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[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I agree that it's unlikely that we'll ever get a better adaptation. But to say that PJ's adaptions were perfect is a bit insulting to the books. They weren't great adaptions. Good movies on their own, but PJ was very opinionated and they weren't super faithful.

[โ€“] Klear 2 points 11 months ago

Great adaptations are never super faithful. Adapting means changing stuff around to make it work on a new medium.

I do agree the PJ movies have some issues, but for other reasons.