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Jan 22, 2009 @ 00:35:51

tia

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I'm sure you all know of twlight, as its EVERYWHERE.
well i was finally convinced by a friend yesturday to go watch it && it was f***ing amazing!
&& so of course i now want to read the books && so i got it out of the library. im now trying to read it but its tooo hard...all i keep picturing is the movie && im correcting it
&& considering the movie is based on the book god knows how im correcting it

thats one thing i will never do again...see the movie before reading the book

its a good job ive never read the harry potter books

Jan 22, 2009 @ 00:40:59

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god i hate that,
before your time, but i couldn't get the image of Arnies' big face out of my mind reading the running man.

...which is about as far removed from your source material as you can get and still keep the title.

Jan 22, 2009 @ 00:54:42

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alexkidd said:

god i hate that,
before your time, but i couldn't get the image of Arnies' big face out of my mind reading the running man.

...which is about as far removed from your source material as you can get and still keep the title.

I dunno. Ever read Dreamcatcher? The book was brilliant. The movie was nothing like it.

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Jan 22, 2009 @ 00:59:26

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spadge said:

I dunno. Ever read Dreamcatcher? The book was brilliant. The movie was nothing like it.

thats one of the 3 films that i've walked out of in the cinema,
it was just plain crap.

book was better, but certainly nowhere near stephens kings best work.

Jan 22, 2009 @ 01:00:24

tia

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i dont know either films =D
but yes it is an hate....
some things in books that you can picture would just never come out looking any good in a movie anyways

Edited: January 22, 2009 @ 01:01

Jan 22, 2009 @ 01:00:36

Vizzy

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Noooooooooooo!!! Always read the book first!

There's this part of me that think if you've never read the book, you shouldn't be allowed to watch the movie. Not so much with Twilight because I'm not interested in it, but with others I've felt that way. Hrm. Perhaps I'm a bit elitist.

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Jan 22, 2009 @ 01:02:44

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revolutionary road was disappointing,
great acting but all together the story didn't add up like in the book.

Jan 22, 2009 @ 01:03:34

tia

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Vizzy said:

Perhaps I'm a bit elitist.

maybe its good to be an elitist...im not sure what one is..but if it involves not watching movies before reading the book then im with ya

Jan 22, 2009 @ 01:04:55

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Zorba the Greek was the closest I've seen a movie come to reflecting the contents of the book. Most movie adaptations are crappola!

Jan 22, 2009 @ 01:05:07

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A good (series) of books to read, is Odd Thomas, Forever Odd, Brother Odd and Odd Hours by Dean Koontz.

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Jan 22, 2009 @ 01:13:25

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tia said:

maybe its good to be an elitist...im not sure what one is..but if it involves not watching movies before reading the book then im with ya

You've just found another code to live by-- no viewing movies prior to reading books. It'll make for a happier life.

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Jan 22, 2009 @ 01:14:53

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Saegespaene said:

Zorba the Greek was the closest I've seen a movie come to reflecting the contents of the book. Most movie adaptations are crappola!

The closest I've seen is The Lord Of the Rings. Gollum looked just as I had imagined him as did the hobbits homes. Marvelous job.

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Jan 22, 2009 @ 02:00:56

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Other than a trailer that was on tv a while ago the only knowledge I have of this thing is from TFS. People on tfs seem to be obsessed with it.

My favourite cinema isn't even showing the film...too many good looking films coming out atm (The Reader, Milk, Frost/Nixon etc).

Edited: January 22, 2009 @ 02:01

Jan 27, 2009 @ 08:09:28

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tia said:

I'm sure you all know of twlight, as its EVERYWHERE.
well i was finally convinced by a friend yesturday to go watch it && it was f***ing amazing!
&& so of course i now want to read the books && so i got it out of the library. im now trying to read it but its tooo hard...all i keep picturing is the movie && im correcting it
&& considering the movie is based on the book god knows how im correcting it

thats one thing i will never do again...see the movie before reading the book

its a good job ive never read the harry potter books

I know what you mean,,, I also had watched the movie before reading the book itself... It's more like fun for me. Freaky yes!!,, cause you need to think of several annoying things but it was really fun..

But why did you say that it's good that you've never read harry Potter Book series?? JK Rowling is excellent. I tell you.

Edited: January 27, 2009 @ 08:11

Feb 11, 2009 @ 00:23:50

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tia

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markweyner said:

But why did you say that it's good that you've never read harry Potter Book series?? JK Rowling is excellent. I tell you.

if id read the books, i woudl probs hate the movies && i thought they were pretty good

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