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lbrick363's review
3.0
Basically this book follows the movie exactly. It would probably be better to just watch the film and forgo the book. I was actually expecting just a bit more. Maybe a little something the movie left out, but no.
chronographia's review
3.0
A charming novella adaptation of the screenplay (for the other way around, see Rudolph Erich Raspe's original) which rolls along just about faster than the pace of the actual movie. It takes little effort to paint in the details with memories of Gilliam's film, if you don't happen to have it on hand to watch.
You do gain the benefit of insight to the characters' interior thoughts, motives and reactions (quite great in the case of Sally's observations). There are also beautiful little scenic details that may have gotten lost in the shuffle of production, but were obviously important to the filmmakers. The deftness of wordplay can take a more central focus as well, though I suspect that if the Adventures were any longer, would merely come across as glib.
You do gain the benefit of insight to the characters' interior thoughts, motives and reactions (quite great in the case of Sally's observations). There are also beautiful little scenic details that may have gotten lost in the shuffle of production, but were obviously important to the filmmakers. The deftness of wordplay can take a more central focus as well, though I suspect that if the Adventures were any longer, would merely come across as glib.
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