05-14-2011
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Originally Posted by BentSailor
We may disagree on it being a good book (honestly, if it's going to be fiction, it should be at least engaging); however it appears that the movie is not the grand success the producer planned for it to be. Put simply, it "bombed in the box office".
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This is how you do research? No wonder you believe in MMGW, socialism, etc.
Priority One in the making of this movie was to extend the producer's rights to the novel, which the movie did. In addition, this release has done well for an independent with its budget, lack of establishment support and political outlook. (That a work of literature with solid and ever-growing sales since it was published ~55 years ago can be ignored by Hollywood speaks volumes about the movie industry's biases.)
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Not terribly surprising when the winning virtues of the protagonist are pretty much that of the stereotypical villain.
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You happen to be talking about the second most influential book in America -- second only to the Bible (Library of Congress - Book of the Month Club survey in the '90s.)
Clearly, it's time for you to either move here or research a little better . . .
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