When is it okay to drink alone? (1 Viewer)

[llama]

after seeing FIGHTCLUB for the first time last night im hoping you dont make alot of green pea sup lol

freaking great movie, wow

Read the book. The movie is just a tease.

 

[antipop]

Read the book. The movie is just a tease.

not really.....it's a pretty short book and i felt that the movie hardly left anything out.....there are a few minor differences but nothing to consider the movie "just a tease"....

FWIW, the book is still a great read.....i think i have read it about 3 times

 

[buzd]

I didn't really like the book that much, although I like that author's (I've forgotten his name) even less. Loved the movie though.

 

[llama]

Anytime a movie is compared to be better than the book in a play-by-play fashion I'm comfortable knowing that the book wins, regardless of the string of opinions.

This of course is my opinion. I like that type of fiction, and I read a lot.

The short style of Pahlaniuk's fiction is cerebral, and eclipses the cheap visual tricks of the movie, I think.

 

[Bishop]

I drink alone to think of how to ward off company.

 

[antipop]

Anytime a movie is compared to be better than the book in a play-by-play fashion I'm comfortable knowing that the book wins, regardless of the string of opinions.

This of course is my opinion. I like that type of fiction, and I read a lot.

The short style of Pahlaniuk's fiction is cerebral, and eclipses the cheap visual tricks of the movie, I think.

hey, i actually think the book is better, i just didn't see where the movie was much different.....anytime you compare a book to a movie, the book will be much better, IMO.....i don't read a lot, but i read often enough to realize that.....i am a huge fan of stephen king, but the movies based on his books often suck

 

[llama]

hey, i actually think the book is better, i just didn't see where the movie was much different.....anytime you compare a book to a movie, the book will be much better, IMO.....i don't read a lot, but i read often enough to realize that.....i am a huge fan of stephen king, but the movies based on his books often suck

I agree completely. I wish those SK movies would capture the madness.

 

[saintmdterps]

Thank you! Blah blah blah blah...

By the time I get home from work, exhausted from pretending to be interested in useless blathering, all I want is to crack one open and enjoy some silence. I only get that (the silence part) about once a week though. Zero times this week. This thread is a real character defining one though. Some people just love to be around people and jaw jack all day long, I really like to be alone. It makes the voices in my head easier to hear. In fact, my recent involvement here is the most social thing I've done in a while aside from my small circle of friends.

Shut up voices, or I'll poke you with a knitting needle again!

 

[antipop]

I agree completely. I wish those SK movies would capture the madness.

If you read "cell" there is going to be a movie made....eli roth(hostel) is the director......this is one of the few king books that might translate well into a film....

 

[saintmdterps]

hey, i actually think the book is better, i just didn't see where the movie was much different.....anytime you compare a book to a movie, the book will be much better, IMO.....i don't read a lot, but i read often enough to realize that.....i am a huge fan of stephen king, but the movies based on his books often suck

The Shawshank Redemption, and The Green Mile being exceptions. Both were very good books, but excellent movies.

 

[Jimmy_The_Veal]

George Thoroughgood

I read an interview with George Thorogood years ago, in which he said he based his song "I Drink Alone" on the actor Lee Marvin. Not that he knew whether Lee Marvin drank alone or not, but that he looked like the kind of guy who drank alone.

 

[Scorpius the Allfather]

hey, i actually think the book is better, i just didn't see where the movie was much different.....anytime you compare a book to a movie, the book will be much better, IMO.....i don't read a lot, but i read often enough to realize that.....i am a huge fan of stephen king, but the movies based on his books often suck

An example would be the movie Christine. Now that is my favorite movie, been watching it since I was 2 years old, but the book is much better. Damn I love that 58 Plymouth Fury.

 

[Thorin]

An example would be the movie Christine. Now that is my favorite movie, been watching it since I was 2 years old, but the book is much better. Damn I love that 58 Plymouth Fury.

Dude you watched Christine when you were two?! You must be scarred for life.

 

[Scorpius the Allfather]

Dude you watched Christine when you were two?! You must be scarred for life.

Oh no, I loved that car. I would skip the parts where the car wasn't in it so I could see Christine.