It is very common that cinematographic adaptations of classical literature are made so as to entertain the audience or make easier the reading comprehension of the texts. Some of these adaptations are identical to the original plot in order to preserve the essence of the literary work, but in some cases the scripts are transformed according to the final purpose of the film.In this case "Gulliver's Travels" the famous novel of the Anglo-Irish writer Jonathan Swift presents several differences from the original text.
First, Swift's novel is set in the Modern Age, around 1700. In its place, the movie made
in 2010 is set in contemporary times, in the 21st century.
Second, the novel written by Swift constituted a satire of human nature of society and a parody of the travelers' tales written in those times, the film adaptation starred by Jack Bla
ck is a comedy that have the main purpose of entertaining and as every comedy it has a happy ending.
Finally, among these main differences, we can tell the lenght of the film contrasting with the lenght of the original written story. The original plot includes several Gulliver's Travels, those are: A Voyage to Liliput and Blefuscu; A Voyage to Brobdingnag; A Voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Luggnagg, Glubbdubdrib, and Japan; and A Voyage to the Country of the Houyhnhnms. Instead, the movie only includes the first tale A Voyage to Liliput and Blefuscu, making the lenght of this shorter than the original plot.
Nicolle Suazo/Angela Vallejos.
