"MC" wrote in message
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Donal wrote:



Films rarely manage to capture more than a tiny percentage of the
brilliance
of a good book.


Sometimes they can be much more. Perhaps you should look beyond the
'plot' and consider the cinematography... At a physical data content
level a film generally contians far more data than a book.

I only consider the "experience".

I am not one of the literatii. I believe that a book, or film, should
entertain, or inform.

I have never seen a film that entertained me more than the book. In fact,
whenever I have seen the film of a book that I have read, it was a total
dissappointment.

IMHO, the cinematography and special effects should compliment the film in a
totally passive way.

If you are reduced to admiring the technical production of a movie, then I
would say that the movie was a complete failure - or perhaps you are as
shallow as Bobsprit!



Regards


Donal
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