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The Day Reagan Was Shot (2001)
BRILLIANT! Even Dreyfus was good
Just saw this. It's a great movie. Yup, movie. Definitely worth seeing, especially when followed by an actually documentary about the day. It's also nice to see a film about a potential tragedy that doesn't focus on the tragedy - or the unusual man who caused it. Not sensational at all. Instead, it's a film about the political animal that is the United States and somehow manages to keep the film interesting throughout. Compelling, interesting, poignant and at times touching and sad. Regardless of how you may feel about the persons politically, it is a great film. I don't normally like Richard D. - but he's worth the price of admission on this one.
SEE IT!
The Dive from Clausen's Pier (2005)
loses the heart and soul of the novel
Yet another sad attempt at turning a book into a film. I discovered the book by accident and went about encouraging my friends to read it because the characters, story, and compelling ending needed to be discussed. This film lends itself to no discussion beyond asking for what purpose the things that were changed, especially in character, were changed. By significantly changing the characters, especially Kiroy (the character in the book would NEVER have gone chasing after Carrie), the film lost all of the soul of the book. The greatest moment in the book, when Carrie gets the sewing machine in the mail, wasn't even in the film. Further, the film became less about one woman's journey to discover who she is and more about her dealing with her fiancé's accident. Definitely not recommended. Read the book.