Watching this again I'm impressed at how much of it was ripped directly from the pages of the book rather successfully considering how differently it was adapted.
I though I remembered John's phone calls differently having a degree of prescience. That said I also remember feeling how much it felt like there was more to the story. The first time I saw this I knew of the book but I hadn't read it. Having read the book now I can definitely see how much was left out and yet the movie is a fairly tight narrative that contains just enough to enjoy and yet make you want to find more. It contains a lot of the wackiness and some of the monster horror but none of the existential horror from the book.
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Watching this again I'm impressed at how much of it was ripped directly from the pages of the book rather successfully considering how differently it was adapted.
I though I remembered John's phone calls differently having a degree of prescience. That said I also remember feeling how much it felt like there was more to the story. The first time I saw this I knew of the book but I hadn't read it. Having read the book now I can definitely see how much was left out and yet the movie is a fairly tight narrative that contains just enough to enjoy and yet make you want to find more. It contains a lot of the wackiness and some of the monster horror but none of the existential horror from the book.