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Dead Poets Society
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I can't remember ever rating a book at one star. Oh, yes I do. Wuthering Heights. And I HATE that book.
Okay. I love this film. Loved it in the late 80s and I love it still. The movie is not based on the book; the book is based on the movie.
It's not great. It's little more than a copy of the screen play. (Which probably would have been a better read.) The writing was poor. Drab. Telling. The author quoted the school dog. "Gggrrr." I'm not kidding. There were some small liberties taken, as I assume there would need to be for legal purposes. And while they were still poorly written, at least those scenes did not have quite the same feel as having to sit and listen to my mother tell me about a great movie she saw in real-movie time. The rest of the novel did.
The plus? Takes less time to read than watching the movie. So I guess if you're pressed for time ... nah. Just watch the movie. It's a bazillion times better. And then you get to watch young, cute, tortured Sean Robert Leonard for 2 hours. It's a win-win.
(Now how to be diplomatic about this next week at my first-ever attending of a book club I've joined, for which I read this "novel." I may have to keep on the quiet side.)
Okay. I love this film. Loved it in the late 80s and I love it still. The movie is not based on the book; the book is based on the movie.
It's not great. It's little more than a copy of the screen play. (Which probably would have been a better read.) The writing was poor. Drab. Telling. The author quoted the school dog. "Gggrrr." I'm not kidding. There were some small liberties taken, as I assume there would need to be for legal purposes. And while they were still poorly written, at least those scenes did not have quite the same feel as having to sit and listen to my mother tell me about a great movie she saw in real-movie time. The rest of the novel did.
The plus? Takes less time to read than watching the movie. So I guess if you're pressed for time ... nah. Just watch the movie. It's a bazillion times better. And then you get to watch young, cute, tortured Sean Robert Leonard for 2 hours. It's a win-win.
(Now how to be diplomatic about this next week at my first-ever attending of a book club I've joined, for which I read this "novel." I may have to keep on the quiet side.)
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Dec 30, 2015 02:42AM
I was about to write a review, but then I read yours - and it says exactly what i wanted to write! :-)
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Its true, watching young Robert Sean Leonard is a win-win! This is my favorite movie EVER!!!!! Those boys changed my life!Who is your favorite character(s)
Agreed! Just watched it and it took me as long as the run time of the movie. It’s sorta just a re-telling, but without charm or an interesting writing style to justify its existence
