Thom reviewed White Fang and The Call of the Wild by Jack London
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3 stars
The Call of the Wild is a good story, though violent at the start. White Fang is violent through most of it, and ends up with an okay story. Both have much analysis and themes, but really both are about survival.
Pretty sure I read Call when younger, didn't read Fang. This renewed reading confirms my hunch - both of these stories would be unfilmable for a modern audience. Way too much violence against animals. That is a large reason why White Fang is so difficult to read for more than half the story, especially the dog fighter.
Without considering Primitivism and the other analysis heaped on these stories, and without knowing how much of it Jack London meant, The Call of the Wild is a good story. I'll see the new film, if only to know about all the pieces that were left out and all the nonsense added. …
The Call of the Wild is a good story, though violent at the start. White Fang is violent through most of it, and ends up with an okay story. Both have much analysis and themes, but really both are about survival.
Pretty sure I read Call when younger, didn't read Fang. This renewed reading confirms my hunch - both of these stories would be unfilmable for a modern audience. Way too much violence against animals. That is a large reason why White Fang is so difficult to read for more than half the story, especially the dog fighter.
Without considering Primitivism and the other analysis heaped on these stories, and without knowing how much of it Jack London meant, The Call of the Wild is a good story. I'll see the new film, if only to know about all the pieces that were left out and all the nonsense added. Aggregate rating - 3 stars.