Untrue to the novel and really bad taste

Rating: 6/10 (1 March 2008)

Typical Hollywood movie and a complete ruin to the novel true meaning. In few words, what a bunch of emptiness which give you a really bad taste to the people who has read the novel. Yes, good entertainment for all the wrong reasons. I don't know how the original writer let this movie to be out maybe his dark side took over him when the screenplay was shown to him. Ending different to Novel, showing that Hollywood doesn't care about moral values anymore like having more blood in your hands is better. Plus many discrepancies along the movie related to the original novel. I never expected to be similar to the novel because it is just a movie but at least I was expecting to keep similar contest related to the novel. I wouldn't advice watching this movie with your children or family because it will send the wrong signal and set of moral values to the young ones. The novel was more meaningful because it take you to the whole stage of friendship, rivalries, competition, vengeance, repentance, and spiritual awareness. The violent final just show,like this year Oscar that blood and violence pay and let's forget about teaching real values to the kids. Killing is better and vengeance evens more without any self repentance. If we keep rating so well this novel adaptation there won't be novel adaptation but completely new stories claiming to be from from books just to sell better. I wonder if the Lord of the Ring adaptation to the big screen would have been made like this movie, I would not go anymore to cinema to watch new novel adaptations knowing that they just would be a big disappointment. The 3 points I gave was just for acting of the main character because indeed they did a great performance, but that is all