The biggest difference between the two is that apart from compressing the plot, the film adds a strong HOMOEROTIC color. First of all, JOE was changed from a middle-aged man in his 40s (and a man with unremarkable appearance) to a legitimate prime-age man. The conditions are very good in all aspects. A man, the "love" between two young men is not proportional to the public's subconscious understanding than a pair of men who can be father and son... The second is that in the end, JOE used a kiss to restrain JED, which is similar to what is written in the book. JED's feelings for Joe are very different. In the book, JED has a kind of "God's love" (and a little Electra complex) for Joe. What he has to do is to bring Joe to God. God arranges Because of his "love" with JOE, he has no sexual desire for JOE at all, how can he be as devoted as KISS in the movie = = The other three protagonists are portrayed in the movie is really simple, CLAIRE basically has no room for performance, JED The standard distance, superficial (but the eye skills are in place), JOE is the most successful one, his "anti-obsession" to JED is the most exciting part of the movie (the book doesn't feel so strong), but it's too disgusting It's simple, and this JOE's aggressiveness is too strong, even stronger than JED.
When it comes to the name Enduring Love, the movie is usually translated as "Unbearable Love". It seems that the past of the movie and the book are not very accurate. I think it should be closer to the literal translation of "Long lasting love", or in our words. : forever and ever. Nothing in the book is eternal, all kinds of emotions, whether people, are things that can't stand up to toss, there are always absurd things like this that change them, and they will never come back, the only thing. What doesn't change is JED, a mentally abnormal person, who loves Joe. Even if he wants to kill Joe, even if he is locked up, he still loves Joe and writes a love letter to Joe that makes people cry. There are a lot of things in the novel. When the supremacy of science meets the madman, everything is ironic, and my biggest impression is that the relationship between people is very fragile. You think you know him (her) very well, In fact, it is not at all. This is nothing new. If everyone knew so much about their friends and relatives, the world must have gone to extremes. But the problem is that most people don't realize this, and they have special opinions about their own. Die, in the end you are not you, I am not me, and many regrets are born in this way. JOE and the LP of the Balloon Incident deceased are prime examples. The people and things in Enduring Love are both weird and real, which creates a very scary atmosphere, first from JED's obsession, and later from JOE's situation, no one believes him (I think in the book JOE's The reaction is quite normal, and his judgment is correct), the wife thinks he is crazy, the police think he is crazy, and there is no fact to support his statement, Joe is in the same situation as the lonely heroes in those movies Yes, but he doesn't live in the "action movie-specific society"~~ In the end, the two combine to form a frightening ending. I also prefer JED's self-harm in the book rather than the treatment of stabbing CLAIRE in the movie. More in line with JED's personality.
In general, the modified part of the movie strengthens the "movability" of the story, and it is not bad in all aspects. But compared with the novel, the things it excavates are much shallower. I think people who generally like this novel will be dissatisfied with the movie. The novel is a very good-looking book. It contains a lot of things and is worth reading more. Think about it, people who think the movie is good can come and watch it.
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