Title: Bad book, good movie
Product review: After watching the movie, I have always wanted to read the book. My conclusion is that the movie is much better and after reading the book, I am more appreciative of the skills of the writers of the film version. In the book, Gump is pretty much amoral. He reacts, on almost all occassions, entirely on an instinctive basis. Yeah, Gump shows his emotions here and there, but at least in the movie he had a clear sense of what right action was. In the book, he doesn't really know right from wrong.Another difference between the book and the film is that the book is really goofy and nothing can really be taken seriously by the reader. The film, on the other hand, is pretty much a straight drama with elements of comedy. The film is rooted in reality, the book is absurd. It feels like Winston Groom just typed the damn thing.On its own merits, the book is just not well written. There's too much happening.So basically, the book is too goofy, too much happening, and poorly written.
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