What does the film do that the book doesn't/can't and what does the book do that the film doesn't/can't?
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The book cannot help the viewer visualize the physical changes Dr. Jekyll undergoes to become Hyde as the movie can. The book also cannot help the viewer realize what the culture of London looked like during the time period if they are not familiar with it or lived during that time. The book also cannot display emotion as the movie can.
The movie cannot express thoughts like the book can. The movie also doesnt give background information or give detailed feelings.
The book lacks the ability to evoke fear with the use of Mr. Utterson. This third party viewpoint allows the author to reveal only what he wants to and gives the ability to share limited details at a time. The movie, however, does a great job of demonstrating the detestable and inhuman quality in the face of Mr. Hyde, which can only be described in the novel.
The film can't explicitly show the characters' thought processes or overtly portray the different points of view (as the book is told, chapter by chapter with different narrators at times.) Films can't include these small details the way a book can, yet the book can't play creepy music to build suspense for the reader. The film can also better paint the picture of what life was like for the characters in that time period.
The book uses Mr. Utterson, which as James said, doesn't evoke fear. In the film, we get a better perspective of the evil acts of Mr. Hyde. Mr. Utterson tells us that "there's something hideous about that man" and witnesses 2 crude acts, but in Spencer Tracy's portrayal, we see what makes him evil. The book uses different narrators in the chapters, so we get to better understand the thoughts. In the novel, we only see the exterior facial expressions of the characters. Being able to see the actual setting of London at the time of the novel also gives the film a more haunting tone, which could be more frightening to the audience.
In the film we, as an audience, are not able to see the thoughts of the characters, where the book explains each characters thoughts. In the book we are not able to visualize what Hyde looks like or what setting of the story looks like, but the movie kind of gives us a visual to what the book is trying to explain.
The film changes a lot of the book. It has more polts and charactors in the film, such as the girl in the bar and Dr. Jekyll's girl friend. From these changes, we can see the personality and appearance more directly. We also can see how bad Hyde is. But in the book, it has more description about Dr. Jekyll's struugle for changing to bad person and doing bad thing. I can feel that he is not that bad.
The book could not show how much the change of dr jekyll to mr hyde effect his surrounding people. Within the book it gives your more detail of his thought process of his transformations.
The movie has the ability to show the pysical change Dr. Jekyll unders goes when turning into Mr. Hyde. It has also can enjoke more fear into the viewer with the cameria angles and the change of tone with the characters
The film shows the actual transformation process. The book lets us read the process, but seeing it actually happen is better. We can see emotion, feelings, and more. The film can put the words of the book into life. The book however lets us into the thoughts of characters, which a movie can't do. We can see the characters and how they act, but not all emotion can truely be portrayed so the book helps us get more information on the actual thoughts and feelings of characters.
I think the main thing that the film does that the book doesn't do is physically show Hyde and the transformations that occur from Jekyll to Hyde. The film can show the books words and descriptions of this and give us a face for the character.
The film however cannot show all the thoughts and emotions that can be described through words in the book. In the film we have to recognize this from characters actions rather than be told it through the reading.
I agree with a lot of the above comments that the film can show Hyde's transformation and the changes that his body and face undergo. The book describes these changes, but in the film we actually get to see a visual of how cooky he really becomes. The book describes Jekyll and Hyde's thought process and what they are feeling during their transformation. As all the movie can do is try to portray those thoughts that the two men are feeling and thinking.
This film shows and expresses more. We can actually see the physical differences between Jekyll and Hyde; we can see the evil expressions that come across Hyde's face; and we can see how Hyde is terrifying to other people.
The book is good but, for me, the film is better because I can see all the different expressions and emotions. The book does great by giving other people's oppions of Hyde and Jekyll though.
i think that the book cannot let the reader see the differences in Dr.Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. The book describes there differences in the way they act but not so much the physical differences. In the film the differences are very apparent. Also in the book the fear that is brought by Mr.Utterson is not translated to the film.
The book leaves a lot up to the imagination where the movie shows you everything. And the movie can not go into as much depth as the book.
The book adds more mystery to the story than the movie does. The entire time we can only assume that Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde are the same person, but we do not know. The book, however, does not give the reader a real look at Hyde. We just know that he is odd looking with no apparent reason. The movie does a really good job of portraying what Stevenson may have wanted Hyde to look like. I still like the mystery that the book gives over the movie. The love story adds more the film for the viewers, but I think it takes away from the story.
One thing that the movie is able to achieve is show Hyde's face. We only can use our imaginations when reading about Hyde's face, but in the movie, we can see his hideousness that can't be explained. Also, we can see what the transformation looks like. Once again, we can only imagine when we are reading. The main thing the book can do is give us insight into what the characters are thinking. Narration wasn't used in the movie, so we didn't know what the characters were thinking. In the book, we can read what Utterson is thinking, and later in the book we get to read Jekyll's journal so that we understnad what was going through his mind when all of this was going on.
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