# Swift: The book was better than the movie

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swift-the-book-was-better-than-the-movie/565292>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 24, 2010, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swift-the-book-was-better-than-the-movie/565292 "2010-12-24T16:57:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2010, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swift-the-book-was-better-than-the-movie/565292/1 "2010-12-24T16:57:31Z")

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I came across [this review](http://movies.nytimes.com/2010/12/24/movies/24gulliver.html?ref=movies)in the New York Times and I had to share. Granted, I’m not quite sure what he was saying, but it was still funny.

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**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2010, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swift-the-book-was-better-than-the-movie/565292/2 "2010-12-24T17:01:54Z")

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Best line:

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> in whose League he is so totally not