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I hadn’t seen the movie, wanted to, and reckoned I would enjoy it more if I read the book first. That’s pretty much the way it played out. Good book. Great movie. A new film favorite.
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Is the book better than the movie, or vice versa? When comparing a good movie adaptation with a good book, the criteria are tricky. In a way, this is like comparing apples to oranges (as an old saying that has lost its juice goes). The movie is a close adaptation. All the main sequences are preserved. Watching the m ...more
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