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Olorin_Ever-Young t1_iu0c2ey wrote

Agreed. But, probably for different reasons.

My first exposure to the story was via the Leonardo DiCaprio movie, which is breathtakingly beautiful and stunning. I was so enraptured by it that I read the book post-haste, only to find it falling flat on virtually every plot point which the movie had conversely handled so perfectly. The only reason I managed to actually derive any enjoyment from the book is because it simply reminded me of the movie.

I think it's probably the only case where I think the movie is actually better than the book. And by a flatout mile. Perhaps also Life of Pi, though I've not read that yet, just seen the movie.

And that's coming from someone who thinks the Lord of the Ring movies are an utter butchering of the source material. I'm generally not one to like book-to-movie-adaptations.

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knerled OP t1_iu0eg87 wrote

I've read Life of Pi and found it very interesting. Have not seen the movie.

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Olorin_Ever-Young t1_iu0goi9 wrote

The movie is so astoundingly good that I can't really imagine the book being better. Much like the Great Gatsby movie, it fully embraces the visual and auditory medium of film to embellish and extrapolate upon the story's themes in ways literature simply isn't able to. The opening scene alone, displaying the raw beauty of nature, is impossible to convey solely through words.

Still, definitely wanna give Life of Pi a read. Who knows? Odds are, it actually will somehow be better than the movie, as these things usually are.

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