With the story in the film and in the book basing on different plots being stated at length in the above, what comes second at the list is that the difference of the main idea in the book and in the film has in the meantime exerted impacts on the portrayal of character in the book and in the film. Detailed speaking, Evey is a fifteen-year-old girl who is simple in the book while in the film Evey has already been a grown-up girl who is not simple at all. She has stepped into the society for a long time and has gradually become experienced step by step as time goes by. What is more, Evey’s profession is differently illustrated between in the book and in the film. That is her profession in the book is not clearly stated but it can be figured that she was considering the option of becoming a prostitute on a part-time basis. While the case is totally the way round that her profession has been minutely described and she worked in British Cable work Company.
So we can have a fair knowledge that Evey in the book is poor and she is confronted with financial constraints while Evey in the film is self-sufficient and comparatively prosperous than she in the book. The formal profession of Evey in the film can to a certain degree help her supply her own daily expenses and she can live a self-sufficient life quite easily. But what is a pity to say is that she in the book is without a formal profession and it is hard for her to make a living in the society so that she will appear the idea of becoming a prostitute so that she can smoothly cover all her daily expenses within quite a short time period. However, what has been ignored by her is that she does not have realized that being a prostitute is actually a career that is in the bottom of the society as will make other people look down upon her and she has actually sacrificed her own body in order to be able to feed herself. What is more, the representation of the characters is different between in the book and in the film. In the book, V took off his own mask and had shown his face to other people so that other ordinary people can clearly know his appearance and can correctly identify him later on. While in the film, no one has ever seen his face and he seems to be just a mystery for other people [7]. We can easily imagine that other people may keep a curious attitude toward how he looks like and what on earth he is and what in his mind is.
Last but not the least comes that the sequence of events and facts in the book and in the film is completely different and they vary from one another in a way or another. The first appearance of Evey in the book and in the film tends to be different in that Evey is introduced as nicely dressed in a soft peach silken dress in the book while in the film she is unveiled in the lynching scene dressed in black color, from which we can predict that she in the book will raise the thought of becoming a prostitute in order to make a living [1]. In the screenplay, she is being shown as daring and strong while in the book she does not give human beings such impression at all.
What must be mentioned is the depiction of mutual relationship between Evey and V is different in the book and in the film. Evey feels comfortable and secure in the presence of V as is just the reason why she would like to spend lots of time with him. While in the graphic novel series, Evey felt protective with him and felt comfortable in his presence. Furthermore, in the film when the finger man turns up, she does not react at once as the finger man does not harass Evey immediately but instead she tolerates them until they become unbearable in the end. Moreover, in the movie, Evey is disturbed with the presence of V and his colleagues while in the book V abducted Evey but she ran away in the film.
To sum up, there really exist many differences between the film and the book of “V in Vendetta”, which have been described in detail in the above. The major differences between the aforementioned two lie in the following three aspects: the setting up of different plots; the portrayal of characters as well as the sequence of events and facts. The idea of adaptation between a film and a book is really a good idea while the adaptation can not fully make the original idea of the text into visual presentation. What I would like to emphasize is that while adapting, significant changes can not be made so as not to influence the original beauty of the story in text. I have to admit that what has been included in this are with defects of some kind due to my being inexperienced, which calls for your precious suggestions and careful attention to it. |
