Describe one scene from the movie that you think the director captured the book very well. Then describe one scene that you think the director missed the mark altogether. Give specific reasons why you chose each scene.
One scene from the movie that I thought followed the book well was the scene where Miles was found in the garden. Miles' character was good for that part as he is really bad. One scene I didn't like with the book was the scene where the governess talks with Miles about school. One thing that was really bad was the director had the wind blow the candle out, when the book has Miles blow it out. Also, it didn't have Miles say "Oh you know what a boy wants", which I thought was pretty big for that scene.
One scene I thought that was well captured by the director was the ending when Miles dies and while in the book you are left wondering exactly how, the movie cleared up one viewpoint when you heard a snap of his neck and saw him struggle for air. Also I thought they played out the scene a lot more dramatic than I read it in the book which I liked better because it made it seem more important. One scene that I thought was missed by the director was that Miles wasn't with "Quint" or so the governess thought when she saw him outside. I think they could of added more "interaction" of the kids and the ghosts to give a more haunting feeling that the book did.
I thought the movie made the Governess look like she jumped to conclusions way to fast, more so then the book. The scene where she first finds out who Quint is and then she jumps to all these conclusions and I thought that was not as good as the book. One scene I liked better in the movie was how Miles distracted the Governess with the piano it was very well played out.
I thought the the scene by the lake when Flora is found after she's been missing was done very well. Although Flora's face didn't turn "ugly" as I pictured during the scene in the book, her word choice (shocking!) and tone of voice were perfect: very accusatory and even disgusted sounding. One scene that I didn't like was at the beginning when the governess first met with the master. He seems to use his charm to get her to do what he wants, which was to take the job at Bly, even though she didn't seem to really want it at first. It made him seem manipulative, something I didn't get a feeling of while reading the book.
I think the scene where Flora first meets the governess is pretty accurate to what I envisioned in the book. The Governess' reaction to the new house was accurate as well. I think the way she was so blown away by flora and by the surroundings and different rooms of the house.
The scene that I liked best was when the governess saw Quint in the window and then the next thing you know, Mrs. Grose finds the governess standing outside in Quint's place. This is exactly how I pictured it happening in the book. The scene I think didn't work was when the governess went to talk to Miles in his bed about how he was "bad". In the book, this scene seemed to have a lot more sexual references and I don't think it was acted out this way at all in the movie. Miles was talking very softly and innocently and I feel like he should have been acting with more confidence and control over the governess.
A scene that I feel was depicted very well in the movie was when the governess first sees the ghost of Quint. Her initial reaction was just as I had expected, she seemed confused but still did not really know what was going on. I did not like the scene where Flora was found by the water because in the book she was found behind the curtain. Also in this scene, it seemed like the Governess and Mrs. Grose had more of a friendly relationship, whereas in the book they did not seem as close.
A scene that was done well in the movie was when the governess and Flora were near the river. Flora saw Ms. Jessel across the river. You were able to get a clear picture of what was happening by the facial expression and how the scene was filmed. This scene captured the book because this is what I thought the scene would look like but it helped to visually see it. One scene that did not work in the movie was when the governess was talking with Miles when he was in bed. In the book, Miles said he blew out the candle but in the movie he said the wind blew out the candle. The movie stayed more away from the fact that the children were working with the ghosts.
I thought the movie depicted the scene where Mrs. Gross tells the governess that Flora is very sick. This was almost exactly how I pictured the governess's reaction and how Mrs. Gross told the governess how Flora was saying awful things about her. I thought the last scene wasn't depicted the way the book meant for it to be. I think it was supposed to be a mystery in its own of how Miles died and the cracking of his neck was too much in my opinion. If I were to direct that scene I would have done a shot of just the governess's face all scared and in the background you hear a loud exhale from Miles and that would be the end.
The scene where the Governess is standing outside the window where she saw quint is very simmilar to the book. I really liked Mrs.Gross's reaction, it was just what I had pictured when we read it in the book. The governess was very strait faced looking in the window, while Mrs. Gross was shocked and confused about what she was doing outside. The one part that I thought was underdone compared to the book was the scene where Miles and the Governess are having dinner after Flora had left. In the book the governess describes the feeling between them as "as some young couple, on their wedding-journey" but the feeling in the movie was less "romantic" and more akward.
