accent that the people in the story would actually have. The thing that had the most profound impact on my understanding of this novella was how the author portrayed the theme of loneliness. John Steinbeck had various examples of how he showed that loneliness, one being the section of all the characters that were left behind. I would recommend this book to anyone from the age of 10 and up. It it a really a great book that I think everyone would enjoy.

            In the film, the director shows us "the incident" differently then John Steinbeck shows it in the book. In the movie it shows it by showing a woman in a torn red dress running towards a barn, while Lennie and George run away and hide in the river. In the book it shows it through the conversation between George and Slim, where George tells Slim what happened. I think that the director chose to do it that way because it is kind of a cliff hanger if you haven't read the book. It leaves you kind of wondering what happened and why it happened. It changes the story because now the movie doesn't have that mysterious mood as of how it happened or how Lennie and George got away.

Claudette Colbert

                  The book begins with the "stage" set by the pond, as opposed to the movie where we see George on a train before that. I think that the director of the movie chose to put George on a train first to show the time period they were in. Today, people ride trains that look way different than the train that George was on, which helps to show that the story took place back in the day. By putting George on the train, the director was trying to say that George's life in constantly moving, just like a train. His life is constantly moving because of Lennie.

                  I think that the director made a mistake choosing Sharilynn Fenn to play Curley's wife. Lennie described her as very pretty with full red lips. I imaged her to have fuller red lips, taller, and have longer hair. If I had the choice of who would play Curley's wife I would've chosen Claudette Colbert.