08-30-2004, 08:31 AM
I read the book last week, and I just watched the director's cut of the movie this weekend. I preferred the book so much more. The book was just amazing. I started reading at 9 pm and stayed up till 4 in the morning untill I finished it. I have not done that in years.
The movie as a whole was pretty good, though. I try not to compare the two outright, since they are completely differant mediums, and there is only so much you can do in a two hour movie compared to a 600 page book. I felt like the storyline was rushed in the movie and some of the character development suffered, especially Shogo's. I also did not like what they did to Kazuo. It made him out to be a one dimensional villain, but hey, it was only two hours.
I've met a lot of people who saw the movie, and then wanted to read the book. Those people ended up liking both, so in the end if a movie about high school students killing each other promotes literacy than I'm for it.
The movie as a whole was pretty good, though. I try not to compare the two outright, since they are completely differant mediums, and there is only so much you can do in a two hour movie compared to a 600 page book. I felt like the storyline was rushed in the movie and some of the character development suffered, especially Shogo's. I also did not like what they did to Kazuo. It made him out to be a one dimensional villain, but hey, it was only two hours.
I've met a lot of people who saw the movie, and then wanted to read the book. Those people ended up liking both, so in the end if a movie about high school students killing each other promotes literacy than I'm for it.
Intent and outcome are rarely coincident.
-The Lord Shaper
-The Lord Shaper