[treetopsandroofs]

I'll agree that he was better.

Jordan's looks and McConaughey's style would be a better fiting character. Al was a poor match.

I read all his books until Clive allegedly started writing with Dirk. They might be ok, but I liked the ending of was it Valhalla Rising? where Dirk was going to get married and it seemed to be a good time to move on.

[Waverunner]

It’s now a franchise.
Books are great when the author is inspired to write them.
Writing to have two releases a year per contract just isn’t the same.

The best movies don’t mess with the stories, but most directors and screenwriters want their own imprint.

Maltese Falcon is almost line per line from the book, and John Huston was a director/screenwriter who wasn’t afraid of other peoples genius.