[David E. Gervais]

Originally posted by DavidG:
I guess in my orginal post I should have said "better than or as good as the book" instead of just 'good'

Easy, any Tom Clancy book made into a movie will always beat the book. IMHO all his books make for a very dry read. He always tries to cram way too much detail into his naration!

Jurassic Park was/is a better book than movie, but the movie was very well done.

I read Dune after seeing the movie and I was amazed at how much they managed to get into the film. I also imediately noticed how bad some stuff got raped. Most if not all the people I know that saw the film read the books first and all they noticed is what was missing or distorted. My having seen the film without having read the books gave me a different perspective. The reactions that my friends had prompted me to read the book to get the real story. I can't go back and say I didn't like the movie because I did like it. That would be like having a good steak diner and saying you enjoyed it very much then finding out it was bear meat and changing your mind! I don't play that game.

Also I don't agree to disagree, I prefer to say we are in agreement about dune, but have both experienced it from a different perspective. I now recognise that the film was much less than it could have been. But that could also be said of every film ever made! Hindsight is 20-20 after all!

Cheers!