i obviously saw the movie (about a hundred times) before i read the book, but i have to say, the movie really held true to the book, basically page byi obviously saw the movie (about a hundred times) before i read the book, but i have to say, the movie really held true to the book, basically page by page. and everytime i read any quote in the book, i heard johnny depp or benicio del toro's voice...perfect...more
never really explained how the phenomenon was possible...the one where the two characters experienced the others' feelings/side-effects/damages, etc. never really explained how the phenomenon was possible...the one where the two characters experienced the others' feelings/side-effects/damages, etc. sort of just ended without wrapping things up i guess. and the whole search-for-father thing, which was the main point of the story, was definitely never definitively wrapped up...more
i read this for a class in college, narrative i think it was called, with professor pindell. aaaaaanyway, one of my favorite books is catch-22, and thi read this for a class in college, narrative i think it was called, with professor pindell. aaaaaanyway, one of my favorite books is catch-22, and this book is basically the catch-22 for the vietnam war. does that make sense? read it, it is really good....more
i heard theyre making a movie out of this and im really not sure how i feel about that. the main reason why is because of the ending...im not sure howi heard theyre making a movie out of this and im really not sure how i feel about that. the main reason why is because of the ending...im not sure how theyre going to work that out in the movie. if youve read the book you know what im talking about. ...more
a few years ago ryan gosling made a movie called the united states of leland, and i when i saw the trailer, i thought, hey, this is vernon god little a few years ago ryan gosling made a movie called the united states of leland, and i when i saw the trailer, i thought, hey, this is vernon god little as a movie! so of course i immediately imdb'd that shit expecting the see the author's name credited somewhere for writing the novel (if you use imdb you know what im talking about). however, it was not there, and united states of leland is still out there on netflix passing itself off as an original script when it's basically this book....more
one of dozens of books i read in spain, studying abroad.
in seville there was a bookstore called casa de libros, somewhere near the university, and itone of dozens of books i read in spain, studying abroad.
in seville there was a bookstore called casa de libros, somewhere near the university, and it was the numero uno place to go for books printed in english. basically it was the barnes and noble of spain. aaaaaanyway, my friend mel and i would smoke blunts and walk there and just browse the printed-in-english books section and talk shit about authors and books and all sorts of things that are amazing when youre blazed. im really not sure what i miss most about seville, but spending hours in casa de libros is definitely top five....more
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