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Captain Corelli's Mandolin
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Is the film as good as the book?
I have just finished it and loved it.
I have just finished it and loved it.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.For me, the enjoyment of a novel is visualising characters and scenes in my mind. An adaptation obvious plants its own visual and verbal images, which is fine, if it is done well. the critical wisdom of this adaptation, led by Mr Norman, is that the subtleties and narrative flow of the novel have been sacrificed in order to make it more 'filmable', which obviously misses the entire point. I have neither read the novel, or seen the film, but I remember the common thread of the reviews was unaceptable changes to plot lines and characterisations, which you will be aware of from previous posts.
As is often the case, I'm in agreement with Uncle Andy.
I too, tend to build up my own mental picture of how the characters look and sound when reading a book, that is often at odds with the cinematic directors portrayal.
The only time a film has ever come close to capturing, or reflecting my vision of how it should be, is when Peter Jackson created the 'look and feel' of the 'Lord of the Rings' trilogy.
My only advice is to always read the book, especially if you've seen and enjoyed a film based on a book first. You'll appreciate it all the more later.
Hi - I'm a tad late coming in here but here goes. I expected to come out of the film feeling slightly teary, considering how things panned out for Pelagia in the end (what a waste eh?) but after the film I could have wept tears of rage as they completely ruined it and cut out the build-up. And changed the ending, which really ****** me off. The soundtrack isn't bad though.