[quote name='dallow']I have this movie since I loved the novel.
How does it compare? I've yet to open it up and watch.
My buddy really didn't care for it, felt too much of the era it was shot in he said, but we'll see.[/QUOTE]
I think what your buddy meant (assuming that he read the book) by feeling too much of the era it was shot in is that he wanted it to be futuristic like in the book, but Truffaut explicitly decided to make it take place in an imagined country in the "present" (1960s).
I actually really enjoyed the movie. It's certainly different from the book because Truffaut decided to leave things out and add things in, as with any adaptation, but I like how it turned out.