Good vs. Evil: How does film deal with these questions?

Film deals with these questions in quite a similar way when compared to literature; the main difference is that instead of reading, the audience gets a visual. Those who read books know clearly that the concepts of good and evil are represented in a similar fashion on the big screen, however, the downfall to film is the lack of content. Most importantly the creativity aspect of literature is diminished greatly as films have visuals of the environment, settings, and characters. Therefore giving the audience more of a perspective of how the writer/director intended the story to be portrayed.

For an example in the Harry Potter books the readers have more of an imagination involved in creating the looks of characters, settings, and environments. This option of imagination is deprived when a movie version is made; however, the movie tends to give more of an idea of how the director/writers wanted the story to be portrayed. This is because there are visuals for the viewer to better understand the concepts of good and evil, but it does lack the content of detailed descriptions as the books usually contain.

In movies the concepts of good and evil are mostly portrayed as universal because the questions of good and evil are consistent between those who view the film. Even though the opinions of viewers cannot be changed by movie writers, they still try to avoid subjective content within the movie. As in books the good characters are those who usually try to save the day, although not all actions are done with a pure heart. For an example in some movies the good character saves the day, however, causes significant harm to society in the process. Although the intent may be to just save the person, the action taken may have not been the best option.

Overall, film deals with these questions in almost the same way as literature does, like I mentioned before the main difference is the aspect of visuals vs. imaginations.