Everything Is Illuminated

[layne67]

I've got the book and now I've got the dvd. What I don't have is the time :-(

To anyone who have both read the book and seen the movie, which one should I do first? I usually prefer reading the book first but from what I understand the movie doesn't follow the book much. Like The Da Vinci Code. Apparrently the movie is not so enjoyable if you've already read the book.

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[elenya54.livejournal.com]

I read the book first. It's hard going in places, but worth the effort. There are parts in the book that were very intense and haunted my thoughts. I was disappointed that the film had changed things so much towards the end. To me, the film messed up the whole grandfather storyline. When I explained the book version to the friends I saw the film with, their reaction was, "well, *that* makes a lot more sense!".

It's impossible to know what I would have thought of the film if I'd seen it first, but I'm glad I read the book before I saw the film.

[layne67.livejournal.com]

It's hard going in places, but worth the effort

Heh, after The Silmarillion, ( which I still haven't finished yet ) I feel that I can take on any book :-)

Hmm, the book is not that thick and anyway I cant get to the TV nowadays with the World Cup still on ( sorry about England hon ) so I guess I'll probably read the book first.

Thanks!