I enjoyed the movie quite a bit. There are choices that always have to be made when turning a book that requires several hours to read into a much, much shorter movie. In this one, they trimmed out some of the relationships and a lot of the more detailed explanations for things. That was probably the right choice, though it did make a lot of it feel much more superficial.

[–] lietuva@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I agree, but for me all the cuts where in acceptable range. The main story was kept, and they didn't dumb down too much. Some things were shown, rather than explained, that what movies are all about. I had read the book just week prior the movie and I picked where they made changes immediately. But after a while, it felt not impactful that much. The book was also much more science heavy, which I missed in the movie. But I guess if they included all of this, it wouldn't add much to the story, and only make general audience more confused.

[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

For sure, I agree with all that. The science-heavy explanations and deeper character relationships made for a richer experience with the book, but that's pretty much always the case. They did well.