Oh Que!

[jezzilee]

Yeah, I have a streak of them going.

I would so hug the heck out of you if you were local. I hope your days get better!

 

[Bookishleigh]

I would so hug the heck out of you if you were local. I hope your days get better!

Um, well, I didn't help. I kind of was a bitch to him not realizing one of his comments on another thread was NOT directed at me. For that, I shall wear the dunce cap and stand in the corner while you all mock me......

 

[jezzilee]

Um, well, I didn't help. I kind of was a bitch to him not realizing one of his comments on another thread was NOT directed at me. For that, I shall wear the dunce cap and stand in the corner while you all mock me......

You are one of the few that I would never mock! How could I? You are amusing, friendly and a really good person... even if you are an alt (kidding of course) I forgot, who's alt you were supposed to be anyway!

 

[Bookishleigh]

You are one of the few that I would never mock! How could I? You are amusing, friendly and a really good person... even if you are an alt (kidding of course) I forgot, who's alt you were supposed to be anyway!

Darn it! I have got to start trying harder to dispel this image of mine. Don't you know I have a grinch heart? That I sold my soul for the cleavage (that used to be visible in my av but is on hiatus)?

P.S. - I'm allegedly Recidiva.

 

[jezzilee]

Darn it! I have got to start trying harder to dispel this image of mine. Don't you know I have a grinch heart? That I sold my soul for the cleavage (that used to be visible in my av but is on hiatus)?

P.S. - I'm allegedly Recidiva.

Want my old av / sig ... I used it here for a minute your grinch status could be cinched...

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j8/jezzi_lee/skyavvies/mygrinchy.gif

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j8/jezzi_lee/skyavvies/Grinch.gif

I made them for a member on a board long ago and far away that no longer exists... I still miss it at times.

Oh yes!! reci!!! that's was who it was.

 

[pensivepoet]

Thanks Jezz, it's not like cancer or a bum foot. Just annoying stuff.
And no, not Fermina. Even a diss from her is welcome.

 

[Bookishleigh]

Thanks Jezz, it's not like cancer or a bum foot. Just annoying stuff.
And no, not Fermina. Even a diss from her is welcome.

Lol, well you are TOO kind.

And I love the av and sig. I think you should hold onto them though, especially that sig! Besides, I have commitment issues....with sigs. I find a good book quote and it gets changed like very few days.

 

[jezzilee]

Lol, well you are TOO kind.

And I love the av and sig. I think you should hold onto them though, especially that sig! Besides, I have commitment issues....with sigs. I find a good book quote and it gets changed like very few days.

Back in the good old days ~ prior to lit ~ I used to have a new av and sign weekly. But that was when I was heavy into photoshop and making them for everyone

 

[Bookishleigh]

Back in the good old days ~ prior to lit ~ I used to have a new av and sign weekly. But that was when I was heavy into photoshop and making them for everyone

You mean people had lives prior to Lit????? I think I just walked around in a dazed state being productive or some shit.

 

[MichaelinChina]

You mean people had lives prior to Lit????? I think I just walked around in a dazed state being productive or some shit.

I still walk round in a dazed state but somehow I manage to get stuff done.
I often wonder how much more productive (in other areas) I could be if I didn't log into Lit.

But then, I'd have a less enjoyable life. Lit makes life fun!

 

[MichaelinChina]

I missed this. Hope I'm not out of turn. I read the novel and saw the movie. I loved the cinematography of "The English Patient," and prefer the movie. But it's a little like apples and oranges-- the novel has different strengths.

No you're not out of turn.

Let me just say this: I've watched the movie once and reread the book.
Does that tell you which I prefer? Not really.

I really savoured many of the lines. Reread some and stopped and pondered. A movie cannot let you do that.

Let me watch the movie again and see if I will watch it all the way through. I haven't seen it for quite a while. I most probably will; I've rarely walked out of a movie theatre.

You're right Dave. Each has different strengths.

 

[Bookishleigh]

No you're not out of turn.

Let me just say this: I've watched the movie once and reread the book.
Does that tell you which I prefer? Not really.

I really savoured many of the lines. Reread some and stopped and pondered. A movie cannot let you do that.

Let me watch the movie again and see if I will watch it all the way through. I haven't seen it for quite a while. I most probably will; I've rarely walked out of a movie theatre.

You're right Dave. Each has different strengths.

I feel that way about The Great Gatsby. I love the book (one of my faves), but I also love the movie (both of them). They all have their different strengths. I think it is rare though when you can say you enjoyed both the book and the movie. As a book nerd, I always feel the movie falls far short. There are always the exceptions though.