I don't believe that I could describe just one scene. But they did capture the governess very well because you never knew when she was actually seeing anything or not. The actress made the governess seem very eerie, but that is how the governess (to me) came off in the book.
The scene that was done very well in the movie was where the governess is yelling at Flora by the lake was done very well. It completely conveys the fear that the governess has in the ghosts and shows how her sanity is coming into question. A scene that was done poorly is when Peter Quint is outside the window of the house. Other people liked this scene, but I thought it was overdone and appeared more cheesy than scary.
The best captured scene I'd say is when the governess shows how attracted to the uncle she is, though it seemed a teeny bit too dramatic. The wrste scene I'd say is when Flora yells "Goodie!" and The governess says "Flora we are at the table" it makes it seem like she's mean to Flora, but the book has only a tender relationship between the governess and the kids
The scene I believe was captured well was when the Governess is talking to Miles and sees Quint outside the window. It was very dramatic and reflects upon how crazy in the head the Governess really is.
The scene that I didn't really like was when Flora was getting yelled at-- unlike the person who said they liked that scene-- because I imagined it in a bit of a different way and it didn't mesh with the way I was thinking about it.
However, I really like watching movies after reading books because it makes me think about possibilities that could also be possible instead of the way I'm thinking.
The scene from the book that i thought was best captured by the movie was the scene where the Governess first meets Flora. The actress that played the Governess did a good job at showing her astonishment of the beauty and innocence of Flora. I also thought that the little girl they chose to play Flora was pretty close to how i imagined her. Overall i thought the director did a good job at capturing that scene.
The one scene I believe was not done very well or i really just didn't like how the director portrayed it was the ending of the book. I felt that the scene didn't portray the right emotion as did the book. I thought the scene could've been done better or different, but not the way the director did it. The Governess or actress did do a good job of acting crazy at the end and killing Miles or so it seems.
I chose both of those scenes because they seemed to be the scenes that shocked me and made me think the most. I also believe that the movie didnt do the book justice.
One scene that was done very well was at the beginning of the movie when the Uncle used his charm to coerce the governess into taking care of the children at Bly. I thought the scene was a good representation of the sexual appeal of the master as he moved closer and closer to the governess, pressuring her to accept the job. One scene that I didn’t like was when the governess was in Miles’ room and the candle goes out. In the movie, Miles tells the governess not to worry because it was just the wind, but in the book, he says “It was I who blew it, dear!” In the book the scene is a lot creepier, because the governess hears Miles shriek, and then the wind stops and the windows are tightly closed.
The scene director captured/portrayed the movie very well was after Governs seeing the ghost each time. In the book I thought was that described well enough and also, in the movie it had good imaged. The governess showed more emotion and curious. Also, the ending of the book was well portrayed in the movie; to me I had better understating. I felt like Miles acting was patient compare to book. I thought in the book he had more control over the governess. When I read about the Miles I thought he would be bossier.
The scene i thought was done very well was the last scene, i though the actress who played the governess did a very good job of looking crazy and scared at the same time. The scene i thought could have been better was the lake scenes, i didnt think the lake looked like a lake more like a beach and i thought mrs grose could have done a better job wanting to protect flora from the governess.
Everybody has uses their own imaginations when reading a book. They use the descriptions, physical and emotional, that the author writes about to create a mental image of the character or a certain scene. One scene from the movie that I think the director captured from the book very well was the last big scene where the Governess saw Peter Quint in the in window peering in behind an “unknowing” Miles. The fright that I read of the Governess having in the book, completely wide eyed, stuttering, attempting to keep Miles’s back to Peter Quint’s ghost, matched what the director had created in especially the black and white film. I literally envisioned the entire scene to be as it was during the black and white film. I think the director missed the scene all together during the newer version of the film with regards to the death of Miles. As I read The Turn of the Screw, even though it wasn’t directly addressed how Miles died, I definitely took it as if Miles died of fright when being forced to scream Peter Quint and look towards the ghost. The newer version of the film had the Governess suffocate Miles to death with a compassionate hug! Why would the governess even feel the need to kill Miles? There hadn’t been any signs in the book or the movie that pointed to the want of the Governess to kill young Miles. I feel as though the director of the newer film very awkwardly ended the movie with a scene that literally made everyone in the classroom laugh with confusion and ignorance for what the author’s motive was.
