The Children of Men
by P.D. James
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Author: P.D. JamesEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2006-12-05
ISBN: 0307279901
Number of pages: 241
Publisher: Vintage
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Book Review: A Dying World
Summary: 3 Stars
From what I have seen of the movie trailers I really wanted to see this movie. But I have not yet, the movie never came to my small town, it seems that if anything is remotely political it won't come to my towns single 8 movie theater. So, in anticipation of the movie, which comes out on video tommorrow, I read the book, and found it to be not at all like I had expected. The book has none of the social conditions depicted in the movie, and I began to think, why make a movie out of this? Then it occured to me, they took an already lack luster novel and decided to try and make it better, I say try, because I have yet to see the movie.
Take the mutterings of social unrest and turn them into a full fledged revolution. Take a somewhat benevelolent dictatorship and make it a tyranical one.
From what I have seen, and I've yet to see the movie mind you, but I would rather see the movie.
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