Amber BransonShutter Island
It has been a while since I saw the movie, but I finished the novel just yesterday.
I have to say it's one of the best adaptations I've seen. Only a few scenes were cut, and those would not have significantly contributed to the forward motion of the film. Some of the dialogue was word-for-word from the book and even the actors seemed chosen to match the descriptions the author gave.
I wasn't particularly shocked by what commercials called the "shocking ending," but I was intrigued, and spent hours after the movie thinking back over things that happened, and how the ending put a different light on them.
I won't spoil it here, but there is one minor change from the novel to the movie. A single thing said by a character at the end makes it more intriguing, leaving you to wonder what really happened.
Of course, even without that line, the novel leaves you wondering almost the same thing.
I have to say it's one of the best adaptations I've seen. Only a few scenes were cut, and those would not have significantly contributed to the forward motion of the film. Some of the dialogue was word-for-word from the book and even the actors seemed chosen to match the descriptions the author gave.
I wasn't particularly shocked by what commercials called the "shocking ending," but I was intrigued, and spent hours after the movie thinking back over things that happened, and how the ending put a different light on them.
I won't spoil it here, but there is one minor change from the novel to the movie. A single thing said by a character at the end makes it more intriguing, leaving you to wonder what really happened.
Of course, even without that line, the novel leaves you wondering almost the same thing.
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