In the first movie that i watched i thought the director caught the scene where the governess found Flora outsides by the lake really well because it really made the scene come to life. In the book when Flora said she didnt want to be anywhere near the governess and didnt see Jessel i had a hard time seeing that scene very dramatic. But the movie made that scene come to life and it got the audience thinking that maybe the governess is crazy just like the book hinted at.
A scene that i did not like in the movie was when the governess was sitting on Miles bed and Miles kissed her. In the book this part seemed more romanitic in a way, Miles was acting more like an adult then a child and his kiss seemed to be that way in the book. In the movie i felt like the kiss was very innocent and Miles didnt act very mature like in the book. I missed the discomfort in the movie that i felt in the book.
If we were to do a Freudian reading of the book, the scene where Miles kisses the governess (in the black and white version) is fairly accurate because the kiss was exceptionally long and not entirely innocent. This implied that there was some sort of attraction between the two which is considered a Freudian concept.
The last scene in the black and white version wasn't accurate because the governess was supposed to smother Miles, giving the possibility that Miles didn't die of being possessed but rather from being suffocated.
As far as the movie overall i feel that Miles did an impeccable Job throghout the movie in general. That being said, I believe a scene in witch the movie captured really well was when the Governess goes out to find Flora by the lake. A scene which i particularly feel missed the mark was when the Governess had dinner with Miles. To me i didn't feel as though they put much effort into this scene.
In the second movie that we watched, I felt that the scene where the kids and the governess were playing hide and go seek was very creepy. It showed the governess and Mrs. Grose standing at the bottom of the stairs looking up at the kids who were laughing. This was right after the governess saw Peter Quint lookning at her through the window. This gave me the feeling that the kids knew what was going on and were laughing at the governess purposefully.
A scene that I think the director overdid in the second movie was when the governess kissed miles at the very end of the movie. I thought that it was way too sexual, and that in the book it didn't include any sexuality between Miles and the governess after Miles' death.
One scene that the movie captured very well was the ending scene when miles was killed. In the book, you couldnt really tell how he died but in the movie it was clear that the governess was strangling him. One scene that I thought needed some work was the scene in the black and white version when flora started yelling at the governess. They made it seem way more dramatic then it shouldve been amd flora was screaming for like 3 minutes straight which was really annoying.
Samielle Foltz The scene I think wasn’t portrayed very well was the very last scene where the Governess and Miles are together. The part where they were dining together didn’t seem like they were acting like a shy married couple. The Governess was more scornful looking and direct instead of shy and Miles was distant. The scene I think was portrayed like it should have been in the book was the scene where the Governess and the Uncle were together. The male actor portrayed his bachelor part very well and for a minister’s daughter he charmed her simply by his invasion of her space, sitting close to her and taking her hand, smiling, taking her into his confidence, etc. The setting was really well done as well. He did appear to be like a Prince in the rich environment.
I think that the scene in which the governess first sees Peter Quint on the tower (BBC version) is very creepy and well played out. The actor for Quint was exactly as I had expected him to look, very evil and devil like, and she could only hardly make him out because the sun was so bright.
A scene I did not particularly like was the scene in which the governess confronts Flora about Miss Jessel. The scene was very over dramatic and carried on much too long.
In the black and white version of the movie I thought that Flora’s character looked older than I expected her to be. To me she looked like she was the same age as Miles. I thought in the first movie she looked more like her age. Also in the black and white version I thought that the governess also looked older than 20 years old. In the black and white version I did like the scene where the governess walks up to the house instead of coming up in the carriage because it gave you a better chance to see what Bly looked like and the first meeting with Flora was different from the book but I liked the way the director did it.
One scene that i thought was portrayed really well was in the first movie when mrs. jessel was crying in the study and ms. gross saw her. it showed the emotion mrs. jessel was carrying and kinda explained some of the weird stuff that had been unexplained throughout the whole story.
One scene that i thought was poorly portrayed was in the second movie when ms. gross first saw something on the balcony and when she walked up there and miles was petting the birds. i thought that gave the kids a bad image way to early in the movie where the other one didnt give off to the kids until way later in the movie
A scene in particular that I thought was done well was the scene in which the Governess sees Miss Jessel crying with her head in her hands, and then a few moments later the audience sees the Governess sitting in the same place in the exact same position. The movie did a great job of portraying this part of the book on screen, and it was very creepy to see the Governess looking like Miss Jessel.
