• jqubed@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    The book handles him much better than the movie but I suppose in a blockbuster it’s harder to show the seemingly sweet old man’s monstrous hubris

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      2 days ago

      Especially if you cast someone like Richard Attenborough. It’s pretty obvious that Spielberg was more intent at showing Hammond as a dreamer that is being desillusioned by reality than a capitalist cutting corners and paying the prize.

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        16 hours ago

        I’m sure Attenborough could’ve handled the more monstrous reveal, but would we really want to see him being obviously evil?