From: psperson1@ix.netcom.invalid   
      
   On Mon, 25 Oct 2021 03:33:42 -0000 (UTC), Lafe    
   wrote:   
      
   >J. Clarke  wrote in   
   >news:9l4angpd864eg1s52b920iqddj92rjmikl@4ax.com:    
   >> On Sun, 24 Oct 2021 03:55:38 -0000 (UTC), Lafe    
   >> wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>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.   
   >>   
   >> Do you feel that it will benefit from being seen in a theater?   
   >   
   >Well, yes, probably.  I saw it at home. But I have a large screen, and   
   >surround sound with an aggressive subwoofer. It used the subwoofer a lot.   
   >There was a large dynamic range of quiet conversation to giant   
   >earth-shaking sound in this movie. If your home theater can handle it,   
   >watch it at home. It's a long film, and being able to pause to go pee is   
   >super useful. If you can't watch it at home, the theater will add that   
   >epic sound (booty shaklng) element to your experience. A bit reminiscent   
   >of Blade Runner 2048. The sound and music element was fantastic.   
      
   And I thought Sensurround was a thing of the past ...   
      
   or, rather, I had /hoped/ it was, having seen how it was used in   
   /Midway/ and /Rollercoaster/.   
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   "I have envied him long since."   
      
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