Comparing Gary Sinise's Of Mice And Men

Gary Sinise brings a wonderful piece of writing to life in the movie Of Mice and Men. The over the top cast made the fantastic movie 10 times better. The perfectly placed sound and music added suspense and interest in the movie, and the cinematography and extravagantly placed shots showed us the different settings and landscape in just the right way. An superb movie that lives up to the expectation of the american classic Of Mice and Men. Gary Sinise not only directed the movie, but did an excellent job of portraying George, an inteligente average man for that time period. George is average height, average size, a hard worker and a loyal friend. George’s companion Lennie Small (John Malkovich) who isn’t at all small and the polar opposite

We start to learn more about the characters when they are both traveling to their new job after just escaping the old one. Both George and Lennie are portrayed very well, even though Lennie could be a little bigger in size based and his description in the book. George is also portrayed very well. Lennie is extremely child for example, he doesn't speak with proper grammar and doesn’t speak in full sentences you can tell he probably has a speech impediment or disability. The relationship between Lennie and George is almost like father and son the way that George is always getting mad at Lennie and the way Lennie looks up to George and copies what he does. As the two arrived in a small town, they get on a bus that will take them to the ranch where they’ll work, the bus only takes them half way and they have to walk the rest. As they walk down the gravel road the camera angles change showing us more of the setting and landscape of which they are in. They camera flips to panoramic shots of the landscape and George and Lennie. The shots introduce the new setting to us in a interesting way and provide a good transition. They arrive at small pond where they decide to spend the night. As the light grows fainter the two express their American Dream to be able to live on their own piece of land. They fall asleep with hearts full of hope for a new