In the more recent version of the movie, I thought that the beginning scene in which the Governess meets the master was a little different. Although the book may have described the master as charming, I also got the idea that he was a little cold and curt, as he stated he had no desire to talk or hear about the children or ever be bothered about anything. The movie, however, seemed to portray him as a little warmer and kinder.
The first scene that comes to mind when thinking of one that the director captured very well would be the scene where the little girl is down by the water dancing. I believe that this scene captured the tearing feeling of whether she was an innocent girl dancing by the water, and the governess is just crazy, or if she really was rowed out there by someone.
The scene that i did not enjoy very much was the ending scene with Miles and the Governess. The scene made it look like miles just plopped dead on the ground when the "ghost" was in the air, and the governess was trying to get him to see it. He didn't die, so why did the movie make it appear so? That scene was very strange to me.
I think the director in the black and white movie missed the mark altogether with the last scene because Miles just seemingly collapses out of nowhere instead of being killed by the governess. I thought that was just kind of weird and to me, made it seem like the ghosts were real although the rest of that version of the movie made it out to be the Governess being played. One scene that I thought was right on target was the scene where the Governess sees Miss Jessel but Flora cannot, or at least says she can't. It was very convincing and I thought captured the idea that the Governess seemed to be getting played and was crazy.
IMO, the scene the director captured best was the all of the scenes with Miles and the Governess when you can see that Miles' infatuation with her is growing by the day. The part when he kisses her is particularly well represented because it really puts the mood across and it was very well done. You could tell it wasnt just a young kid kissing his 'mom' it was meant to be sensual. One thing the director missed on was the entire movie. The acting and script were horrid and overall the movie was just pretty bad.
Will Quattlebaum
ReplyDeleteOne scene from the movie that I thought followed the book well was the scene where Miles was found in the garden. Miles' character was good for that part as he is really bad. One scene I didn't like with the book was the scene where the governess talks with Miles about school. One thing that was really bad was the director had the wind blow the candle out, when the book has Miles blow it out. Also, it didn't have Miles say "Oh you know what a boy wants", which I thought was pretty big for that scene.
Laura Ahlrep
ReplyDeleteOne scene I thought that was well captured by the director was the ending when Miles dies and while in the book you are left wondering exactly how, the movie cleared up one viewpoint when you heard a snap of his neck and saw him struggle for air. Also I thought they played out the scene a lot more dramatic than I read it in the book which I liked better because it made it seem more important. One scene that I thought was missed by the director was that Miles wasn't with "Quint" or so the governess thought when she saw him outside. I think they could of added more "interaction" of the kids and the ghosts to give a more haunting feeling that the book did.
Crystal Nybo
ReplyDeleteI thought the movie made the Governess look like she jumped to conclusions way to fast, more so then the book. The scene where she first finds out who Quint is and then she jumps to all these conclusions and I thought that was not as good as the book. One scene I liked better in the movie was how Miles distracted the Governess with the piano it was very well played out.
Jenn Hergert
ReplyDeleteI thought the the scene by the lake when Flora is found after she's been missing was done very well. Although Flora's face didn't turn "ugly" as I pictured during the scene in the book, her word choice (shocking!) and tone of voice were perfect: very accusatory and even disgusted sounding.
One scene that I didn't like was at the beginning when the governess first met with the master. He seems to use his charm to get her to do what he wants, which was to take the job at Bly, even though she didn't seem to really want it at first. It made him seem manipulative, something I didn't get a feeling of while reading the book.
Kiera Wesley
ReplyDeleteI think the scene where Flora first meets the governess is pretty accurate to what I envisioned in the book. The Governess' reaction to the new house was accurate as well. I think the way she was so blown away by flora and by the surroundings and different rooms of the house.
Anna Billmaier
ReplyDeleteThe scene that I liked best was when the governess saw Quint in the window and then the next thing you know, Mrs. Grose finds the governess standing outside in Quint's place. This is exactly how I pictured it happening in the book.
The scene I think didn't work was when the governess went to talk to Miles in his bed about how he was "bad". In the book, this scene seemed to have a lot more sexual references and I don't think it was acted out this way at all in the movie. Miles was talking very softly and innocently and I feel like he should have been acting with more confidence and control over the governess.
Katie Martens
ReplyDeleteA scene that I feel was depicted very well in the movie was when the governess first sees the ghost of Quint. Her initial reaction was just as I had expected, she seemed confused but still did not really know what was going on. I did not like the scene where Flora was found by the water because in the book she was found behind the curtain. Also in this scene, it seemed like the Governess and Mrs. Grose had more of a friendly relationship, whereas in the book they did not seem as close.
