Of Mice And Men: Film Analysis

In the film version of John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, George Milton reflects on the time he had spent with his best friend, Lennie Small, on the ranch. He begins by looking back at the time when George and Lennie are chased out of their home town of Weed and are forced to find work, so they get jobs at a ranch. They plan to save up money and reach their dream of owning a farm and “live off the fatta the lan’.” On the ranch, they meet many different people and deal with different things. This movie was a negative experience to watch. There were many significant parts of the book that were not included in the movie. One of the things that the movie did not incorporate was Candy and Curley’s wife joining Crooks and Lennie’s conversation in Crooks’s room. Because Candy did not come into Crooks’s room in the movie, Crooks did not hear about George and Lennie’s dream. In the book, Candy comes in and catches Crooks’s attention when he begins talking to Lennie about making money off the rabbits. Crooks says, “If you….guys would want a hand to work for nothing—just his keep, why I’d come an’ lend a hand.” (Steinbeck
This film would be worth a person’s time if they wanted to get a visual of what the ranch looked like, what they did there, or what the characters looked like. However, this would not be worth a person’s time if they did not want to see a movie with many parts missing from the original story. One of the good things that were a part of this movie were the music in each scene because it set the mood of the scene nicely. This movie was a movie that could be watched again, but there were things that would have made it more enjoyable. The movie missed important scenes like Candy, Curley’s wife, Lennie, and Crooks in Crooks’s room, and the final scene where George shoots Lennie. I prefer the book over the movie because the story had a lot more to it compared to the