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Title: SUCH HOPE...BUT WHAT A DISASTER.
Review: THE BOOK WAS MARVELOUS - THE MOVIE, NOT SO MARVELOUS.I REMEMBER TURNING THE PAGES AND THINKING TO MYSELF..."THIS WOULD BE A DIFFICULT BOOK TO TRANSLATE INTO A MOVIE."AND I WAS RIGHT. CLINT EASTWOOD IS A SUPERB DIRECTOR...HIS VISIONS FOR "MILLION DOLLAR BABY" AND "MYSTIC RIVER" ARE AMAZING - BUT THESE FILMS ARE SIMPLE STORIES WITH SIMPLE CHARACTERS - AND "MIDNIGHT" AND ITS CHARACTERS ARE ANYTHING BUT SIMPLE. BY SIMPLIFYING THE STORY AND ELIMINATING MANY OF THE CHARACTERS, EASTWOOD TURNS THE STORY INTO A LIFETIME TELEVISION MOVIE - BLAND, BORING AND DULL.SADLY, THIS AWFUL MOVIE HAS FOREVER TARNISHED THE JOY AND SUCCESS OF THE BOOK. PERHAPS IN YEARS TO COME A MORE NUANCED DIRECTOR WILL TAKE ANOTHER TRY. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE BAZ LUHRMANN OF "MOULIN ROUGE" GIVE HIS TAKE ON THE BOOK.
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