They gutted the book

Rating: 6/10 (4 January 2016)

I'm not saying it's a bad movie, I'm saying it's a really long Law and Order episode which had an excellent casting, yet the movie didn't benefit of it. Why on earth would someone leave behind all of the great turns of screw the book had? while the original story didn't let me put my book down, the movie was slow and boring at some points. Maybe my expectations were too high. 1. The first chapter in the book. The lady with the cat. The hunger. That was heartbreaking. 2. The scape from the train. 3. Raisa's story 4. Wasilij's death... i don't buy that, not because of that part is better in the book but because it doesn't make any sense. 5. All the murders. 6. Who thought it was a good idea to forget about Leo and Andrei being siblings!?