The paradox of this movie: Only people who are familiar with the book are likely to follow what is going on, but those same people are also left wondering why in the world they focused on the dullest part of the story and filled the movie with bland, nigh-propagandistic grandstanding speeches, while stuffing 50% of the real plot in a 5-min montage (which, I repeat, is nonsensical unless you already know it) and leaving the other 50% out altogether. It…
