A major dissapointment

Rating: 4/10 (17 March 2001)

When I first heard that LA Confidential was being made into a movie, I was at first excited, so I re-read James Ellroy's book. Then I was depressed that a movie was being made, because I knew it wouldn't even come close to the epic novel. Yeah...yeah... I know, don't say it. "The book is always better than the movie." Well then, forget the movie and read the book! I sat dumbfounded watching this movie trying to figure if the characters on the screen were supposed to be the same ones adapted from the book. The ONLY character who even remotely the same was Ed Exley played by Russell Crowe, and any similarity between Jack Vinsenze in print and on film is purely coincidental. The only people who think that this movie is any good, are those that haven't read the book. Take my advice boys and girls, read the book, you'll have no desire to watch this film ever again.