Flipped Film Analysis

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Change has opposing effects on situations, sometimes being positive and sometimes being negative. Change can challenge people’s beliefs and can force them to think differently about the subject matter. Challenging people through change creates ambiguity and is often used in adaptations between novels and films. Comparing the film adaptation to its source helps learn about the different mediums as “the changes involved in taking a work to the screen are as inevitable as the changes brought by age” (Boggs and Petrie 371). However, despite this problem created by changing the media, filmmakers continue to adapt novels into films. According to Boggs and Petrie, “A significant percentage of Hollywood films are adaptations… [and they] range …show more content…
Rob Reiner makes very few changes to the plot of the story and follows the novel very closely, with the only differences caused by a change in time period. However, Reiner goes against the grain of other filmmakers by setting the film in an earlier time period instead of moving the story to present time which ironically creates a story that is more relatable and believable to the audience. In an interview with Susan Wloszczyna from USA Today, Director Rob Reiner says, “Today feels less innocent, and I didn’t want it to be about texting. I wanted it to be pure and simple while focusing on feelings,” reinforcing the effect this time change has on the film overall (USA Today). By changing the time period in which this story takes place from the 2000s in the novel to the 1960s in the film, Rob Reiner plays on the audience’s past knowledge and feelings toward the changes in relationships between these time periods, using the difference to his advantage to create a more innocent and more believable, thus more relatable love story between the two main characters, Bryce and …show more content…
One of the societal perceptions on love is that love is harder now than it was in the past because of changes in technology, changes in gender roles, and the evolution of relationships. This perception is seen in many mediums and types of media, with a popular source being music. In his song, “Love Was Easy,” Jason Aldean sings,
(line break slashes) Oh, it wasn’t that long ago/ but it seems so far away when we didn’t have a damn thing but we were happy. And love was easy. Just layin’ on a river bank all night countin’ the stars. Love was easy as that feelin’ we found in the back seat of my car. Even in the dark love was easy when we didn’t make it so hard (ln #s).
Jason Aldean is not alone, as Nickleback also plays on this societal perception in their song, “Photograph” and the Judds’ in their song, “Grandpa Tell Me ‘Bout the Good Old Days.” Along with music, there are other mediums that portray that love was easier in the
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