Book is so much better

Rating: 3/10 (2 January 2015)

I encourage everyone to read the book. It is well written, and provides all the heart and soul of Louie Zamparini. The movie only captures that essence at the end when actual footage of Louie is shown as he carries the Olympic torch in Japan. The cinematography is beautiful, yet too many scenes spend an exaggerated amount of time on anguished faces, and gross out scenes. Those scenes could have been just as well alluded to, and the movie would have been better. Likewise with the torture scenes, how long are you able to endure watching a man get beaten? My companion who had not read the book, thought the movie was good, but fell asleep because the torture scenes became monotonous and predictable!