It appears that they were told the basic plot outline of the book in about 10 minutes and then tore the books into little pieces and randomly selected some to be included in their treatment.
Evil Burton. Waking up in the river. Waking up at different times. Everyone having clothing, some nicely pressed. Nice lighting, glasses, craps tables, prints of sailing vessels, printed playing cards, keyed doorknobs, magical waterboarding, able to climb the mountains, etc. Yeah, you might build a riverboat...but create a lithography process and crystal goblet industry to decorate it? No.
You could also spare a few bucks for special effects to create shores teaming with people. The visual impression is that about 200 people were resurrected in a wilderness area with no other people.
The ONLY good thing about this movie was the guy who played Samuel Clemens. That is a hard character to play in the best of circumstances, and this was nowhere near a good circumstance. He somehow managed to pull it off and stay pretty true.
All I can say is....read the books.
Evil Burton. Waking up in the river. Waking up at different times. Everyone having clothing, some nicely pressed. Nice lighting, glasses, craps tables, prints of sailing vessels, printed playing cards, keyed doorknobs, magical waterboarding, able to climb the mountains, etc. Yeah, you might build a riverboat...but create a lithography process and crystal goblet industry to decorate it? No.
You could also spare a few bucks for special effects to create shores teaming with people. The visual impression is that about 200 people were resurrected in a wilderness area with no other people.
The ONLY good thing about this movie was the guy who played Samuel Clemens. That is a hard character to play in the best of circumstances, and this was nowhere near a good circumstance. He somehow managed to pull it off and stay pretty true.
All I can say is....read the books.