Dull and pretentious, quite unlike the book it's based upon

I read the book in the 60s and thoroughly enjoyed it, but never saw the movie. I watched the movie and was actually annoyed at how little of the thrill and drama of the book made it into the movie. The movie is static and pretentious, dull and long. I watched it to the end because I wanted to see what happens in the movie, but there was very little energy left in the movie or in me by the end.

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