OMAM Movie Blog

   The "incident in Weed" is actually shown to the audience in a flash back. Mean while in the book it is merely talked about, there is no flash back at all to give the audience a better understanding of the incident. I believe that he chose to do this, because it makes it more seem more recent. In the book the incident feels very distant and unimportant; however, the flashback makes you realize that the incident took place just before the beginning of the plot. It changes the story by making the event seem more recent, and finalizing the fact that Lennie often gets himself and George in trouble.

   The director Showed George alone on the train to show that George is having a flashback to the events of the story. We know that the story has already passed, because Lennie is not in the frame with George, and when Lennie was alive the to were inseparable  The director might do this, because he wants to show that George is truly alone. Lennie and George were always together, in fact they said that they were the only people that cared about the other. By showing George alone, the director hammered in the fact that the only person who cared about George was gone.

   I think that the director made a good choice in choosing Sherilyn Fenn as Curley's wife. She is obviously a talented actress, and passionate about her role. She does not look completely different from what I imagined, but some things are different. For one she seems to look younger than I imagined. I know that Curley's wife in probably a teenager, but the way she was described made her sound aged. Another thing is that her voice, described as "nasal" is not as unpleasant as i assumed it would be. I quite honestly would not have chosen a different actress, as she did quite well in her portrayal of a non-main character.

    I honestly feel slightly disappointed at the portrayal of the book. Don't get me wrong, the movie was great. However, the things that were removed took way from the character development. There were things that the characters lacked in the movie, that could have been added with a simple line or phrase. The thing that had the most impact was, the added foreshadowing. Such as, in the beginning when George was alone. It is subtle, but it is very effective. I would recommend this book to my friend Alexis Garcia. She would like the suspense, and it isn't to long so she wouldn't have to wait too long for the ending.