If you're looking for a movie that does its book justice, keep on lookin.
I won't bore you with the details, as the movie's not all that detailed yet inexcusably boring, so I'll point out rather glaring omissions, questionable additions, and unnecessary changes.
1- "Love interest". We're talking' Ben-JLo-Gigli chemistry here. It was completely unneeded, totally irrelevant to the story, and the scenes felt incredibly awkward.
2. The "Cowboys". Again, an unnecessary change in the age/demeanor/scenes with the cowboys. It, again, felt forced.
3. The ENTIRE correlation with the cemetery, the golf course, the lot...they left out hugely relevant sections of the book here, and as a result made the scene that was supposed to be touching feel...you guessed it. Forced.
4. The climactic, poignant end was removed. Not just changed, 90% of the point of it was just NOT THERE.
It really was painful to watch. The movie entirely missed the point, a la Michael Bay with Pearl Harbor.
I won't bore you with the details, as the movie's not all that detailed yet inexcusably boring, so I'll point out rather glaring omissions, questionable additions, and unnecessary changes.
1- "Love interest". We're talking' Ben-JLo-Gigli chemistry here. It was completely unneeded, totally irrelevant to the story, and the scenes felt incredibly awkward.
2. The "Cowboys". Again, an unnecessary change in the age/demeanor/scenes with the cowboys. It, again, felt forced.
3. The ENTIRE correlation with the cemetery, the golf course, the lot...they left out hugely relevant sections of the book here, and as a result made the scene that was supposed to be touching feel...you guessed it. Forced.
4. The climactic, poignant end was removed. Not just changed, 90% of the point of it was just NOT THERE.
It really was painful to watch. The movie entirely missed the point, a la Michael Bay with Pearl Harbor.