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Mystic River - SDSwami - 06-08-2004
Anyone else see this movie yet? I caught it in the theater and said then that Tim Robbins deserves an oscar, and he got it.
Anyway, I am just curious if anyone has read the book and how it compares to the movie. If the book is better than the movie, I would be really interested in reading it.
Mystic River - jimbow8 - 06-08-2004
SDSwami Wrote:Anyone else see this movie yet? I caught it in the theater and said then that Tim Robbins deserves an oscar, and he got it.It's currently #5 in my NetFlix queue. I'll let you know what I think of the movie, but, no, I haven't read the book.
Anyway, I am just curious if anyone has read the book and how it compares to the movie. If the book is better than the movie, I would be really interested in reading it.
Mystic River - Tim Hatch - 06-09-2004
SDSwami Wrote:Anyone else see this movie yet? I caught it in the theater and said then that Tim Robbins deserves an oscar, and he got it.
Anyway, I am just curious if anyone has read the book and how it compares to the movie. If the book is better than the movie, I would be really interested in reading it.
In this case also, the book is better that the movie. It's a fantastic movie, but Lehane captures the sights and smells of the imagination perfectly in the book. I'd also recommend his latest: _Shutter Island_.
Mystic River - Kenji - 06-09-2004
Tim Hatch Wrote:In this case also, the book is better that the movie. It's a fantastic movie, but Lehane captures the sights and smells of the imagination perfectly in the book. I'd also recommend his latest: _Shutter Island_.
Shutter Island....I bought it. But I have not read yet.
Mystic River - remylass - 06-16-2004
I read the book before I watched the movie. I thought the book was great. The movie was very good, and it tried to keep up with the book. I thought that Sean Penn was fabulous. He was quite what I pictured Jimmy looking like, but he played the part better than I ever expected.
The movie and the book are rather harsh. I found the movie harder to watch than the book was to read, though. I just felt so sorry for everybody.