Talk:Marcus/@comment-184.153.99.44-20130404052513

I think the movie portrayed Marcus as elderly and Caius as young to further emphasize the tole of Marcus' loss and eternal suffering and also visually depict him as the older and wiser that uses a greater depth of understanding. This is more prominent because when watching a movie the dialogue is essentially undermined by the visual. Caius is shown as young due to his being the more naive of the two. Many of his lines in the movie also increase the magnitude of this as he has shallow hate and rarely uses reasoning. He is a completely irrational and immature character while Marcus is rational and mature. The book, in my opinion, just adds irony by making Marcus the young one and Caius the old. In many ways, both are correct, although despite irony being a significant literary element, it does little to enhance the readers understanding other than to provoke minimal thought in those observant enough to detect and analyze it. Not only is the observer receiving a simpler understanding of the two varying personalities of Caius and Marcus in the movie but is also, in turn, furthermore able to apply their focus on the plethora of fast-paced and thrilling aspects in the film; a wise decision by the director.