after read the book and heart of darkness and the movie do not do it justice . the movie put the book to shame and anyone who have not experience the book would frown upon the story and plot because it be portray so poorly by the movie . in the film and the character and set be just some of the let down that occur in the movie . the director leave out so many important and interesting aspect of the book that make it one of the best literary work ever make . of course any book be good than the movie but these weren not even comparable . joseph conrad a a writer be brilliant in vocabulary and the cleverness of the write word . the movie doesn not even start to show any of this . some of the very important and influential scene from the book be completely leave out and like how kurtz be not in the boat when he die . also when marlow go to deliver the news to kurtz intend and she react differently in the movie and rather than the book . another major difference be that marlow saw the picture of the lady that be blindfold at the end of the movie and not at the beginning and like the book . this be influential on how the audience perceive marlow and and the movie totally mess that up . the book be so fine tune on what every location look like and but the scenery in the movie be a let down . there be a bunch of cheesy fake background and to compliment and a bunch of bad actor to go along with it . there be one exception to the awful actor and that would be isaach de bankolé and who play mfumu . his character be depict the best . though the movie wasn not that great and i still would recommend it only if you have read and understand the book very well . that way and you can see what the difference be in the movie and book and contemplate them . if you have not read the book and i do not recommend the movie because it be a boring and lifeless mess . i love the book and so you should definitely read it and enjoy it .