Christine Nafziger
ReplyDeleteA scene that was done well in the movie was when the governess and Flora were near the river. Flora saw Ms. Jessel across the river. You were able to get a clear picture of what was happening by the facial expression and how the scene was filmed. This scene captured the book because this is what I thought the scene would look like but it helped to visually see it.
One scene that did not work in the movie was when the governess was talking with Miles when he was in bed. In the book, Miles said he blew out the candle but in the movie he said the wind blew out the candle. The movie stayed more away from the fact that the children were working with the ghosts.
Nik Toor
ReplyDeleteI thought the movie depicted the scene where Mrs. Gross tells the governess that Flora is very sick. This was almost exactly how I pictured the governess's reaction and how Mrs. Gross told the governess how Flora was saying awful things about her. I thought the last scene wasn't depicted the way the book meant for it to be. I think it was supposed to be a mystery in its own of how Miles died and the cracking of his neck was too much in my opinion. If I were to direct that scene I would have done a shot of just the governess's face all scared and in the background you hear a loud exhale from Miles and that would be the end.
Bridget Cook
ReplyDeleteThe scene where the Governess is standing outside the window where she saw quint is very simmilar to the book. I really liked Mrs.Gross's reaction, it was just what I had pictured when we read it in the book. The governess was very strait faced looking in the window, while Mrs. Gross was shocked and confused about what she was doing outside.
The one part that I thought was underdone compared to the book was the scene where Miles and the Governess are having dinner after Flora had left. In the book the governess describes the feeling between them as "as some young couple, on their wedding-journey" but the feeling in the movie was less "romantic" and more akward.
I don't believe that I could describe just one scene. But they did capture the governess very well because you never knew when she was actually seeing anything or not. The actress made the governess seem very eerie, but that is how the governess (to me) came off in the book.
ReplyDeleteGina Chenoweth
ReplyDeleteThe scene that was done very well in the movie was where the governess is yelling at Flora by the lake was done very well. It completely conveys the fear that the governess has in the ghosts and shows how her sanity is coming into question. A scene that was done poorly is when Peter Quint is outside the window of the house. Other people liked this scene, but I thought it was overdone and appeared more cheesy than scary.
Breanna Taylor
ReplyDeleteThe best captured scene I'd say is when the governess shows how attracted to the uncle she is, though it seemed a teeny bit too dramatic. The wrste scene I'd say is when Flora yells "Goodie!" and The governess says "Flora we are at the table" it makes it seem like she's mean to Flora, but the book has only a tender relationship between the governess and the kids
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ReplyDeleteKirsten Zoba
ReplyDeleteThe scene I believe was captured well was when the Governess is talking to Miles and sees Quint outside the window. It was very dramatic and reflects upon how crazy in the head the Governess really is.
The scene that I didn't really like was when Flora was getting yelled at-- unlike the person who said they liked that scene-- because I imagined it in a bit of a different way and it didn't mesh with the way I was thinking about it.
However, I really like watching movies after reading books because it makes me think about possibilities that could also be possible instead of the way I'm thinking.
Denisse Manrique
ReplyDeleteThe scene from the book that i thought was best captured by the movie was the scene where the Governess first meets Flora. The actress that played the Governess did a good job at showing her astonishment of the beauty and innocence of Flora. I also thought that the little girl they chose to play Flora was pretty close to how i imagined her. Overall i thought the director did a good job at capturing that scene.
The one scene I believe was not done very well or i really just didn't like how the director portrayed it was the ending of the book. I felt that the scene didn't portray the right emotion as did the book. I thought the scene could've been done better or different, but not the way the director did it. The Governess or actress did do a good job of acting crazy at the end and killing Miles or so it seems.
I chose both of those scenes because they seemed to be the scenes that shocked me and made me think the most. I also believe that the movie didnt do the book justice.
Savannah Guillen
ReplyDeleteOne scene that was done very well was at the beginning of the movie when the Uncle used his charm to coerce the governess into taking care of the children at Bly. I thought the scene was a good representation of the sexual appeal of the master as he moved closer and closer to the governess, pressuring her to accept the job.
