Unnatural!

I just finished 'The Natural'. Whoa! For those of you who have read it you will know that there was never a truer word spoken than when I held it up as an example of the difference between film and books. My jaw is still out of place. I cannot believe the audacity of either Malamud or Levinson; Malamud for what he did in his book, Levinson for what he did to Malamud's book. The irony is of course that I liked the movie. Shame on me! Shame on Hollywood! But strangely shame on Malamud too!