From: dtravel@sonic.net   
      
   On 10/23/2021 8:55 PM, 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.   
   >   
   I just got back from seeing it and I agree.  I think it was actually a   
   very good adaptation of a hard to translate to the screen book.   
      
      
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