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comment by AnSionnachRua
AnSionnachRua  ·  4209 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Best movie villain ever?

It only just came out a few weeks ago here in Ireland (having been out in the US for several months) and a friend of mine who loves the book got me interested in seeing it. It turned out to be fantastic.

I really loved how you'd see a character and then think "Wait a minute... Is that Hugh Grant? That is Hugh Grant!"

We watched the movie and then stayed up till five chatting, and even though I had an appointment at ten it was well worth it.





briandmyers  ·  4209 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I would not have thought they could have done justice to the book (which I enjoyed quite a lot), but they really did. The two are very different in many ways, but both are really good.

A more literal translation of the book to film just would not have worked as well.

thenewgreen  ·  4209 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It's now at the top of my list. Thank you.