"Most films are limited in how they display thought often just through the facial expressions and actions of actors. Most novels, though, describe in great detail characters' inner thoughts. So films, in a way, are more mysterious, because you don't exactly know what people are thinking."
"So doesn't that make them in fact more realistic? Films, in a way, are more mysterious, because you don't exactly know what people are thinking, mirroring how we experience real life where we cannot directly access others' thoughts and must interpret behavior."
Films and novels differ fundamentally in how they convey character psychology. Novels provide detailed descriptions of characters' inner thoughts, offering direct access to their mental states. Films, conversely, rely on actors' facial expressions and physical actions to suggest what characters are thinking, leaving much ambiguous. This limitation in film creates mystery around character intentions and thoughts. The argument suggests this ambiguity makes films more realistic, since in real life we cannot directly access others' thoughts and must interpret them through observable behavior, similar to how film audiences must do.
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