Starring George Clooney. Opens in theaters on Christmas Day.
Waterfield suggested this novel to me some years ago. I read it. It was excellent. But could cause a problem...
Whenever I read a novel that I liked a lot and then the movie comes out I have a great deal of trepidation. And for good reason... the movie almost never does the novel justice. That's no knock on Hollywood, however. It is nearly impossible to bring a novel to life in movie format. How can you condense 15-?? hours of reading into a 2.5 hour film? Even so, there ARE some exceptions in which the movie, IMHO, DID do justice to the novel... "Lonesome Dove" for example.... but equal to the novel? No, I don't think so, that has not been accomplished as yet IMHO.
I doubt if I see it in the theater, however. But see it I will! - JamesJM
