The Big Sleep Film Vs. Book

I really enjoyed screening the film last night, however the film was not what I imagined Phillip Marlowe's world to be like while reading the book.. I envisioned a much grittier, grimier, dirtier city.  Harry Jones' building is a castle compared to what I saw in my head (I had pictured what a modern day "crackhouse" would look like as the best thing I can compare it to)  Humphrey Bogart is exactly how I expected him to be, aside from the fact that I didn't really view him in the book as the huge lady man that he was in the film. In my head I took it more as the way that Vivian and Carmen were the reasons why Marlowe was appealing to them more so than the way he carried himself.  In the film every girl instantly fell for him (this has to do with the fact that Bogart played him)