Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde Comparison

Robert Louis Stevenson’s Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde has evolved into one of the most acclaimed pieces of literature in modern American society. One aspect of a continual spark of interest with the novel is motion pictures. Various directors through the years have interpreted the book through their own eyes and the following is a depiction of that. One might question Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde’s overwhelming success. Theme restaurants, Broadway shows and movies all have indicated a public interest in the classic. Americans especially have been fascinated with Stevenson’s portrayal of the split personality Dr. Jekyll whom many can relate too. The first movie that I decided to use for this examination is the 1932 restored version
Hyde. Rouben Mammoulian displays his felon as a monster who even looked like a werewolf. Mr. Hyde had an evil laugh that if you were reading Stevenson’s novel than you would feel that it was quite fitting. Mr. Hyde is not a pretty sight. He is wretched to look at, with even worse traits. In public he acts as a menace and troublemaker. He has no capacity to distinguish what is good and bad. In addition, he acts like the devil-unpredictable, cold-blooded and inhumane. The conclusion of the movie is what established Mammoulian as a fantastic director. One of the more exquisite scenes of the movie is at the end when Mr. Hyde transforms into Dr. Jekyll as the police are searching the estate for Hyde. This scene was shot perfectly. It leaves the viewer with the impression that this is one of the craziest stories ever to surface. In addition, when I saw this final scene I thought that if I were a little child then the plot of the movie would terrify me. I think that this is what the goal of the movie was and it was
Jekyll and Mr. Hyde that I have ever seen. I think that I appreciated the movie a lot more considering the notion that everything is better when you have background in the subject matter. The final film that I viewed was entitled “Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde”. To be completely honest, this comedy, directed by David Price, is awful. The concept was “cute”, however I felt that the movie was just released in the hopes that it would take in a good cut at the box office due to the title of the movie. There really is little correlation between the novel and this particular motion picture. The plot behind “Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde” is that aspiring scientist Dr. Richard Jax aquires his grandfather’s scientific notebooks in his will. This leads to the aid of his own experiments, and consequentially he discovers the potion for his new “self”. The only problem with the formula is that he includes a little too much estrogen which when swallowing the formula, transforms him into a woman. The rest of the movie is filled with entertaining scenes about how the newly invented “Ms. Hyde” is ruining Dr. Jax’s life. I thought that the only common points that the movie shared with the novel was that the two personalities go to war with each other in the hopes to take over the body back to the respected