First I wanted to say that yes, I liked this one better than Free Solo, even though the actual climb in Free Solo was intrinsically more exciting to me. Dawn Wall felt more like a professionally made action film, while Free Solo felt more like a home video. I liked the way DW handled the media circus, just enough brief clips to keep the pacing exciting, without making you sit through too many long excerpts of of socially awkward climbers stammering. ;)

I had put the book on my "maybe" list a while back, but now that I've seen the movie, I'm going to have to buy the book and start reading.

I also want to say that I'm not much of a watcher of things, but the two climbing documentaries I've watched recently, both at your suggestion, have left me in a substantially better mood after watching them while wretchedly sleep-deprived and unable to enjoy most of my usual activities. Thanks!