Classics for Beginners discussion

Whether your reading the book or not, share your opinions about the movie version of this book which stars Jack Nicholson.

If you have read the book and watched the film then you can share how similar/ different they are and your views on how well the book has been transferred to film.

Here is a link to the imdb page:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073486/?...

I read the book last year but haven't seen the movie yet. Plan to soon.