Jaws was a better movie. Benchley was a hack, IMO--the book sucked. Hooper had an affair with Brody's wife and died at the end. Feh.
But if the world doesn't end, I'm gonna need a note.
Cordelia ,'Potential'
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Kathy A - Nov 01, 2009 7:50:42 pm PST #4816 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
beekaytee - Nov 01, 2009 8:08:11 pm PST #4817 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
Oh man. I forgot that I even read that book. It did, indeed, suck. Yeah. Jaws definitely proves this rule.
DavidS - Nov 03, 2009 1:51:38 pm PST #4818 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Let us all pause to recall and savor the awesomeness of Lena Olin.
Sue - Nov 03, 2009 2:06:43 pm PST #4819 of 30000
hip deep in pie
Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin are co-hosting the Oscars. [link]
megan walker - Nov 03, 2009 2:07:43 pm PST #4820 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin are co-hosting the Oscars. [link]
That could potentially be awesome.
§ ita § - Nov 03, 2009 2:14:13 pm PST #4821 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I dunno. I'm gonna miss the showmanship of Hugh Jackman. I'm sorry he turned it down. I haven't liked anything Steve Martin has done in a while.
Strega - Nov 03, 2009 2:19:12 pm PST #4822 of 30000
Let us all pause to recall and savor the awesomeness of Lena Olin.
Always.
The monologue about her first time is so great.
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 03, 2009 3:02:39 pm PST #4823 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
You know, I don't think I remember anything about Romeo Is Bleeding except her.
JZ - Nov 03, 2009 3:31:41 pm PST #4824 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
From the movie-was-better-than-the-book discussion upthread: I can't believe nobody mentioned Bridges of Madison County. The Marty Stu-iest of Marty Stus, surrounded by characters composed entirely of cardboard and spitballs, and the absolute staggeringly worst final chapter in the history of lousy final chapters that increase by tenfold your hatred of a book you already thought you hated with the white-hot brilliance of a thousand burning suns; it turns out you just didn't know quite how much hate you had in you, but this final chapter was made to bring it all out. Yeah, that book.
And, really, a pretty fine, decent movie (not hurt by either the presence of Meryl Streep in practically every frame or the unspoken but distinct impression that the screenwriter also thought Marty Stu was a flaming asshole and designed the entire screenplay just to knock him down a peg or twenty).
javachik - Nov 03, 2009 4:01:14 pm PST #4825 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
I coulda brought that up if I'd ever read the book and could compare. I couldn't bring myself to read that book.
I loved the movie Housekeeping and liked the book okay. But that's because Christine Lahti and Bill Forsythe are gods in my book.