The next HBO/Spielberg/Hanks WW2 miniseries is a go...

[Stealhead]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Unfortunately it perverts the meaning of the book there as well. Did you know that the Old Man actually survived?

I did not mean to say that it was like the book which I have not read either.The book I have has photos taken by the journalist on that tour and others that he took of U-boat crews later.You can see at the end of the first section that real Old Man did survive along with the rest of the crew though.

I separate films from books myself to me they a two very different forms of entertainment I never expect a film to be just like the book because they simply can not be for simple reason that each reader sees in their mind what they read in a different way.In a film you are forced to see the film writers and directors view of the events in the film along with their creative license.

Serious readers will always find the book better than the film I know that I do of course as I said view a film based on a book without expecting to "see" the book I think is a good way to put it.