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This was done by John Belushi and Dan Ackroyd, two brilliant comedians IMO.
It is my understanding that an American version of this movie is in development.
I have a friend that likes to recommend books. Her last "must read" was Twilight. She gave me a copy as a present. Read a couple of chapters and then began skimming. When I got to part where the young vamp reveals he sparkles in sunlight, I stopped. It was good for a laugh. Now my friend is touting The Girl With a Dragoon Tattoo and the holidays are coming. Oh dear. :sick:
Actually Stephen King, of all people, wrote a book about Writing which is actually pretty good. At least he was quite honest about it, and never claims to be a great author. Rather, he says that what he's good at is getting you to turn the page.
And I agree, that is a *basic* requirement. If it's also War and Peace, all the better, but at *least* it shouldn't bore you to death.
Let's not take half a book for character development Stephen... you should know better. :mad:
The whole Cujo being possessed by the evil spirit of a child and women killer was a bit odd as well. How's it bounce back and forth from the kids closet to Cujo.... and why?
Anyhow, out of a 5 star rating system, Cujo the dog gets 5 "jip"stars and Cujo the book gets 2 1/2 "jip" stars. :shades:
"cujo momma make a worse movie than this?"
Then all hell breaks loose. Very entertaining book. "Lolita" with a twist.
I vaguely recall the movie, from watching it about 2 decades ago. All I remember is the boy being trapped in the car with his "momma". Must have left an impression, as now any large or satanic looking dog is called Cujo. :sick:
Next up: Pet Semetary. :surprise:
Right now I'm reading On Hallowed Ground: The Story of Arlington National Cemetery
I'm into history and non-fiction for the most part :shades:
That sentence could have been an entire Dan Brown "chapter" :P
Like Stephen King on a good day (which was not the day he wrote either Cujo or Pet Semetery) he'll get you to turn pages.
Stephen King at his best can really pull me in - things like The Stand or The Dead zone. OTOH I''ve had a couple of his novels that I abandoned midway because I just couldn't care less what happened - From a Buick 8 and Lisey's Story fall into that category.
Sometimes I feel like screaming, "Just sit back and be entertained!"
What started the conspiracy-itis that exists now, where EVERYTHING is some kind of plot or has some kind of ulterior motive?? :sick:
I got about 60 pages thru "The Gunslinger" and stopped reading it. May pick it up again, but the dialogue was too Shakespearean. i.e weird and un-King like.
Had to finish the damn book, before I could go to bed.... 5 AM..
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Now that's the definition of a good book. :P
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I liked his Richard Bachman book Thinner.
The climax was a bit lacking as well. The final battle between good and evil was over in the bat of an eye. I thought King could have drawn this battle out much better with some of that creepy dialogue he used earlier with the main characters.
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The script for the movie was pulled almost completely from the book. This created a lot of "holes" that made watching the movie difficult. In the book, a lot of the story is in the mind of the main character, Louis. Still, it was interesting to see on film what had been created in your mind while reading the book.
I still have those thoughts every time I watch the movie.
I was talking to an artsy friend about it and he told me that I have to enjoy the movie adaptation of any book as completely separate from the source material. A 700+ page novel just doesn't translate to a 125 page screenplay for a 2 hour movie.
After that, I enjoyed the movie "Clear and Present Danger", even though it, too, was quite different from the novel.
BTW, Clancy's latest - "Dead or Alive" - is the best book he's written in almost a decade. And he had a co-author this go around.
If you liked "The Firm" with its fast-paced style and numerous trwists and turns, you'll probably like this. I read it the whole thing in under 24 hours - it's one of those can't-put-it-down page turners (though I was reading on Kindle - no pages to turn).
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"He watched the cars in the street, so amusingly compact and small, each designed in the fleeting style of the year. The cars of a dozen years ago had been designed for length and size, but the trend had been the opposite for a decade now. The cars grew smaller and their lines weirder as the manufacturers strove to compete.
What other planet could boast of such simultaneously astonishing ingenunity and wonderous tomfoolery?"
Copyright 1959.
Most of his books have a dark nature and somewhere along the line McCarthy decided to leave out most punctuation, but IMO he is the best writer in the Country.
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(Hey, you can loan it to me on your Kindle, lol).
Does anybody know of a comparo that I can read to try and make an intelligent decision???...they come in small and medium and large, backlit or not backlit, some can download only Borders books, do batteries last 2 hours or 10, yada, yada, yada...
Can anybody help???...thanks...
Kindle books are available from Amazon and you can get virtually any book there. Book prices range from completely free to about $10. The kindle itself costs about $130. On the newer models you can store about 1500 books. A virtual library. One charge will last about a week with fairly heavy reading.
You download books on line either from the kindle itself or from your computer. A complete download takes less than 1 minute. You can also get free samples of any book just to check it out, etc.
You can also access and read any of your books on your home computer or laptop. The whole operation is very slick. Highly recommend.
The kindle and the whole operation is very slick. I think the kindle is pretty much the top e reader and I highly recommend it.
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I'm actually reading The Great Gatsby on a smart phone and of course I don't recommend it but it's amusing when waiting on line somewhere.
I might buy an e-book reader if it had a two-page display, to avoid too much back-paging. I also read fast.
Got an iPad for Christmas, but haven't tried doing a book on it yet. Some day when I have mass quantity of free time, I'll give it a shot.
Different strokes for different folks...
But I like reading in bed and I'd love to lose the lamp. My laptop has a built-in light on top of the screen that's handy for typing in the dark, but it's too heavy to use in bed. I hear you can get a case for a Kindle with a built-in light so that may be an option.
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We just stock our Amazon account with credit and download and read at will. I like the instant gratification nature of deciding you want a book, and getting it within a minute, without leaving the house.
I didn't think I'd really care for an e-reader, but I do love my Kindle. Plus, the house was getting stacked up with piles of paperbacks. No more!
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It's kinda like I don't know what I don't know, so I don't know what features to look for...a replaceable battery would be nice, as long as it is smaller and less expensive than, say, a hybrid car battery...
I've had those and they bug me. I've tried just about everything over the years.
My wife isn't a night owl like me so a nice halogen clipped to the headboard isn't an option. I've used flashlights, LED lanterns and currently I'm back to a nightlight bulb. This one is stuck on the end of a Christmas candle thing and I've only busted one bulb knocking it over while half asleep. That's better than the time I used a nightlight on an extension cord and caught my pillow on fire.
The first week with a new Kindle, I'd probably fall asleep in mid paragraph and drop it onto the hardwood floor and bust it.
How far away from civilization are you anyway ??
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