Now I realize that only people who read the book will understand that reference but whatever "we'll make it work for us". I read through the book 8 and a half times each time thinking "god I love this book" but it took less then 30 minutes into the film to make me want slam the Roosevelt Hotel bell into my television.
It's hard to write a review that makes any sense at all because half of the book was left out. At least the parts that made the book good and the story feel like it has any meaning or depth. I agree the book is strange but you can at least follow along, the movie however is all over the place.
In the book scenes are "cut" and put in place so well that reading it flows and moves like an actual movie would. Franco's film however is all over the place and random scenes are thrown at you that you may have enjoyed while reading but now they are unexpected, stripped of any good dialogue and leave a bad taste.
It's hard to write a review that makes any sense at all because half of the book was left out. At least the parts that made the book good and the story feel like it has any meaning or depth. I agree the book is strange but you can at least follow along, the movie however is all over the place.
In the book scenes are "cut" and put in place so well that reading it flows and moves like an actual movie would. Franco's film however is all over the place and random scenes are thrown at you that you may have enjoyed while reading but now they are unexpected, stripped of any good dialogue and leave a bad taste.