Stormbreaker/Operation Stormbreaker
So, has anyone seen the new film Stormbreaker yet? I just returned from viewing it 20 minutes ago. Its excellent, very like a super long episode of Spooks. It just came out in my current area, but I think it came a little earlier in the good old US of A and my homeland, the UK. Great music, great action, great acting, great film. Although it does deviate from the book a bit. For instance, the villain was originally a Lebanese guy, but they changed him to an American guy. Also, the heroes girlfriend is introduced three books early, although she does lend a nice comedic touch to the film. And I can understand why they changed the villain's race. In the novel, the villain came off like a racist stereotype of Lebanese people. In the movie, he's just a stereotype of trailer trash, and even trailer trash people don't care about trailer trash people being stereotyped.
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