Based on our brash choice selection of "Deer Hunter" I expected a very bad screenplay, however this screen play was the exact opposite. In-fact it was intriguing and quite possibly one of the best I've read. I had no clue that it would turn into a war, tragedy, type of screenplay that has a lot of human truth in it. The ending scene was quite possibly one of the most endearing, americana type of scenes ever.
However, after reading the screen play I had to go back and watch the movie with the golden cast of Dinero, Streep, and Walkins to name a few. I can't decide which ending I like more. The movie's was very endearing, but there is something about Nick's toast in the screen play that is fantastic.
It's a shame the movie didn't follow the screen play exact, but then again, the screenplay should have been a novel with how long it was. 3 hour movies are long enough as it is!
I enjoyed them both thoroughly, but I think I prefer the movie to the script, you can see more of the creative freedom the director took. He merged the characters of meryle and nick to form a Mike and left the depression mainly to nick in the movies, it helped separate them out in my mind a bit more and made it more digestible. The director also left things out like the gruesome baby scene. (Thankfully) he probably would have gotten a lot of criticism.
All in all, a good memorable movie and screenplay.
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