Journal 36: Red Badge Film

The mental pictures in my mind were not really different form the movie. However, the atmosphere were kind of different. To me, I imagined the scenes to be always dark and gloomy and an awful lot of rain because Henry is always depressed and scared in the book and I feel that rain and dark sky would really portray the atmosphere and set the mood. Also, a dark atmosphere can really let us in Henry's feeling and really feel his depression and his dilemma. The actor for Henry were kind of older then I expected because I expected a 16 year old barely able to join the war effort with small arms, short, and an over-sized jacket and helmet.  I think the movie did a good job in remaking of the novel because the movie uses narration to tell the audience about Henry's feeling and basically the novel is about the mental struggle that Henry experiences throughout the film. However, I feel like the movie should make Henry look more like a coward by constantly showing him trying to hide or run away or showing a scene of him getting caught while trying to run away. The movie did not show about Henry leaving his mom which I think is a crucial event in the movie because while he was trying to convince his mom he wants to join the war effort we see that he didn't join for the war but for his own fantasy.