From: psperson1@ix.netcom.invalid   
      
   On Mon, 25 Oct 2021 10:26:32 -0700, Jibini Kula Tumbili Kujisalimisha   
    wrote:   
      
   >Paul S Person  wrote in   
   >news:piidngl2v8bj1fic3jh0nl1r6rq9c0891k@4ax.com:   
   >   
   >> On Mon, 25 Oct 2021 04:45:42 GMT, Ninapenda Jibini   
   >>  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>Dimensional Traveler  wrote in   
   >>>news:sl4n5h$snm$1@dont-email.me:   
   >>>   
   >>>> 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.   
   >>>>   
   >>>That would be encouraging if I had liked the book.   
   >>   
   >> And you might still like the movie -- unless, in this case,   
   >> adaptation /is/ transcription.   
   >   
   >It was the comment that it's "a very good adaptation" that I was   
   >commenting on. The more faithful to the book it is, the less   
   >interested I am.   
      
   Indeed.   
   --   
   "I begin to envy Petronius."   
   "I have envied him long since."   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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