I read two messages about the movieand will not watch it. I can already tell it's nothing like the book and the book was phenomenal, like all of Follett's works.
shareThis was a rarity! I loved the book and found the movie to be very good too!
shareIt's about as good a movie as could be made from the novel, which I also thought was fantastic. The character of Bloggs is cut and Godliman is greatly reduced, and their histories, but the main plotline is followed faithfully, and the acting is superb. You might be surprised, and in any case you're missing out on a great movie.
sharebdgone75,
That's ironic. I only read the book after I saw the movie because I liked the movie so much, and wanted to read in depth about what it was based on.
I think if you see the movie you will be very pleasantly surprised. Donald Sutherland was excellent as Die Nadel.
Very true... Much of the book was telescoped, but much of it remained true. And may I add, lovely cinematography.
shareA Follett fan here and, after listening to Sutherland in 'The Eagle Has Landed', I didn't think I would like this movie... but, its one of my fav adaptions of a novel.
It really captured the atmosphere of the book - whoever chose the location did a great job ! And Sutherlands 'accent' didn't ruin it for me as he did in TEHL.
I don't think fans of the book will feel they've been let down here.
The movie is okay, despite numerous factual mistakes.
I know I probably shouldn't, but I was seriously lmao at the early scene when their high speed honeymoon ended in a ravine. Anyone else found this scene and the jump cut to 1944 a little, i dunno, weird and unintentionally funny? Anyway, the silly bugger had it coming to him.
I agree, that scene was pretty silly. I thought both had died in that accident. Then 4 years later only David got seriously injured? Strange way to tell a story. But then, the director had to speed things up to establish the new movie setting with David and Lucy in their new home.
shareYeah I wondered why they really needed to tell that backstory at all. If they had to show what a great guy David was before the accident, they could've used a flashback or something.
Man that idiot just flew around the corner and into the riverbed. Hard to believe neither of them died on impact.
Novels and cinema are two different mediums. As long as the film keeps the main points and central conceit then it's worthy of its title.
shareThen go and watch Shrek 12 or Dark Knight, which both SUCK!
shareI'm frequently amused by people who refuse to see movies or read books based purely on something someone else said about it. Why not see the movie and decide for yourself?
shareI had that attitude until I read your post. Now I think I will go see the movie and decide for myself. No more being influenced by other people on the internet for me!
shareI watched this movie the other night, and for better or for worse, this movie was a pleasant viewing if only for the reason that I'd never heard of it before. Totally rando pick. I did look up its RT score and all that, to make sure it was at least worth watching.
I enjoyed it!