Did we talk about the book before, I can't remember? Yes, I bought the book in borders a while ago -- some years after the film but some years before now.
In fact, I'm interested to hear you say that, because your taste always is impeccable, and I generally agree with it without question. However, in this instance (although watching the film first made it harder to judge fairly, my images of the characters in the book are coloured by the ones in the film) this may be one of the very very few books where I think the book was good, but I possibly prefer the adaption. The book certainly had some wonderful moments that weren't in the film, and I had a very similar experience reading both, so I think the adaption was very good. However a lot of the aspects of the book I like the most seem to be encapsulated so well in the film, I almost feel like the film was overall better, for all it was based entirely on the book.
Re: For the hard of herring
Date: 2007-12-29 12:28 am (UTC)In fact, I'm interested to hear you say that, because your taste always is impeccable, and I generally agree with it without question. However, in this instance (although watching the film first made it harder to judge fairly, my images of the characters in the book are coloured by the ones in the film) this may be one of the very very few books where I think the book was good, but I possibly prefer the adaption. The book certainly had some wonderful moments that weren't in the film, and I had a very similar experience reading both, so I think the adaption was very good. However a lot of the aspects of the book I like the most seem to be encapsulated so well in the film, I almost feel like the film was overall better, for all it was based entirely on the book.