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Mike 03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 09:47 PM Original message |
Novels you love so much you are terrified to see the movie upon which they are based. |
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UndertheOcean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 09:51 PM Response to Original message |
1. Love in the time of Colera |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 10:08 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. One day I will force myself to make a serious effort at finishing that book. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 10:42 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. Love in the Time of Cholera |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 10:45 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Cholera, not Solitude. Never attempted Solitude. nt |
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OmahaBlueDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
2. It's a bear to make films from Irving novels |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
3. A Confederacy of Dunces |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 10:29 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. How many actors has that book killed? |
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nomorenomore08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 11:03 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. Wouldn't he have to gain a massive amount of weight? |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 11:21 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. I guess he'd wear a heavy suit. |
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elshiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
4. Any adaptation of Dan Brown. |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 10:25 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. I thought the book and the movie were about equal. |
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elshiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 10:34 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. To each his or her own, but I prefered |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 10:37 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. I never watch porn |
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elshiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 11:08 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. LMAO! |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 11:22 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Good for a laugh, maybe |
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elshiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 11:51 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. For me, the sound adds to the mood. |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 11:31 PM Response to Reply #9 |
24. haha |
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nickgutierrez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
6. Blindness, by Jose Saramago |
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RadicalTexan (607 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
7. Gone with the Wind |
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EastTennesseeDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
8. The Road and A Confederacy of Dunces |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
10. LOTR, Harry Potter, American Psycho, etc. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 10:45 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. You are wise to stay away from Harry Potter |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 01:57 AM Response to Reply #17 |
30. Agreed on Harry Potter. |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
13. I love seeing movies based on good books. They too often fail, but I love |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 11:15 PM Response to Original message |
20. Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson. |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 11:27 PM Response to Original message |
23. as a fan of both forms, I generally look forward to seeing movies based on books I like |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 12:09 AM Response to Original message |
26. The Forever War (it would be Starship Troopers II) |
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nomorenomore08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 12:19 AM Response to Original message |
27. 'Iodine' by Haven Kimmel, because they'd have to ruin its best aspects |
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ornotna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 12:32 AM Response to Original message |
28. To kill a Mockingbird |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 01:43 AM Response to Original message |
29. They're making a movie of The Road??? |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 02:14 AM Response to Original message |
31. I'm afraid to re-watch "Pet Sematary." Technically, I have seen it, but not since |
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Dammit Ann (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 02:48 AM Response to Original message |
32. More of a story... Franny and Zooey. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
33. There have been rumors of films from some of my favorites for years |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
34. I Know This Much Is True - Wally Lamb |
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