Beloved ( reaction to the movie)

My first reaction to this movie is that it was very well planned out. What i mean is that they barely changed anything that occurred in the book, and unlike other book into movies, there where moments when i remembered that that was what the characters said exactly in the novel. It seemed less like you were being told a story because the director used a lot of point of view shots, making the person watching the movie feel as if they are one of the actors, and more connected to the movie. I noticed that the director played with the lighting a lot, for example when Paul D. first entered the house, the hall way emitted a flashing red like, which could symbolize evil or the devil during this scene. I really liked the movie better than the book because there were a lot of reaction shots and close-ups, so i was able to really see how each character felt during that scene. For me the novel seem as if it was trying to packed in a lot of information in just 300 pages, which made it a little confusing for me. However the movie, helped me understand those scenes because there were  fades when Sethe would start to talk about the past, and about what had happened to her. I think that the actors really fit the characters personality especially the actress that played as Denver. I was able to understand Denver's emotion towards Beloved, and until i watched the movie i did not know that at the end Denver's emotion started to change about Beloved. But what surprised me the most was the actress for Beloved because i when i read the novel i did not think would be a crazy character as the one portrayed in the movie. However it gave a lot of emotion and life to the movie, and showed the awkwardness of Beloved. My favorite scene is when Denver is home with Beloved and she is leading her to the kitchen so that she could sit down and eat some bread. This is my favorite scene because the director uses a point of view shot, close up, reaction shot, and an over a shoulder shot, and also a tracking shot during this scene. These shots helps us see that Beloved  looks like a grown teenager however she is like a baby who does not ever know how to even walk. We see that thats how Denver treats her, congratulating Beloved when she is able to walk to the chair. Overall i believe that this was one of the best book into movie films i have seen, and i  felt like the director made ever thing fit together perfectly from the mood of the scene, to the selection of the song he uses, to the actors and  the choice of shots he decides to use.