Of Mice and Men
Added 11/19/2009
I have both the audio read by Gary Sinese and this film. I prefer the audio version. The film does not convey the power of the novel. Many English teacher like it, but I do not show it.
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Of Mice and Men DVD
Added 10/30/2009
I ordered and received this product efficientlly and in great shape. I haven't viewed the movie yet to see if it works but I am assuming it does. Thank you!
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You are better off seeing a live stage performance!
Added 9/25/2009
I have seen five versions of this Steinbeck's classic - three on film:
Of Mice and Men w/ B. Meredith & L. Chaney, Jr. Of Mice And Men w/ R. Blake & R. Quaid
... and this one.
and two on stage.
You are better off seeing it on stage where performances ore more life-like. I have yet to see a film version that captures the "Steinbeck Sentiment." The three stars here are a generous gift.
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Good portrayal of the Essence of "Mice"
Added 9/20/2009
The essence of Steinbeck's novel is fairly accurate, if you can accept John Malkovich as the extremely physically powerful Lennie. Gary Sinise is a very good George.
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NOT being John Malkovich
Added 9/19/2009
Simply the most beautiful, without-flaw movie adaptation of a novel I have ever seen. Gary Senise is wonderful in everything, but never as good as he is here, and the role of George was never done so unforgettably. John Malkovich, whom I usually have no opinion of because he always seems to just play John Malcovich, is so spellbinding in this, gives the role such dimension, that over the years since I first saw it, I many times found myself reflecting on him as Lenny.
The old "Of Mice and Men" story from Steinbeck, made famous even in cartoons, is spun out with such intensity in this version that, when we rented it years ago, my jaded teenagers went away claiming it as a find of their own. This is the movie to show your kids (11 and up?) if you have trouble finding ways to expose them to "some of the good things" to balance out the difficult modern diet of video games, fast food, and abductor-strangers cruising past the house, making it a job for them to even play outside.
Regarding the strange fate of this movie, the way it fell from sight almost before it could be seen, is simple, I'm afraid. I've wracked my brain wondering, but the other day I caught it on Ovation TV. There's a word used in the movie, just like in the book, and an attitude that was real in the time of the story's setting, that keeps movies these days from making it, in my opinion. There's also the girl, wife of the boss's good-for-nothing son. Does she make all women seem destructive, shallow, the unfeeling ruiners of peace among men? Not to me, but these days, "old, good stuff" is censored and buried to be on the safe side, while new, bad stuff runs more rampant every day. It's like a mini Chinese cultural revolution around here.
Watch it, you'll see what I mean. Buy it before it's not around at all anymore. That's why I'm here.
Oh yeah, and don't think you gotta read the book to appreciate the movie! This movie stands alone. You don't have to know a thing about it walking in.
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Of Mice and Men
Added 11/19/2009
I have both the audio read by Gary Sinese and this film. I prefer the audio version. The film does not convey the power of the novel. Many English teacher like it, but I do not show it.
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Of Mice and Men DVD
Added 10/30/2009
I ordered and received this product efficientlly and in great shape. I haven't viewed the movie yet to see if it works but I am assuming it does. Thank you!
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You are better off seeing a live stage performance!
Added 9/25/2009
I have seen five versions of this Steinbeck's classic - three on film:
Of Mice and Men w/ B. Meredith & L. Chaney, Jr. Of Mice And Men w/ R. Blake & R. Quaid
... and this one.
and two on stage.
You are better off seeing it on stage where performances ore more life-like. I have yet to see a film version that captures the "Steinbeck Sentiment." The three stars here are a generous gift.
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