The book

Agreed, David Lean makes demands upon his audience. If you've read the book then you will love this movie. It is a pity that so many Americans come from the opposite perspective - see the movie and then decide whether to read the book. In England, there is the assumption that Forster's book is a classic that everyone read in school.

I agree! You must read the book first.

I read the book over the summer, and found the movie a very faithful adaptation, something you don't see often. It was uncanny how similar the cinematography was to what I had imagined it would be.

Dr. Aziz was wonderfully cast, in my opinion, fielding also. Godbole's character was a little unexpected though. They could have done a better job with him.

I think one of the biggest discrepancies I found in the movie was the ending. Other than that, it was great.

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This is one instance where reading the book first will do nothing for you, IMO. It's such a faithful and almost word for word adaptation, the film is just right. I remember reading the book later, to see what had been left out or changed. To my surprise, practically nothing.



Only love, pads the film

I read the novel before I saw the movie, but for whatever reason I enjoy the movie a lot more. It did differ from it more than I remembered, but I liked the movie more. I can't explain it why, maybe I'm just a sucker for David Lean. I think that's likely, but then I liked "Doctor Zhivago" the book a lot better than the film.

"Truly, for some men, NOTHING IS WRITTEN unless they write it!" ~ Omar Sharif