McAPUSH: Taylor Newman in response to Zachary Laranang

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Saturday, August 1, 2009

Taylor Newman in response to Zachary Laranang

I agree with you that the book was much better but I didn't think Jack Nicholson portrayed McMurphy as well as everyone says. McMurphy in the novel was rebellious and wild but he always seemed breezy about the situation. In the movie, Jack Nicholson is a little too boisterous to give off the same joking feel and in parts I even sided with Nurse Ratched who was depicted a lot less cold than I imagined. It was still a good movie but I didn't really feel the characters come to life. McMurphy seemed annoyed by the Acutes in most of the movie which really let me down because the friendship they're supposed to have bonded was the backbone of the whole book. It's a hard story to recreate but the book is still one of my all time favorites.