"Sahara" is the first attempt at turning one of Clive Cussler's novels into a movie franchise but the screen version just didn't capture the essense of the novels. For anyone who's ever wandered through an airport bookstore for hours, you've seen and maybe even read several or more of these books. The books are not a prerequisite for seeing the movie but you will miss out on some key background information between the characters. Either way, the movie is just okay at best.
The movie should have been good and it could have been good. The look and feel of the sets and the characters were exactly as they read in print. It was as if they were pulled off the pages and into the film but the essential heart and soul of Dirk Pitt and his buddy Al Giordino were left behind. And that's where the movie doesn't make it because we never quite believe that these two have a long standing friendship and underlying respect for one another. The clever banter seems to be a series of one-liners rather than true dialog.
I did read "Sahara" but that was several years ago so I'm not quite sure how true the movie stayed to the book. In the end it didn't really matter. If you have two hours to spend in a theater and it's bargain hour, this will pass the time. The movie ultimately is forgettable and since it took me 6 days to blog about it, that shows how low it was on my list of priorities.
The movie should have been good and it could have been good. The look and feel of the sets and the characters were exactly as they read in print. It was as if they were pulled off the pages and into the film but the essential heart and soul of Dirk Pitt and his buddy Al Giordino were left behind. And that's where the movie doesn't make it because we never quite believe that these two have a long standing friendship and underlying respect for one another. The clever banter seems to be a series of one-liners rather than true dialog.
I did read "Sahara" but that was several years ago so I'm not quite sure how true the movie stayed to the book. In the end it didn't really matter. If you have two hours to spend in a theater and it's bargain hour, this will pass the time. The movie ultimately is forgettable and since it took me 6 days to blog about it, that shows how low it was on my list of priorities.
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