Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: did they even read the book?

Apparently someone who read the book 5 years ago gave the screenwriter a brief rundown on the plot. Holy [cow]. I really enjoyed the book and this was a big letdown. Huge parts of movie are new, and enormous pieces of the original plot are left out. It would be one thing if the changes made the transition to film easier, (as with Lord of the Rings), but I don't think they even tried. Dumas is not exactly the most daring or controversial writer; I'm not sure why a perfectly good story, and ending, had to be filled up with enough dairy to rival a cheese castle. If you haven't read the book in a while or at all and you do like this movie, or even if you think it was allright, please take the time to read or review the book. Maybe the makers didn't want to spoil the book for that haven't read it, I'm not sure. There's much more satisfaction at the end than an illegitimate child and a duel between two people that were never "boyhood friends."