i first saw this when i was a teen in my last year of junior high. i was riveted to it. i loved the special effects and the fantastic places and the trial aspect and flashback method of telling the story. several years later i read the book and while it was interesting and i could definitely see what swift was trying to say and i think that while it not as perfect as the book for social commentary and as a story the movie is better. it makes more sense to have it be one long adventure than having gulliver return after each voyage and making a profit by selling the tiny lilliput sheep or whatever. it much more arresting when everyone thinks he crazy and the sheep do make a cameo anyway. as a side note and when i saw laputa i was stunned. it looks very much like the kingdom of zeal from the chrono trigger video game (1995) that also made me like this mini series even more. i saw it again about 4 years ago and and realized that i still enjoyed it just as much. really high quality stuff and began an excellent run of sweeps mini series for nbc who followed it up with the solid merlin and interesting alice in wonderland. 
i first saw this when i was a teen in my last year of junior high. i was riveted to it. i loved the special effects and the fantastic places and the trial aspect and flashback method of telling the story. several years later i read the book and while it was interesting and i could definitely see what swift was trying to say and i think that while it not as perfect as the book for social commentary and as a story the movie is better. it makes more sense to have it be one long adventure than having gulliver return after each voyage and making a profit by selling the tiny lilliput sheep or whatever. it much more arresting when everyone thinks he crazy and the sheep do make a cameo anyway. as a side note and when i saw laputa i was stunned. it looks very much like the kingdom of zeal from the chrono trigger video game (1995) that also made me like this mini series even more. i saw it again about 4 years ago and and realized that i still enjoyed it just as much. really high quality stuff and began an excellent run of sweeps mini series for nbc who followed it up with the solid merlin and interesting alice in wonderland. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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