Papillon is among my all time favorite books. It is a book about perseverance, about never giving up, no matter what odds are staked against you.
I understand movie can not come close to the depth of a book but 1973 Papillon stays closer to the vibe of the book, albeit a bit goofy at times I still think that 1973 movie is better than 2017. Too much creative liberty (in both movies to be fair), horrible casting, bad scenography, some laughable flops like jumping into still Mediterranean ocean.
2017 Papillon is a movie tailored to the general population starting with a love story and adding Louis Vega relationship as a main point of the movie, while in book Louis Vega is just of of many characters that come and go. Gruesome, brutal unnecessary murder in the middle of the ocean and just whole movie is one big lost opportunity if not anywhere else in selecting which scenes from the book to display.
If you are unaware of the story, sure, watch it, otherwise very little substance to be found here.
I understand movie can not come close to the depth of a book but 1973 Papillon stays closer to the vibe of the book, albeit a bit goofy at times I still think that 1973 movie is better than 2017. Too much creative liberty (in both movies to be fair), horrible casting, bad scenography, some laughable flops like jumping into still Mediterranean ocean.
2017 Papillon is a movie tailored to the general population starting with a love story and adding Louis Vega relationship as a main point of the movie, while in book Louis Vega is just of of many characters that come and go. Gruesome, brutal unnecessary murder in the middle of the ocean and just whole movie is one big lost opportunity if not anywhere else in selecting which scenes from the book to display.
If you are unaware of the story, sure, watch it, otherwise very little substance to be found here.