You read a book? CONGRATULATIONS! *pops you one in the face*

[Q Classic]

the book sphere was about as bad as the movie.
same with congo.

[FrustratedPoet]

Originally posted by MikeH
And frankly, cumming in someone's face just for saying they like a book seems a bit disgusting.

Curse you, Mike, I wanted to say that.

I also agree with the people who say the LOTR movies are better than the books.
(and, for the record, I have read the books, I read them before I saw the movie and I generally like the fantasy genre. Tolkien had an awesome imagination, but couldn't write good prose)

[FrustratedPoet]

And, on a related note ..... how likely am I to find screenings of movies in english in Daegu? I don't mind them having korean subtitles or something, but I'd hate to miss watching the 3rd LOTR movie in a proper cinema.

[Rogan Josh]

I don't understand how people can criticise the lotr so strongly - they are fantastic books! Maybe the problem is that they have been so copied over the years that some people don't realise how original they are. Tolkein created an entire mythology - an entire culture if you like - to set the books in. To my mind that is quite an accomplishment which I have not seen done as well anywhere else. I notice that most of these critics are quite young - maybe they don't realise what Tolkein gave the world.

I loved the movies too (and I am looking forward to The Return of the King) but I am not stupid enough to compare them directly to the books. The books set out to do one thing and the movies set out to do something completely different - and they both acheive their goals masterfully.

As for the original poster's objections, do you really think that people are saying that they liked the book better in order to show off? You must have some very sad friends. Reading a book is no great accomplishment.

[Q Classic]

And, on a related note ..... how likely am I to find screenings of movies in english in Daegu? I don't mind them having korean subtitles or something, but I'd hate to miss watching the 3rd LOTR movie in a proper cinema.

i dunno where there's a theatre in daegu. all the ones i know are in seoul or ch'ongju... but i'm sure there's one there. from what i remember, movies are rarely dubbed, so chances are good you'll just see subtitles.
these theatres are usually near the city center/downtown areas.

edit: found this on google in english!

http://thedaeguguide.com/guides/contacts.htm

[duke o' york]

Well if he did create an entire world then you'd be surprised at how influenced it is by a world more close to home. If you're going to give credit for creation of such worlds then how naturalistic is Dante's Inferno (and the other sections of the Divine Comedy)? Is LotR popular in the orient? The whole of Middle Earth is absolutely smothered in Christianity of the most puritanical, fusty kind.

[FrustratedPoet]

Originally posted by Q Cubed
edit: found this on google in english!
http://thedaeguguide.com/guides/contacts.htm

Thanks.

[General Ludd]

Re: Re: Re: You read a book? CONGRATULATIONS! *pops you one in the face*

Originally posted by Vesayen



People who read books on a regular basis are smarter then people who dont.

I thought you said you read three books a week, this obviously can't be true.

[Harovan]

Re: You read a book? CONGRATULATIONS! *pops you one in the face*

@ the whole thread

Originally posted by Vesayen
I read 3 books a week and never mention it on conversation

Sounds pretty oxymoronish.

Reading a book is no great acomplishment, if you think it is and feel like your special for reading a book, it means your actually mentally deficient but the world has been too polite to inform you of that fact.

I completely agree. Who feels special for reading a book, is for certain imbecile. Not to mention those who are proud of reading three books a week.

[Q Classic]

fp, stay away from those sex theaters.

[JohnT]

Re: You read a book? CONGRATULATIONS! *pops you one in the face*

Originally posted by Vesayen
People I cant stand..... those who read a book then saw the movie for the book and arogantly say "The book was so much better!"

CONGRA-JA-FREAK-IN-LATIONS! You read a book? Want a cookie? If there is anything that pisses me off after greedy ceo's, its arrogant psuedo wanna be intellectuals. I read 3 books a week and never mention it on conversation, which is the reason this pisses me off so much especially. I would think a large chunk of poly are "readers"-people who read a descent amount so most of you can proboably share my frustration.

Reading a book is no great acomplishment, if you think it is and feel like your special for reading a book, it means your actually mentally deficient but the world has been too polite to inform you of that fact.

My solution: Avoid all movies.

[FrustratedPoet]

[JohnT]

Originally posted by The Mad Monk
Whenever I read a thread like this, I immediately think of Jurassic Park. I read it when it first came out. I loved it -- must have gone through it at least a half dozen times, and it helped mold my thoughts on the concept of "responsible science".

Then the movie came out.

I was looking forward to it -- here was one of my favorite all-time reads, brought to life on the silver screen! In a rare instance of zealotry, I actually mange to see it the first week.

...

I'm sure it's a good movie.

...

That was the last thing I was thinking when I stumbled out of that theatre. They had taken that masterpiece, ripped the guts out, changed characters to the point they were unrecognizable, merged and deleted, and screwed up the message. They made it so damn...Hollywood.

I will never forgive them for that.

Uh, did you just call a Michael Crichton book a masterpiece?

Edit: thanks for the spelling help, Q.

[Q Classic]

for crichton, it was a masterpiece.

[JohnT]

So Vesayen is pissed because people are proud of reading, and in the middle of his rant pops in a "I read three books a week" blast.

Oh, the irony is killing me.