Is it really that hard to stick to the book?

Rating: 6/10 (2 February 2003)

Now I know that this is a film site and that is what we are supposed to talk about but I myself also read books because lets face it...books are great. There have been good adaptations and there have been bad but its the ones that just don't do a story justice which are the ones that cut me deep.
Captain Corelli's Mandolin was a beautiful, shocking, poignant novel and above all it was extremely witty despite all the hardships depicted in the story. It is these hardships and this wit which the film is afraid to tackle. I waited in anticipation to see how my image of that beautiful Greek island would play out but I was disappointed.
I urge anybody who saw the film and thought it was pretty mediocre or even rubbish to seek out Louis de Bernieres astounding novel, read it and see how the story is supposed to be told.