We watched The Godfather a few weeks ago for “movie night.” I’d seen it before (as well as the sequel) but was so fascinated that I got the book from the library — I finished it in about two days. I’m not going to call it “Capital-L Literature,” but it was well written and a compelling page-turner. The book version ranged more widely, and at the same time had a tighter plot, than the movie(s). Great book, great movie?
I saw another movie just this week (on my own on the laptop): Prometheus. It was supposed to be a prequel to Alien, and it was, but despite the decades of film and SFX tech improvements since the original (and the first sequel, Aliens) it was a much weaker, more scattered story than either. There, I said it: they can’t all be winners.
