Agreed. And it’s the ONLY Clancy property that’s true of, as the books for Patriot Games, Clear and Present Danger, etc are fine but the books are better.

But Red October the film is a masterpiece. I watch it at least twice a year.

When I read the book all I could think about was how angry I was at the person who recommended it to me. “This is right up your alley!” They said. It’s garbage.

Then I heard they were making a film and I thought “okay so that could be a substantial upgrade over the book, a better medium for the story.”

The movie kinda sucks too. But it is slightly better than the book.

Both of them are unbelievable messes, though. At least the film got rid of the “80s only” games and movies, and the decision to switch from War Games to The Shining was awesome, even though I love War Games.