I thought the book was more interesting but having said that the last 1/2 hour or so of the movie moved at a faster pace. I found the first half seemed to drag somewhat. Maybe because I enjoyed the book a lot, I found the movie hard to live up to the book.
shareI love the book, but I didn't know that they made a movie about it until I was fooling around on IMDB! Do you recommend the movie?
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I hear this all the time. You can't compare a book and movie. When do people ever like a movie over the book?
shareI haven't heard any mention of the fact that the village was a controlled environment requiring presentation of proper credentials upon entry, as was demonstrated early on in the opening sequence.
Too many people went through that gate to go unnoticed, even for recreational sex.
When James Woods said it was worse than rape I surmised it to be incest. And it was in a different kind of way. Her father betrayed her and failed to protect her.
I will give props for it being a nail-biter movie.
I have to agree about the book being more satisfying.
When I read the book first, and I felt it hang together pretty well. I saw the movie last night, and came away with the overall impression that it just didn't seem very plausible. Since it has been some years since reading the book, I can't pinpoint any specific shortcomings, but something just didn't quite work in the movie.
I enjoyed the movie the first time I saw it, and a couple of times since, although I thought the fight scene at the houseboat was unnecessary. I was quite surprised to find, at a used book store last month, that there even was a book. I guess I didn't read the credits very closely. Anyway, I am now reading the book, and it is a hoot. Nelson Demille has a razor-sharp wit, and gives much more insight to all the background of such a thing happening on a military base. I agree that books are ALMOST always better than movies (I didn't read the Bourne series, but I can't imagine them being as good as the movies, and I've heard many people affirm this). I am halfway through the book - I can't put it down, but that's dissappointing because it will be over too soon.
sharehe wrote a sequel called up country
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The only one for me was Jaws, but I think that's becuase I had seen the movie 8 million times before ever reading the book.
As I've written in some other posts, the problem with the movie is the tendency for Hollywood to "sexy up" everything. Add idiot lights, cliches etc. Everytime I think of those ghillie suits in the rape scene it bugs me (also the subject matter should disturb as well - rape is absolutely inexcuseable)...
I'm surprised DeMille allowed it to happen as he worked on the film.
The sequal mentioned earlier, "Up Country" is an excellent read.