I had read the book, maybe, a dozen times before the film came out, and holy shit was I disappointed. crushed, really. Not just in what they changed, but also what they left out. it totally ruined for me books adapted to film. any time I see a film based on a book I’ve read, I’m always let down.
oh man I was so disapointed in the book compared to the moive. I feel crichton has great ideas but is not a good writer. It is one of the few writers where I prefer the movies.
He wrote it as if it were a factual reconstruction of an actual crime. Long passages on things like rat baiting, penny hangs, tipping servants, and other Victoriana
I have not read that but I don’t read much now so I doubt I will get around to it. Top of my list is reading the wheel of time that jordan did not write to finish off the series.
easy one: Jurassic Park (1993)
I had read the book, maybe, a dozen times before the film came out, and holy shit was I disappointed. crushed, really. Not just in what they changed, but also what they left out. it totally ruined for me books adapted to film. any time I see a film based on a book I’ve read, I’m always let down.
oh man I was so disapointed in the book compared to the moive. I feel crichton has great ideas but is not a good writer. It is one of the few writers where I prefer the movies.
There are always exceptions. Andromeda Strain was an excellent book.
You know I do recall that one not being bad. Rising son was maybe a little better book wise to.
The original Andromeda Strain is an excellent movie.
Try reading “The Great Train Robbery.”
He wrote it as if it were a factual reconstruction of an actual crime. Long passages on things like rat baiting, penny hangs, tipping servants, and other Victoriana
I have not read that but I don’t read much now so I doubt I will get around to it. Top of my list is reading the wheel of time that jordan did not write to finish off the series.
Go find ‘The Great Train Robbery’
Creighton directed the movie based on his own novel.