Miscellaneous Movie Musings

[wendybeth]

Originally Posted by Alex

I've seen the movie and I wasn't a huge fan, though I recognize it as a pretty impressive achievement of its time.

I've not read GwtW but did read some other (supposedly lesser) novels from the same general school of thought and style back in school for a class on the Civil War and popular culture and hated them pretty uniformly.

But I bought The Godfather at lunch today and despite being told that the book is pretty unimpressive the first 100 pages have been very readable in a John Grisham/Stephen King sort of way.

It's been years, but I thought The Godfather was a great novel on many levels. I'll probably re-read it now and think it's ****, but at the time I really liked it. GWTW was okay, but I wanted to smack the crap out of most of the characters, particularly Scarlett, Melanie and Ashley. It's nothing special- just a precursor to Rosemary Rogers and her ilk.

[Snowflake]

Originally Posted by wendybeth

It's been years, but I thought The Godfather was a great novel on many levels. I'll probably re-read it now and think it's ****, but at the time I really liked it. GWTW was okay, but I wanted to smack the crap out of most of the characters, particularly Scarlett, Melanie and Ashley. It's nothing special- just a precursor to Rosemary Rogers and her ilk.

Well, I feel that way in the movie, too. I appreciate it for what it is, I loved it last time I saw it on the big screen. I've got the DVD and have never watched it.

[Gemini Cricket]

Stayed home today. Feelin' ill.
I watched Parenthood today. Gosh, it's such a well written movie. Lots of characters and they were pretty well fleshed out.
I think it's my favorite Ron Howard film.