James Hilton’s novel has one of the great central ideas – the lost paradise of Shangri La. I’ve always had problems with the story – it’s a bit mean of the lama to kidnap a planeload of people to secure themselves a leader, who anyway proves not really up to it by bailing on the place.
Also if Shangri La is so great then why does that girl want to leave?
I’m not a massive fan of oh-so-sincere Ronald Colman either, who reprises his film role. (Incidentally I think this adaptation is similar to the book in some ways than the film – Colman’s troublesome off sider is no longer his brother, which was the case in the book, Colman gets no love interest of his own, and his fellow passengers are closer to the book than the film.)
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