Ha. I get that. I find it hard to find the motivation to read a book that ifnive already seen the movie. The inverse is even more true
And you're in for a treat. Best soldier's memoir I've read, save Junger's Storm of Steel. That dude was just.... wow
yeah it ruins it if you’re picturing a particular actor(s) when you read a book. But agreed the inverse is worse because the book is nearly always better. Although I’m intrigued by killers of the flower moon. As good as that book was it’s still Scorcese with an A+ cast.
They are best with no crossover IMO. Best movies are original screenplays. And books are better than anything.
Forgot my grandfather was at Iwo Jima. Was a signalman in the Navy and watched the hoisting of the flag from his craft.
I'm probably on the odd side of this argument, but I have always found movies more enjoyable after reading the book because it gave additional insight into the story (which I'm not very good at picking up in the moment).
A lot of times the movie makes me curious about the source material, and with almost any movie before the end of the Hays Code, the source material is very different. All those noirs where the criminal had to have some kind of consequence for their actions, well the books are usually way more bleak and less black and white in morality.
Went to Normandy in 2019 and visited Omaha and Utah Beaches. Utah was flat, almost like Clearwater Beach. The cliffs above Omaha are daunting and I could not imaging those men trying to get up the cliffs with bullets and artillery raining down on them. Truly the "Greatest Generation."
