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Another thought: I finally got to see Memoirs of a Geisha. I had been waiting a very long time to see it, and was very excited. The book captivates me every time I read it, and suberbly articulates a world very different from my own. However, when I watched the film, it failed to capture the flavor of the book. It was an excellent movie--well acted, lovely set and costumes, and so on--but it did not evoke the bittersweet feeling of the book. For me, The Lord of the Rings films managed to recapture the senses the book gave me. With this, the mistakes and changes are forgivable. Without this, the movie fails.