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> They movie just focuses on something different from the book. 1. It's not a book. It's just a short story. It's only 16pp long or something. 2. The central
by lproven 3y ago
> They movie just focuses on something different from the book.
1. It's not a book. It's just a short story. It's only 16pp long or something.
2. The central point of the story is: brilliant linguist learns to write an alien script and it teaches her to see the future. That is the core plot in a sentence. The film loses that.
Don't get me wrong: I liked the film, as a modern SF film: i.e., brain damaged into mindlessness, but still quite pretty.
It's like a version of Hamlet in which he lives happy ever after, though. It is missing the point in the most profound possible way.
- darkerside 3y agoI just completely disagree with you. Watched the film and read the short story. The central premise absolutely comes through. I watched the film first, and understood it well. Love all of Ted Chiang's stuff, too. It's funny though, I do feel a bit the same way about Dune. It's a Cliffs Notes of the book, and doesn't add anything new and thought provoking. Mindless but beautiful. Still, I wouldn't say it missed the point. Just that it wasn't really necessary. Anyway, free to disagree.
- lproven 3y agoFair enough! De gustibus non est disputandum after all. I did say: >> Don't get me wrong: I liked the film, as a modern SF film I agree about Dune. If you know the book, it's a very pretty retelling. If you don't, it's a sort of weird summary with no signs of why so many people love it so much.