Originally Posted by James Whale (Post 703383)

I loved the book and had great memories of the movie. However, ten years have not been kind to the movie. On my second viewing, I got so bored I went to the refrigerator. (NOTE- when I write that I went to the refrigerator in my pseudo reviews, it's bad.) I'm going through all of PRESTON and CHILD'S books and I thought it would be cool to watch their one movie adaption. Wrong. They changed so many things from the book that I became resentful and bored. It was ALIEN meets JURASSIC PARK. This is an example of why I often really don't like to watch a movie more than once. I like to keep the original impression in my mind. Often , repeat viewings ruin my pleasant memories. Anyone else have an opinion on this movie or book?

Originally Posted by Vodstok (Post 703399)

i read the book more than a year after the first time i saw the movie ( in the theater) and kept askign myself, "Why did they change this?" thew movie was a passable "trapped with a monster" movie, but the book was just great. They completely changed most of the characters, and the plot to the point that the movie bears little resemblance to the book. And they dropped the best character (the fbi agent who's name escapes me)

Originally Posted by James Whale (Post 703383)

I loved the book and had great memories of the movie. However, ten years have not been kind to the movie. On my second viewing, I got so bored I went to the refrigerator. (NOTE- when I write that I went to the refrigerator in my pseudo reviews, it's bad.) I'm going through all of PRESTON and CHILD'S books and I thought it would be cool to watch their one movie adaption. Wrong. They changed so many things from the book that I became resentful and bored. It was ALIEN meets JURASSIC PARK. This is an example of why I often really don't like to watch a movie more than once. I like to keep the original impression in my mind. Often , repeat viewings ruin my pleasant memories. Anyone else have an opinion on this movie or book?