From: psperson1@ix.netcom.invalid
On Sun, 24 Oct 2021 03:55:38 -0000 (UTC), Lafe
wrote:
>"novaste...@gmail.com" wrote in
>news:b86b9b4f-e66e-4558-9668-eddb5639c27dn@googlegroups.com:
>
>> On Friday, October 22, 2021 at 9:34:52 AM UTC-6, Paul S Person wrote:
>
>>>
>>> I'll be adjusting the price I am willing to pay to rent it ...
>>> downwards.
>>>
>>> But I'm sure I'll see it eventually.
>>> --
>>> "I begin to envy Petronius."
>>> "I have envied him long since."
>>
>> Fortunately I have HBO Max so I can see it for free, still your reviews
>> don't leave me with much hope. And unlike most everybody else I
>> actually liked the Lynch version.
>
>I liked the Lynch version well enough, though I wasn't a huge fan of it.
>And I have read the books.
>
>I thoroughly enjoyed this adaptation.
>
>My memory of the many details in the books is quite fuzzy, but I didn't
>have any trouble following the "flash-forwards". I didn't think it was a
>perfect way to convey what they were trying to show, but it did well
>enough. Better than some of the "vision" sequences in the Lynch movie.
>
>I went into it without having a lot of expectations, but I would say that
>it's easily better than any other movie/miniseries adaptation out there,
>and did a better than average job at making the experience of the movie
>similar to the experience of reading a book (something I think *very* few
>movie adaptations accomplish).
>
>It certainly wasn't (and can't be) perfect at replicating the book, but it
>didn't detract from the experience at all for me. I thought the sound,
>music, and cinematography was very well done, and the acting was generally
>above average, and in some cases truly excellent.
>
>I think it's well worth your time to see it.
And I will, eventually.
But not in a theater. And cerainly not stereoscopically.
--
"I begin to envy Petronius."
"I have envied him long since."
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