 

[MichaelinChina]

I feel that way about The Great Gatsby. I love the book (one of my faves), but I also love the movie (both of them). They all have their different strengths. I think it is rare though when you can say you enjoyed both the book and the movie. As a book nerd, I always feel the movie falls far short. There are always the exceptions though.

grrrrrr. repost..and I didn't feel the need to copy first.

I agree about enjoying both the movie and the book.

How does the movie fall short? Characters don't match the ones in your imagination from the book?
The story is not faithfully followed in the movie?
It's said novels (too long) are not as good as short stories as the bases for movies.

The cinematography might enhance the reading/rereading.

I could 'see' the Cave of Swimmers paintings, as well as the old guy swinging on the rope in the chapel to see the ceiling paintings by flarelight. And the desert, the patient in bed. etc etc,

How about 'The World According to Garp" - book and movie. I liked both.
And totally surprised by Beatles 'When I'm 64' included.

 

[jezzilee]

Well I see what this morning's topic was!

 

[OralDave]

No you're not out of turn.

Let me just say this: I've watched the movie once and reread the book.
Does that tell you which I prefer? Not really.

I really savoured many of the lines. Reread some and stopped and pondered. A movie cannot let you do that.

Let me watch the movie again and see if I will watch it all the way through. I haven't seen it for quite a while. I most probably will; I've rarely walked out of a movie theatre.

You're right Dave. Each has different strengths.

On the other hand, I could read more by Michael Ondaatje. "The English Patient" is all I've read by him. I might gain a greater insight...

 

[OralDave]

I feel that way about The Great Gatsby. I love the book (one of my faves), but I also love the movie (both of them). They all have their different strengths. I think it is rare though when you can say you enjoyed both the book and the movie. As a book nerd, I always feel the movie falls far short. There are always the exceptions though.

I've sometimes wondered if which order you experience them in makes a difference. Movie first, than read the book. Or vice versa. I'm not sure in my case. Then there are the novels that are hard to turn into movies. I think "Gatsby" is one of them-- although I rather like the Robert Redford attempt.

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[Bookishleigh]

Well I see what this morning's topic was!

Sorry! I can turn almost every thread into a book discussion if left unchecked.

I've sometimes wondered if which order you experience them in makes a difference. Movie first, than read the book. Or vice versa. I'm not sure in my case. Then there are the novels that are hard to turn into movies. I think "Gatsby" is one of them-- although I rather like the Robert Redford attempt.

I have to admit I rarely see a movie first and then read the book - I just finished Ready Player One because it's been on my to-read list forever, but as soon as someone said it was being turned into a movie I had to read the book first! Sometimes it happens though where I'll see a movie and someone will say, "You know that's based off a book...." and then I'll reverse. I guess it's my own little OCD-like eccentricity.

I like films. But with books your own imagery is created. While descriptions given might be vivid and clear there remains scope for one's one own imagination to do some work. ( which is of course why casting always brings groans from some, because no one looks like our imagination).

This is usually so true! I can normally handle some casting that doesn't fit my imagination as long as they don't do something drastic though like make the main character a blonde when the book said she had black hair or the male lead is Asian in the book but Caucasian in the movie. I just want to scream, "You could have tried A LITTLE!"

 

[OralDave]

more...

Thinking this over… there are authors I've read a lot-- Carson McCullers and Graham Greene-- who've had decent films made of their novels-- but I prefer the novel in every case. Is familiarity of the novelist a factor?

 

[MichaelinChina]

On the other hand, I could read more by Michael Ondaatje. "The English Patient" is all I've read by him. I might gain a greater insight...

Yes. Me too! I was thinking that the other day when I looked at the list of his work on the inside cover. He has books of poetry and non-fiction too!

The EP's prose is very poetic in places.

Re-reading David Malouf's 'Harland's Half Acre' right now. So evocative of a struggling widowed farmer' and his five sons' lives on the land in Australia during the years just after WWI.

 

[MichaelinChina]

uh oh...S O S!

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[jezzilee]

Well then it will never get to 2,500 and I wont have to do anything... special.

 

[MichaelinChina]

Well then it will never get to 2,500 and I wont have to do anything... special.

well we cannot prevent that!

But will you stick around?

 

[jezzilee]

Have I disappeared yet?

 

[OralDave]

uh oh...S O S!

The thread is sinking I fear.

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There must be more books to talk about!
(the best idea I've had lately)