One scene that I didn’t like was when the governess was in Miles’ room and the candle goes out. In the movie, Miles tells the governess not to worry because it was just the wind, but in the book, he says “It was I who blew it, dear!” In the book the scene is a lot creepier, because the governess hears Miles shriek, and then the wind stops and the windows are tightly closed.
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ReplyDeleteJaina Shah
ReplyDeleteThe scene director captured/portrayed the movie very well was after Governs seeing the ghost each time. In the book I thought was that described well enough and also, in the movie it had good imaged. The governess showed more emotion and curious. Also, the ending of the book was well portrayed in the movie; to me I had better understating. I felt like Miles acting was patient compare to book. I thought in the book he had more control over the governess. When I read about the Miles I thought he would be bossier.
Lexy Kaftan
ReplyDeleteThe scene i thought was done very well was the last scene, i though the actress who played the governess did a very good job of looking crazy and scared at the same time. The scene i thought could have been better was the lake scenes, i didnt think the lake looked like a lake more like a beach and i thought mrs grose could have done a better job wanting to protect flora from the governess.
Sarah Hale :)
ReplyDeleteEverybody has uses their own imaginations when reading a book. They use the descriptions, physical and emotional, that the author writes about to create a mental image of the character or a certain scene. One scene from the movie that I think the director captured from the book very well was the last big scene where the Governess saw Peter Quint in the in window peering in behind an “unknowing” Miles. The fright that I read of the Governess having in the book, completely wide eyed, stuttering, attempting to keep Miles’s back to Peter Quint’s ghost, matched what the director had created in especially the black and white film. I literally envisioned the entire scene to be as it was during the black and white film. I think the director missed the scene all together during the newer version of the film with regards to the death of Miles. As I read The Turn of the Screw, even though it wasn’t directly addressed how Miles died, I definitely took it as if Miles died of fright when being forced to scream Peter Quint and look towards the ghost. The newer version of the film had the Governess suffocate Miles to death with a compassionate hug! Why would the governess even feel the need to kill Miles? There hadn’t been any signs in the book or the movie that pointed to the want of the Governess to kill young Miles. I feel as though the director of the newer film very awkwardly ended the movie with a scene that literally made everyone in the classroom laugh with confusion and ignorance for what the author’s motive was.
Leslee Fall
ReplyDeleteIn the first movie that i watched i thought the director caught the scene where the governess found Flora outsides by the lake really well because it really made the scene come to life. In the book when Flora said she didnt want to be anywhere near the governess and didnt see Jessel i had a hard time seeing that scene very dramatic. But the movie made that scene come to life and it got the audience thinking that maybe the governess is crazy just like the book hinted at.
A scene that i did not like in the movie was when the governess was sitting on Miles bed and Miles kissed her. In the book this part seemed more romanitic in a way, Miles was acting more like an adult then a child and his kiss seemed to be that way in the book. In the movie i felt like the kiss was very innocent and Miles didnt act very mature like in the book. I missed the discomfort in the movie that i felt in the book.
April Dick
ReplyDeleteIf we were to do a Freudian reading of the book, the scene where Miles kisses the governess (in the black and white version) is fairly accurate because the kiss was exceptionally long and not entirely innocent. This implied that there was some sort of attraction between the two which is considered a Freudian concept.
The last scene in the black and white version wasn't accurate because the governess was supposed to smother Miles, giving the possibility that Miles didn't die of being possessed but rather from being suffocated.
As far as the movie overall i feel that Miles did an impeccable Job throghout the movie in general. That being said, I believe a scene in witch the movie captured really well was when the Governess goes out to find Flora by the lake. A scene which i particularly feel missed the mark was when the Governess had dinner with Miles. To me i didn't feel as though they put much effort into this scene.
ReplyDeleteIn the second movie that we watched, I felt that the scene where the kids and the governess were playing hide and go seek was very creepy. It showed the governess and Mrs. Grose standing at the bottom of the stairs looking up at the kids who were laughing. This was right after the governess saw Peter Quint lookning at her through the window. This gave me the feeling that the kids knew what was going on and were laughing at the governess purposefully.
ReplyDeleteA scene that I think the director overdid in the second movie was when the governess kissed miles at the very end of the movie. I thought that it was way too sexual, and that in the book it didn't include any sexuality between Miles and the governess after Miles' death.
Erik Enselman
ReplyDeleteOne scene that the movie captured very well was the ending scene when miles was killed. In the book, you couldnt really tell how he died but in the movie it was clear that the governess was strangling him.
