My essay is going to be about the similarities and differences between ‘Casino Royale’ and ‘The Spy Who Loved Me’. I Will explore all aspects of each film including, Bond, the Bond girls, the villain and enemy, special effects and the mise-en-scene.
The opening scenes are both similar yet different in both films. ‘Casino Royale’ starts off with free running, a modern sport that makes the audience want to keep watching. It is dangerous, new age and suits the film itself. It is also a sport which isn’t something you can just try out at home, it needs a lot of skill and endurance. ‘The Spy Who Loved Me’ however, starts off with bond being chased by the enemy on the skiing slopes. Skiing is a very popular sport nowadays and many people across the world enjoy it. So watching someone skiing now isn’t as exiting since it is a very common sport which many people can do. Whereas, free running is a lot more exciting to watch as it isn’t an everyday sport. But back in the time when ‘The Spy Who Loved Me’ was released, skiing wasn’t a popular sport and so it would appeal to the audience more than it would appeal to the audience of today. So they are similar because of the fact that they both start off with a sport in which the enemy and bond are chasing each other. But they are different because the sport in both opening scenes is different and the opening scene in ‘Casino Royale’ is so much more action packed and thrilling than the opening scene in ‘The spy Who Loved Me’.
Bond is a very mysterious and extraordinary character. Ian Fleming wanted the name of Bond to be suitably dull and contrast it to the extraordinary events that would happen around him. The name of the famous spy was actually lifted from the author of a bird guide book. ...
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... had an impact on the change of target audience. Bond films have gone from a typical target audience for older men. Now, the target audience is for people of a wide range of ages, male or female. This is because of Bond and the Bond girls and how they are portrayed. In ‘TSPWLM’ it was a typical male audience film because there was a sexy Bond girl in bed with Bond in the opening scene, and bond isn’t made to look sexy he is just a mans man who fights evil. Whereas in ‘Casino Royale’ both Bond and the Bond girl are made to be sexy to appeal to both male and female audience. But in some ways the Bond films have stayed the same for example they still have a typical Bond, Bond girl and villain. So there are similarities and differences in both films. But although they are different they still appeal to audiences of that time even though the target audience is different.
The novel which we are reading in class is “Their Eyes Were Watching God”. The main idea of the novel is to portray the story of Janie Mae Crawford’s development to finding her identity, through love. Both the book and the movie depict different pictures for the audience. Although the movie is very similar to the book, it has multiple different scenes that help the audience connect more to the charaters which the book may not, but it’s also missing deeper layers that were covered in the book. In this essay I will compare the two mediums and which I identified more with.
For this project, two films were viewed. The first one is Annie, a film made in the early 80s about a girl in an orphanage. She is then brought to live in a mansion for a week with one of the richest men in this world. He doesn’t like her at first, but he learns to love the little girl, and adopt her. The second film, Cinderella man, is about a boxer who loses his job after he breaks his hand during a match. He is then left to fend for his family. He begins to slowly rise up as a boxer and fight again, much to his wife’s distaste. For this project, I will discuss the similarities and differences between the films, and the time period, setting, and characters. Annie is the first film.
In conclusion, details involving the characters and symbolic meanings to objects are the factors that make the novel better than the movie. Leaving out aspects of the novel limits the viewer’s appreciation for the story. One may favor the film over the novel or vice versa, but that person will not overlook the intense work that went into the making of both. The film and novel have their similarities and differences, but both effectively communicate their meaning to the public.
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