I haven't, although my mom is urging me to read the book. What I don't get is that I'm seeing so much criticism for the movie version of The Help, but I don't remember hearing the same arguments when the book was hitting big, and it was a huge bestseller. And I think the movie is supposed to be fairly faithful to the book.
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Amy - Aug 12, 2011 6:53:37 pm PDT #16009 of 30000
Because books.
megan walker - Aug 12, 2011 7:06:49 pm PDT #16010 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I can see where a movie version would be a little more, for lack of a better word, patronizing.
Strega - Aug 12, 2011 7:23:53 pm PDT #16011 of 30000
I definitely heard criticism of the book from friends who read it.
Amy - Aug 12, 2011 7:30:22 pm PDT #16012 of 30000
Because books.
Maybe it was just me then.
le nubian - Aug 12, 2011 7:30:37 pm PDT #16013 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Amy,
I have not read the book, nor seen the movie, but my mother has read the book. She said that what she liked about the book is the way the author developed the relationships and character growth.
Some of the complaints I have seen about the movie is how various historical events are minimized and there are times where interactions are pretty stereotypical. At this point and the way my mood is, I want no part of the film.
Maybe I will soften on this point when it comes to tv.
askye - Aug 13, 2011 2:54:30 pm PDT #16014 of 30000
Thrive to spite them
So I finally saw Captain America. Ended up seeing it in 3D because that was what was available.
I really really enjoyed Captain America. And, surprisingly, I enjoyed it in 3D. Enough so now I want to give Harry Potter in 3D a try. If it's still playing next week.
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 13, 2011 4:03:25 pm PDT #16015 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I always forget how scorching hot Alec Baldwin was as a young man until I catch Beetlejuice on TV again.
Amy - Aug 13, 2011 4:14:45 pm PDT #16016 of 30000
Because books.
One of my favorite roles of his back then was in Malice. Hot and arrogant and sort of smarmy, but not a true villain in the end.
Jesse - Aug 14, 2011 4:11:58 pm PDT #16017 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
So I finally saw Captain America. Ended up seeing it in 3D because that was what was available.
I really really enjoyed Captain America. And, surprisingly, I enjoyed it in 3D.
Ditto and ditto.
But can anyone explain to me why Hydra had an octopus as its symbol? An octopus is like the opposite of a hydra!
beekaytee - Aug 14, 2011 4:45:45 pm PDT #16018 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
I saw HP7.2 today and liked it much better than I expected to.
As the credits rolled, I said to my companion, "Jeez. It's Saving Private Ryan for tweens."
InTENSE.