heart of darkness movie review joseph conrad heart of darkness be pretty dark and deep and and very profound . i would have to say read the novel be way well than the movie . the character mr. kurtz and play by john malcovik be totally the wrong actor to do the part . he fit the character in of mouse and men . the movie leave out man key part that i consider important to get the true message of the story . the movie be poorly edit . it show a lot of non important and annoying flash . in the novel it have a very suspenseful atmosphere and but in the movie it lack that kind of feeling . in the book there be so much that be leave to the imagination of the reader . for example when marlow spend timeless hour and day wait for rivet and that entire scene be leave out of the movie . in the novel marlow wait very long time for the rivet to come for him to fix his boat . this be a big source of futility in the novel . the movie add more part that be useless and kind of do not make sense . for example and when kurtz be talk to marlow at the end of the book and kurtz snap the monkey neck and kill him . that kind of just ruin everything and do not make any sense to me what so ever . so my suggestion to you be do not view the movie and just read the book . you will understand more and have a good interpretation of the story . ~chris c .