Any good?

It heavily streamlines the story into something almost unrecognizable.
It keeps most of the same tone and a few of the novel's scenes and is generally pretty decent with it.

The ending is completely changed though, and is way worse than the novel's.
So, half and half

its DOGSHIT

No.

Catch 22 and MASH both suck as books and films

MASH was based on a book?

I literally finished the book not even five minutes ago. What the fuck

Thoughts on the novel?

I'm not a big book guy, so take everything I say with a grain of salt
Loved the comedy, the tone, the stories and shit. All of the different commentaries and things it had to say about the military. My only complaint is I kept on losing track of some of the characters

And I admit that's my fault. Not really a complaint

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I haven't read a book since HS

I'm halfway through Episode 1 and it suffers from that particular kind of dryness that overly faithful adaptations have. It doesn't seem to be having any fun. I'm not enjoying it. I read the book and also didn't enjoy that, so perhaps I am being biased.

Honest word for word how I felt about it too. A true shame if the tv series wasn't able to translate all of that adequately

>that particular kind of dryness that overly faithful adaptations have
What in the fuck is that supposed to mean? How can an adaptation be overly faithful?

the Slaughterhouse 5 movie is surprisingly good for a book that seems unfilmable

by worrying more about staying faithful to the books than making the best movie possible
see LotR theatrical vs extended editions

It's like... when you read the novel, it has the ability to communicate itself perfectly along the lines that it's a book. It doesn't translate all that well to the show. I'm just not sure it was a good idea to adapt THIS particular work so faithfully. Harry Potter? Sure. Translates perfectly to the silver screen. GoT? You got it. Catch-22? Naw.

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Is the 1970 movie any good? I recall seeing a clip from it in a documentary about film history

How true is it to the book? Is it good enough to refresh my memories? I've read it when I was a 15-16 years old kid, so ~ 10 years ago and I dont remember much from it...

Not very.
It uses some of the scenes, and some of the tones, but heavily streamlines, drops, and merges many others into each other.
It's almost completely unrecognizable.

But the differences might spur some memories, sure.

this post seems like a real catch-22

Based. Catch 22 is a rich mans Slaughterhouse Five and a poor mans GR.

This

And perennially taught in schools alongside (((Salinger))), Anne Frank's Diary, (((Kakfa))), Elie Weasel's Night, Cry the Beloved Country, and all the other lobbied books.

Altman is based, and went on 20 bombing missions in World War 2, only to be blacklisted by Jews when Peter Biskind wrote that he felt he'd made a "Faustian bargain" to succeed in Hollywood.

Altman is the boomiest of boomers, even though he was officially GG.

Stanley Kubrick was the master of book adaptations: Clockwork, Full Metal, Shining, 2001. He was both faithful and not, he channeled the themes with his own dark energy and artistic whims.

No, that'd be Rob Reiner. Or The Big Chill. Altman was his own beast. A warrior and an artist. No boomers mortgaged their house five times to fund weird ass based movies like Images and 3 Women.

>Catch 22 is a rich mans Slaughterhouse Five and a poor mans GR.
GR?

Start with the greeks

I knew it would be shit the moment I saw Clooney's name attached. Tried it out anyway. Sucks shit, has none of the charm or humor of the novel, drowns under Clooney's preachy fagginess. The book and author were also preachy and faggy, but it was fun. The show is unbearable. Not as bad as Franco ass fucking Faulkner, but similar. Actors ahould write their own material and stop ruining good novels.

the 2001 novel was written after the movie script

Didn't know he was involved but that's the kiss of death right there. He has zero talent.

Gravity's Rainbow. A book about a man whose erection works as a compass leading him to nuclear missles. Along the way, an octopus. A celebrated American Classic.