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Post by glen on Jan 13, 2009 10:17:30 GMT -6
I don't know about you, but if I know a movie is coming out that is based on a novel, I rush out and buy the novel to read.
Such is the case with Cormac McCarthy's "The Road." Powerful story about a father and son traveling across country after an apocalypse. It is supposed to come out soon as a movie with Viggo Mortensen in the lead role. I strongly recommend this book. I got it at the Cleburne Library.
Anyone else know of books that are supposed to come out as movies? I read "Twilight," and understand that the book is much better than the movie. I felt it was really targeting teen girls, so I didn't get much out of it. Since I am not a teen girl....
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Post by Edward Cheever on Jan 13, 2009 18:02:57 GMT -6
Ah yes, I've been wanting to see "The Road" for some time now. I wasn't aware that it was a novel first.
As for the tenancy to rush out and by the book of an upcoming movie, I do that to a certain extent (the extent being: how much time do I have to read a book then watch a movie versus just watch a movie). I remember doing it for Twilight just recently, as you did.
As an aside about Twilight, I didn't go gaga for the first book either. The first 3/4ths were too filled with breathless encounters and yearning stares for my taste, but I enjoyed the last 3/4ths, or pretty much everything from the Baseball game on. The Movie was actually quite good, although they screwed up the last 3/4ths of the book. Overblown Romance is easier to stomach when it's only thrown at you for a couple of hours.
Having said all that, I think the series becomes better and better as it goes along, with the fourth novel being my favorite. So much so that I actually purchased them for my personal Library.
The thing is, the themes of the books grow with the main pair's relationship. The second book deals with separation, jealousy and the prospect of an easy and good life against a hard but fantastic life. The third book expands the themes of the first while also focusing on the tensions that can happen between friend circles (which hit home for me, because I have one friend circle that hates the other and the feeling is shared by the other circle). The fourth book deals largely with young families. There is another reason I love the fourth book, but it is one of those things I see as self generated, rather than an intended effect by the author.
I say that if you found anything redeeming in the first book, read-on. They are, after all, easy reads.
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Post by glen on Nov 12, 2009 9:25:07 GMT -6
Still waiting for "The Road" to come out as a film. Not sure what hung it up, but apparently the plan is for it to come out in November or December (so soon). I will definitely want to see it.
And what about Avatar? Anyone planning on seeing it?
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Post by Edward Cheever on Nov 13, 2009 18:05:20 GMT -6
I'd still like to see The Road, but I'm wanting to see 2012 for some good ol popcorn munching Apocalypse action (aka I'm not expecting Shakespear) and yes Avatar.
I want that movie to be good soooo badly. My hopes are tempered, however, by a terrible suspicion that it simply won't live up to the hype. So while it is a definite must see, no matter how much I thirst for the koolaid it just ain't going down.
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Post by glen on Nov 16, 2009 9:24:07 GMT -6
Saw 2012 this past weekend and was pleasantly surprised. My wife was the one who wanted to go see it. I had heard such bad reviews, and the trailer looked so one-dimensional that I thought it would be bad, but it was actually good! The guy who did it also did The Day After Tomorrow, and it smacks the same. Lots of edge of your seat stuff, but there's a story there too. I say: go see it!
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Post by Edward Cheever on Nov 16, 2009 14:05:44 GMT -6
Glad to finally hear a positive response to it
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