I read the book a while back, it didn’t strike me as material for a movie.
Lots of folks had good things to say about it though.. mayhap I’ll check it out.
I read the book a few years ago and then saw the movie on DVD two nights ago.
This is a **rare** instance of the movie being better than the book. I am sorry that I didn’t take the time to see it in a theater. As beautiful as it was on a monitor, it must have been spectacular on a big screen.