hole and the novel and be force on me in an education course . i do not think i would like a child novel while plus and the other couple of book i be force to read for the class be really bad . but and to my surprise and i absolutely love hole . it really be one of the most perfectly write novel i have ever read . i think it have the rare quality that make it appeal to pre teen and teenager and and adult . everyone who read it and i think and will walk away a good person . while i can not quite say that for the film and i be happy to say that they get it mostly right . i do not think viewer of the film will walk away a enriched and but they will certainly be entertain and without the side effect of be stupider when they sit down . it be an intelligent story and and it very well told . i think it move a tad too quickly . the novel take more time in develop the character . and the flashback come in and out so quickly that they do not have too much time to register . the interracial romance in the past feel more cliché and trite than it do in the novel . and the end and which tie together all the loose thread and seem very ridiculous . it exactly the same in the novel and but there a sense of the absurd that doesn not quite exist in the film . it work a lot well . i also do not like the multitude of pop song . i wish disney do not feel it such a necessity to sell soundtrack . the cast be across the board excellent and from the young kid to the old pro . jon voight be especially great . not quite sure why we need catwoman and the fonze and though . positive .