Jude's Hero's Path

Elroy 2022-04-08 09:01:13

1. Movies and novels

After reading the original book and then watching the movie, you will not be used to the fast-paced narrative of the movie.

The plot of the original book is rich and coherent, and the whole novel uses a slow and deep tone, advancing little by little, without any urgency. Hardy's writing makes people completely immersed in the natural scenery of England and the classical splendor of Christ Church. Those delicate psychological descriptions and the deep inner monologues of intellectuals are all intended to exaggerate Jude's rich spiritual world. Therefore, the novel does not rely solely on the plot to promote the progress of the story, but attaches equal importance to the plot and psychology.

The advantage of the novel is that not only the plot is rich, but the spiritual world is also deeply excavated. Due to space limitations, the editing rhythm of the film is much faster than that of the novel. In order to complete the narrative, it almost becomes a melodrama, and the delicate transmission of the inner world is lacking. I've always felt a major missing point at this point after my first viewing. It's no wonder that the volume of a novel, if you want to convey the spirit of the original in the form of a movie, at least it should take four hours to tell the story like "Guling Street Teenage Murder", otherwise it will be completely filmed. into a new story. The audience watched Jude walk through his arduous half life for two hours, going through a stream of life events, huge jumps and turns, and fast-paced progression, which didn't seem like a good look -- the plot was overcrowded.

Of course, if the movie is completely separated from the novel, this is a pretty good movie. The atmosphere of classical England is highly restored, the characters are still vivid and brilliant, the main plot is also designed to be natural and smooth, and the despair of the story is also well portrayed. In short, the director's overall grasp of Hardy seems to be not in place, perhaps due to the differences in the media, the slow and long shooting of the original novel did not show the ever-changing life and the variety of life experiences, and a new style was produced. .

2. Jude's story

Hardy's novels have a powerful portrayal of character and environment, and the story unfolds step by step, leaving the audience to ponder the shocking tragic ending. Jude and Shu are unique young people with aspirations, but they are also ordinary people. They are us, and we all have moments of weakness, compromise, and lack of judgment. Trapped by reality, letting go of dreams in a timely manner, giving up on oneself, abandoning beliefs, and blending into the crowd only because of fear, Hardy depicts the true and cruel truth of human nature. The tragedy is deplorable, and two beautiful young people were destroyed like this.

We can't blame anyone. In that harsh, uncivilized old age, the Christian Church oppressed and disciplined people. In addition, there are many impermanent changes in life, which may be great changes that we cannot bear - ever-changing is the real life. Understand and accept our weaknesses, see people's struggles, people's predicaments, but do not give up the last hope. Try to run away, try to break through, even if you fall, be an unsung hero.

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Extended Reading
  • Morgan 2022-04-15 09:01:07

    Starring Kate Winslet. Desperate love and shocking plot! A pair of young people who should not love each other broke through the world and came together, and paid a heavy price for this!

  • Quinn 2022-04-16 09:01:09

    The filming was mediocre, the editing wasn't very good, and Kate did everything he could, but Hardy's story itself was still very shocking.

Jude quotes

  • Sue: Haven't we been punished enough?

  • Sue Bridehead: Please don't call me a clever girl, Mr. Phillotson, there are too many of us about these days.