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In Reply to: 25 Recommended Films posted by AudioHead on September 08, 1999 at 08:10:07:
Is it not ironic that Dr. Zhivago the movie is actually not too bad, while the novel is completely mediocre? Most of the time it is the other way around. Witness the Godfather. No good for nothing novel turned into an event.
Yes, you're right,most of the time the book leaves the movie in the
dust,( with exceptions). For example, I liked the movie "Jaws", and was
moderately frightened by it; however, the fear is nothing on the order
of the terror I experienced while reading first chapter of Benchley's
novel, the scene where the great white circled it's unknowing victim in
the dark oceanic waters, then attacked with ferocious, state-of-the-art
(cutting *serrated* edge) efficiency.
Blenchley's superb prose stimulated my imagination in a way the Spielbergian movie could not, in spite of the films excellent special
effects. - AH
I just love this movie, and I love my first edition hardcover too. The movie abandoned the theme of the affair between the chief's wife and the marine biologist: it's only hinted at, and makes no sense. Violence without sex. Now there's a movie first!
I have to admit I really love the movie too; executed well all around.
There is just something about vulnerablity to shark attack that evokes
the deepest primeval fear in me; perhaps it involves being attacked completely out of one's element, makes the vulnerablity all that much
greater. And it's very humbling to think that a large fish is actually
making a meal out of oneself, instead of vice versa. (The very notion is
outrageous and an affront to one's sense of self-esteem and dignity!)
I get a similiar fear with vulnerablity to large crocodile attacks also;
reminds me of the newspaper article I read some years ago about the unfortunate lone sunbather on a deserted beach in Darwin, Australia; all
that remained were a few bloody tattered clothes and a sandtrail leading
to the ocean where the giant saltwater beast had dragged it's horrified
victim! - AH
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