Movie vs Novel

 Yesterday, when I really should have been writing my poetry journals or preparing to write in class on Song of Solomon, I decided to watch the movie One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest instead. I convinced myself that since it was technically for my final project, I was doing something productive and not lazing about on a Sunday afternoon. I borrowed the movie from Kristin, who’s Dad is apparently a Cuckoo Nest fanatic, and spent two and a half hours watching it. The movie started out quite similar to the book, which surprised me. However, about a half hour in, I started to notice distinct differences, the most prominent of which being that the narrator of the novel, Chief, was not really a very important character in the movie until the last half hour or so. In my opinion, the book was still better, because I enjoyed the extra details and thematic concepts that Kesey provided. Despite this, I thoroughly enjoyed the movie (probably because Jack Nicholson’s bad boy attitude was so attractive, especially with the hat on…haha Kristin), and many of the patients were much more comical on the big screen than they were in the book. If you’re sitting at home on a rainy afternoon and have nothing to do, go out and rent the movie. You won’t be disappointed!

If you’re interested I’ve included the movie trailer in a previous blog, and below is a website full of pictures of scenes from the movie. Enjoy!

http://www.jacknicholson.org/OneFlewOverTheCuckoosNest.html