Really DID want to like it :-(

Rating: 4/10 (6 June 2006)

...and I was disappointed. Mostly by the dialogue. So many times Howard tried to skip about fifty pages of the book by having Hanks (or sometimes the woman, what's her name?) do a "documentary read" while background scenes played out. And Hanks' voice was just wooden during those times. Oy. I was so bored. I read the book long enough ago that my memory has dimmed, but is everything at night? I was about ready to fall asleep with all the darkness. Tedious and interminable. And I REALLY wanted to like it!! (I was also disappointed that there wasn't a picket line to walk through. Where are the right-wing-nut zealots when you want them?)