A Supposedly Book Review But ...

we've decided from the last book club meetup to read a novel; watch the movie on the next meetup and do comparison with the book. unfortunately, i only managed to read up to chapter 4. that's because i was busy reading other books and now i have to occupy myself with some study material. *excuse.com*
anyhoooos, movie wise - though i've only read the first 4 chapters, i already find the book better than the movie (well at least the part i've read). and from the discussion i got to find out that pyle was portrayed slightly different from the book.

story wise - if you really think about it, you'll realise that each characters are actually representing their country's political view. like the vietnamese girl, she goes with whoever that could make her safe; just like the country, what they want is one peaceful vietnam regardless of it being a democratic or communist country, well at least during the war time. same goes for pyle who represents idealism.

quite sad that phuong's first impression over pyle wasn't included in the movie though. but still, overall it's a good movie and i'm definitely going to continue reading the book 'til the end.
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