Disappointed

Rating: 3/10 (2 July 2006)

All though this movie was very entertaining. I did not go to see it for the actors. I am one of those that spent five hours reading the book and wanted a visual for all the characters. What was distracting was the fact that the film was so very different from the book, and if any body tells you different they are lying. All though the book is not what I call 'literature' it had a lot more depth and layers that would have been fun to do in film and from what I saw in the film .. it needed the extra depth.. forget about the actors performances because without a good story it always falls flat. Anyway, for those that did not read the book I would advise you too and then ask yourself why some of the material was not film worthy? Maybe the imaginations of the producers, directors, and writers were limited and obviously could not see the gold nugget they had in front of them. In stead they turned gold into silver. This is another case were the book was better than the movie and I am sure that was to appease some of the actors and to make the story more 'hollywood'. New York as a character was not used to its fullest either. Highly disappointed.