In Reply to: Well, we got about 25% overlap. Is that good or bad? posted by Victor Khomenko on September 8, 1999 at 12:01:15:
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
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- Re: Well, we got about 25% overlap. Is that good or bad? - AudioHead 13:39:37 09/08/99 (2)
- the book/Jaws - petew 06:55:09 09/09/99 (1)
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