• jqubed@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      5
      ·
      1 day 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

      • CitizenKong@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        3
        ·
        21 hours 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.