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Anyone prefer the movie ending rather than the book? spoilers

posted 10 years ago by lumosnight
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What really annoyed me about the book was the ending, where Corelli only gets back with Pelagia when they are old and at the end of their lives. Apparently he tried to approach her much earlier, but he saw her playing with a child and he thought it was her biological child.

Sorry, but that was an absolutely terrible plotline, especially since Pelagia was often accompanied by children and as she was her father's assistant, she could have easily been attending a child patient. Surely he would have at least wanted to talk to her one last time before he left, to make sure that she had everything she needed? Such a bad cop out. It made much more sense in the movie that he was delayed by the earthquake, which is an actual legitimate excuse for him returning to her at a later time.

Also the writer's staunch anti-socialist sentiment throughout the book was also quite tiresome and annoying. Please don't hate me for my opinion.

[–] yusef-ghanima 9 years ago

i don't know what you're talking about, first because i couldn't finish this stinking movie, second because the movie is anti-socialist too.

i mostly will not be able to answer your reply, since marissa mayer hacked my email, no notification

[–] tinkaa 9 years ago

I didn't watch the movie, but I thought the book was great - until the end.
The ending felt rushed and unoriginal. I didn't like how summed-up it was. During the earlier chapters the author took great care to explain the doctor's views and how he wrote of the island's history, and then he goes through all 50 years in few pages, such a shame.
It also seems weird that Corelli would change his mind only after seeing Antonia, and not just Pelagia alone. I don't think it fits his character at all.

I didn't think the author was specifically against socialism, he more or less made fun of all polithical and philosophical stances (and my grandparents died as partisans).
I didn't like how Antonia-Psipsina grew up, though. When she was young, she was feisty and original, I liked her feminist values and refusal of having a child, citing the same reasons I do (and mind you this was supposedly 30 years ago, when there weren't yet 7 billions of people on the planet).

All in all, great writing until the last few chapters. I don't think I will ever watch the movie, though, I just can't imagine Cage in a role like this.

[–] chrissso 8 years ago

WOW ... that is a really bad way to end the book. Ya the movie is much better.

Anyone prefer the movie ending rather than the book? *spoilers*

Anyone prefer the movie ending rather than the book? spoilers