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Title: How a movie can completely butcher a book.
Review: First of all, my sentiments agree with the March 14, 2007 review by S. Ulrich. (Read that one.) I had such high hopes for the movie, since the book is a great read. Yes, it is very derivative of Star Wars as many reviewers have written, but still a good story.Obviously when the author sold the movie rights to his book, he did not maintain any veto power as to how much they could butcher his book, and the movie makers did just that. Yes, if they had tried to include everything that was in the book, in the movie, it would have been long. So why don't the movie producers just break a long movie up into two parts and release them 2-3 months apart? They could have made twice the money releasing a 2-part, 4-hour movie and most fans would have been thrilled. Not exactly rocket science.If you are really curious about this movie, then rent it first. Better to waste $4, than $22.79 (Two-Disc Special Edition).
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