Movies are the carrier of over-interpretation. 24 frames per second, one rendering per frame, plus sound effects, 3D, motion, basically won't give you time to think for yourself. The key function of the film is presentation, featuring high definition, and the acceptance process is passive. When you enter a restaurant and order a dish prepared for you by the director and screenwriter, you can only eat it. After eating it, you are qualified to remember what it tastes like. This is the so-called heat medium.
Novels and cartoons are abstract carriers. Every paragraph has a blank space, and many details need to be filled in by readers themselves. The key function of words is feeling, which is characterized by low definition and active acceptance process. The author only prepares recipes for you. You should use your imagination and common sense as raw materials, add oil, salt, sauce and vinegar according to your taste, cook your own dishes and eat them. This is the so-called cold medium.
Because of this different carrier form, the film can't represent the original work at all, and it has no obligation to convey the spirit of the original work. He is just one of the derivatives of the original. It can be an entertainment derivative or an academic derivative. Of course, directors and screenwriters are allowed to mix their own understanding. What he can understand is different from yours, but he is conveying it to you. It should be a reinterpretation of the original, a newly cooked dish, rather than showing you a copy of the original. Therefore, we can't judge the quality of a movie because of the quality of an original. I may not like your story, but I can appreciate the way you interpret it.
Because in most cases, an original can only have one film, so everyone thinks that a film is the only right to interpret the original, so everyone is very picky. If an original work has been remake hundreds of times, the audience may be able to appreciate the film as a work of art independent of the original work. The value of directors and screenwriters can also better get rid of the haze of the original work and get free play.
A good adaptation is like a person with a sound personality, neither supercilious nor supercilious. Telling stories gives you a fresh perspective, but don't try to rape your perspective.
A good adaptation is also like an elegant and unique dish. The formula is there, and the raw materials are there. It gives you the original flavor of raw materials, but allows you to add salt and pepper according to your own taste.
Therefore, respect the director's understanding of the original, and respect your own understanding of the original. If you encounter an adaptation that hits it off, it is a kind of luck. When you encounter an adaptation you don't like, just laugh it off and throw the original to the person who will accompany you to the movies next door. Your understanding of a story with TA may resonate more easily than with a director who is far away.
Original author: Vickyedo