Godfather is mostly true to the book. I read the book a long time ago, but I remember it was pretty consistent. The thing that absolutely matched was the tone. Coppola got it perfect. I felt the same sense of tension and dread reading the book as I did watching the movie.
Y'all see the man hanging out of the spaceship with the really big gun? Now I'm not saying you weren't easy to find. It was kinda out of our way, and he didn't want to come in the first place. Man's lookin' to kill some folk. So really it's his will y'all should worry about thwarting.
Mal ,'Safe'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
javachik - Nov 11, 2009 8:08:18 am PST #18641 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
Steph L. - Nov 11, 2009 8:08:59 am PST #18642 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
How awesome is that name?
That's as cool as "cytokine storm"! (Which is something that I don't want to ever happen to me, but the name makes it sound fantastic!)
Strega - Nov 11, 2009 8:12:15 am PST #18643 of 30001
I swear to you, I read this
Lucas’s Law: There is no movie so beloved that a “special edition,” prequel or sequel cannot trample and forever stain its memory.
And I thought, "Woah, there's a special edition of Lucas? And it's different somehow? How did -- Oh. Oh, I get it now." Definitely time for more coffee.
Now someone with a better memory than me come up with a supporting example, stat!
My impression is that Bridges of Madison County is reasonably faithful to the book. But since it's a movie, you are spared Waller's prose.
Dana - Nov 11, 2009 8:13:10 am PST #18644 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
And now I find out from Facebook that my mother is at the hospital with my grandfather.
Jessica - Nov 11, 2009 8:17:14 am PST #18645 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Jones Soda introduces limited edition "Tofurkey & Gravy" vegetarian flavor.
(1) Ew. (2) I had no idea their regular turkey flavor soda wasn't vegetarian. EW.
Jessica - Nov 11, 2009 8:17:27 am PST #18646 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I'm sorry, Dana. I hope it's nothing serious.
Aims - Nov 11, 2009 8:17:54 am PST #18647 of 30001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I just had a Tropical Punch Crush in a glass bottle. Holy nom nom nom, Lolcatz!
Dana - Nov 11, 2009 8:19:39 am PST #18648 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I'm sorry, Dana. I hope it's nothing serious.
Yes, it would be nice to know, rather than finding out from FACEBOOK and having to wonder.
I'm being irrationally angry, I know. And yet, knowing that doesn't stop my being angry.
Kiba Rika - Nov 11, 2009 8:20:15 am PST #18649 of 30001
I may have to seize the cat.
I missed the grammar smackdown! Cry!
Here, how's this: splitting infinitives is only a problem in English because a bunch of English dudes who were studying Latin thought English should be more like Latin. In Latin, an infinitive is all one word, thus it is impossible to split it without just making up some nonsense words...
So, as a Latin scholar aware of this, I feel free to indiscriminately split infinitives non-stop.
Jesse - Nov 11, 2009 8:23:30 am PST #18650 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I don't know that's irrationally angry, Dana. I mean, unless you are really freaking out and breaking things and/or hurting people....