#be the sense of imminent danger that they want to evoke but either way Patrick’s risks and life before Tom are underemphasised
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#you all probably know my opinion on the book and that I think the author has prioritized artistic choices that ultimately alienate the#reader and are a bit problematic politically although there are elements of it which work#but the film was much better-suited for the story and in removing the element of Marion writing the story and ultimately passing it onto#tom to read it to Patrick removes some of the problematic disbalance from the book and the fact that the book’s ending is not a reclaiming#of the story and of a voice that Tom didn’t have but sth a bit different#I think the movie captures much better the essence of the story and the relationship of the characters and is much better curated in many#details and the cinematography is absolutely gorgeous just beautifully done#and it draws you in much more than the book imho I got much more invested and it’s in a way much more believable because Marion the#narrator in the book is just not someone whose voice you want to read#in that sense I think the film wanted to soften Marion’s character and wanted her to be more likeable and her relationship with Tom to be#warmer from his side and I wonder how I’d feel about her if I hadn’t read the book#where I felt the movie was lacking was Patrick’s life before Tom and his backstory and the risks he took by writing the diary which were#underwmphasized untill the trial and I think there should have been more of him writing in prison as well#the movie focuses a lot on the risks Tom is taking by being with Patrick and I think it’s good that they shift the pov on his side a bit in#that sense but I can see why they changed michael’s cause of death bc they’d have to explain much more with the book one and there wouldn’t#be the sense of imminent danger that they want to evoke but either way Patrick’s risks and life before Tom are underemphasised#similarly think Tom’s like after Patrick should’ve been more like in the book and not just slipping into the marriage#*life#and I think it’s a real shame they left out the silence speech of Tom’s from the book which I think is so so so important in showing who he#is and how he’s lived his life I really missed that#I liked that the voyeuristic aspect of the book you have drawn by the writing and reading and recounting is in the film done by the mirrors#overall prefer the film much much much much more so these are just a few things I noticed#mp spoilers
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