Apparently, the film was pretty universally hated by almost everyone. From the trailer, it seemed like they were trying to make the Scarlet Letter a sort of blockbuster action type film, which it's just not. In my opinion, the book has very little action and is very cerebral and internalized within the characters so it doesn't really function as a film. You also lose the omniscient narrator that brings so much to the original book in films. Does anyone know if the Scarlet Letter has ever been made into a decent film?
I think it is very interesting that they took this dramatic of an approach to the Scarlet letter what with the intense music, Indian raids, and what not. It is as if they are "hollywoodifying" the novel and playing of the romanticism in the text. It seems to me, however that the drama in the movie comes too much from external (societal/outside) conflict versus the internal conflict (Dimmesdale's and Chillingworth's) in the novel. I think that it would be interesting to look at how the actors worked on character development, as it played such a huge role in the book.
ReplyDeleteIn answer to your question, a better and more accurate version of the movie was mentioned in Easy A, but I don't know if it actually exists.
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