i'd bump the thread for this movie, but nobody has posted in it in over a year, so i figured i'd just post here.
i've seen this movie in the store, but never checked it out.
reason being, i used to have this on audio book when i was like 8 or 9. i don't know how the original story read, but the audio book was done up with voice actors and sfx and everything.
i was afraid they'd screw it up and change everything and make 9 year old me very angry.
oddly enough, they didn't. there were so many scenes that were exactly how i'd pictured it in my head all those years ago. pretty sure a bunch of the lines were the same too.
hell, they even threw in the part where he grabs a comic book for his kid. briefly, but i saw him do it and went "holy shit! i remember that!!!".
i don't know if i like the new ending though. the original left alot to the imagination, whereas the movie version was a bit different.
oh, and i must say, if ANYTHING was worth waiting all those years for this to become a movie
SPOILER
great movie. i will most likely watch it several more times.