No Country For An Old Man Book Vs Movie Analysis

When it comes to films and novels there is always a translation of information between the two. The difference between the two is that with a film it gives the viewer a visual aspect of a story, and as for the novel it gives a verbal description of a story. In novels you are able to read the characters mind and understand who they are. A novel gives the meat of a story such as background information, and things that occur throughout the story. When it comes to film, there is are somethings that may be added to a film which may give viewers a different take on how they may view the original novel. I will analyze the novel, and film and I will discuss how I viewed the film vs the novel of No Country for an Old Man, and compare the two together. …show more content…
When I was reading the novel it is very informal of the story, but it requires a since of imagination. In the film it gives viewers a visual and also gives a different interpretation of the novel all over again. Even though the book uses imagery and other elements to define the characters, I feel as though the film is what really helps you get a close up view of what is going on. The film director did a great job by using good camera shots, and angles to show details on the characters facial expression, and …show more content…
McCarthy gives the readers an insight on how the characters thought and an insight of their feelings and emotions. In the very beginning of the book the narrator Sherriff Bell speaks to the readers, and outsiders which he tells how he saw a new evil and how it was no longer like the older days. In the opening of the film it gives the setting and sets the mood while Sherriff Bell talks about the new evil and we are able to hear his dialect. Now in that scene in the beginning we start to gain little idea of where everything takes place because it shows us the dessert, and nature of