The Book vs the Movie

The book was way better. I saw this in Sacramento with a friend when it was released. I was 21 at the time and he was 22. We sat down in the theatre and then got a bit nervous part-way through. We are white and surrounded by Blacks who got steamed about the movie but not enough to make a scene. I had already read the book a year or so earlier but my friend talked me into it. The worst thing I remember about the movie was Richard Burton's awful Southern accent. Mixed with Welsh, southern, and booze. That was the worst travesty I had ever heard. The book really makes sense. The movie was ridiculous.