The Words Book Vs Movie

The Words, directed by Brian Klugman and Lee Sternthal, was not as good as I anticipated it to be. It’s based off of how “almost every word Ernest Hemingway wrote in the years immediately before 1922 was lost by his first wife Hadley, who packed the pages in a briefcase and lost it on a train” (Ebert). The movie depicts a story similar to this in a dramatic way. However the ending is extremely confusing. Most of The Words is about a novelist. His name is Rory Jansen (Bradley Cooper), and he has a wife named Dora (Zoe Saldana). They are characters in a book by Clayton Hammond (Dennis Quaid) who is reading it to an audience. As Clayton narrates his book, it follows Rory as he struggles to become a successful author. However, one day Rory …show more content…
The costumes were on point with every aspect of the movie, the characters were written well, and the music went along nicely. The costumes went along with both the time periods represented in the movie. They also went along with what it seemed like the character would wear; which brings me to characterization. The characters in the story were interesting and they were scripted very well. The casting for the characters was also amazing (who doesn’t love Bradley Cooper). Each actor played and represented their character exceedingly well. Similar to the costumes, the music also went along nicely with the time period and helped with the emotions conveyed by each character.
The weaknesses of this movie was the overall plot and ending. The plot got a little bit boring at times and seemed to be dragged out quite a bit. Furthermore, the ending was extremely confusing and we were left with a mystery at the end, but there is no sequel. I’m sure the sequel would probably be worse. The strengths of the movie were having Bradley Cooper star, and basically all the actors and actresses they casted. However, overall this movie was unentertaining, uninteresting, and unresolved in the