One scene that I thought needed some work was the scene in the black and white version when flora started yelling at the governess. They made it seem way more dramatic then it shouldve been amd flora was screaming for like 3 minutes straight which was really annoying.
Samielle Foltz
ReplyDeleteThe scene I think wasn’t portrayed very well was the very last scene where the Governess and Miles are together. The part where they were dining together didn’t seem like they were acting like a shy married couple. The Governess was more scornful looking and direct instead of shy and Miles was distant.
The scene I think was portrayed like it should have been in the book was the scene where the Governess and the Uncle were together. The male actor portrayed his bachelor part very well and for a minister’s daughter he charmed her simply by his invasion of her space, sitting close to her and taking her hand, smiling, taking her into his confidence, etc. The setting was really well done as well. He did appear to be like a Prince in the rich environment.
Mark Galambos
ReplyDeleteI think that the scene in which the governess first sees Peter Quint on the tower (BBC version) is very creepy and well played out. The actor for Quint was exactly as I had expected him to look, very evil and devil like, and she could only hardly make him out because the sun was so bright.
A scene I did not particularly like was the scene in which the governess confronts Flora about Miss Jessel. The scene was very over dramatic and carried on much too long.
Tori Weisel
ReplyDeleteIn the black and white version of the movie I thought that Flora’s character looked older than I expected her to be. To me she looked like she was the same age as Miles. I thought in the first movie she looked more like her age. Also in the black and white version I thought that the governess also looked older than 20 years old. In the black and white version I did like the scene where the governess walks up to the house instead of coming up in the carriage because it gave you a better chance to see what Bly looked like and the first meeting with Flora was different from the book but I liked the way the director did it.
Craig Thomas
ReplyDeleteOne scene that i thought was portrayed really well was in the first movie when mrs. jessel was crying in the study and ms. gross saw her. it showed the emotion mrs. jessel was carrying and kinda explained some of the weird stuff that had been unexplained throughout the whole story.
One scene that i thought was poorly portrayed was in the second movie when ms. gross first saw something on the balcony and when she walked up there and miles was petting the birds. i thought that gave the kids a bad image way to early in the movie where the other one didnt give off to the kids until way later in the movie
Brody Hovatter
ReplyDeleteA scene in particular that I thought was done well was the scene in which the Governess sees Miss Jessel crying with her head in her hands, and then a few moments later the audience sees the Governess sitting in the same place in the exact same position. The movie did a great job of portraying this part of the book on screen, and it was very creepy to see the Governess looking like Miss Jessel.
In the more recent version of the movie, I thought that the beginning scene in which the Governess meets the master was a little different. Although the book may have described the master as charming, I also got the idea that he was a little cold and curt, as he stated he had no desire to talk or hear about the children or ever be bothered about anything. The movie, however, seemed to portray him as a little warmer and kinder.
Jade Baumann
ReplyDeleteThe first scene that comes to mind when thinking of one that the director captured very well would be the scene where the little girl is down by the water dancing. I believe that this scene captured the tearing feeling of whether she was an innocent girl dancing by the water, and the governess is just crazy, or if she really was rowed out there by someone.
The scene that i did not enjoy very much was the ending scene with Miles and the Governess.
The scene made it look like miles just plopped dead on the ground when the "ghost" was in the air, and the governess was trying to get him to see it. He didn't die, so why did the movie make it appear so? That scene was very strange to me.
Maxx Forde
ReplyDeleteI think the director in the black and white movie missed the mark altogether with the last scene because Miles just seemingly collapses out of nowhere instead of being killed by the governess. I thought that was just kind of weird and to me, made it seem like the ghosts were real although the rest of that version of the movie made it out to be the Governess being played.
One scene that I thought was right on target was the scene where the Governess sees Miss Jessel but Flora cannot, or at least says she can't. It was very convincing and I thought captured the idea that the Governess seemed to be getting played and was crazy.
Brian Gleadle
ReplyDeleteIMO, the scene the director captured best was the all of the scenes with Miles and the Governess when you can see that Miles' infatuation with her is growing by the day. The part when he kisses her is particularly well represented because it really puts the mood across and it was very well done. You could tell it wasnt just a young kid kissing his 'mom' it was meant to be sensual. One thing the director missed on was the entire movie. The acting and script were horrid and overall the movie was just pretty bad.