guisborough_rob
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I think the film of Nick Hornby’s High Fidelity is a very good adaptation of the book and works well with the Chicago setting. Certainly it’s on a par with the original for me.
The fellowship of the ring drags on and on in the book. Tolkien took 5 years to write it and stopped part way through. I think he wrote the hobbit in the hiatus.The Lord Of The Rings films were better than the books?
Never in a million years. The films were excellent mind you.
I read Lord of the Rings when I read all of the BBC Big Read books. It was the nations favorite. It was my worst.The fellowship of the ring drags on and on in the book. Tolkien took 5 years to write it and stopped part way through. I think he wrote the hobbit in the hiatus.
You can tell, it seems even Tolkien got bored with it.
The books are really not very good, too long, too rambling.
The Big Read series was broadcast on BBC Two from 18 October to 13 December 2003. Web, SMS, phone and interactive voting ended on 11 December and only the phone vote was opened briefly for the duration of the final programme on 13 December. Here is the final ranking of the Top 21 books based on all votes that were submitted throughout the series. |
| 1. The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien 2. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen 3. His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman 4. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams 5. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, JK Rowling 6. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee 7. Winnie the Pooh, AA Milne 8. Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell 9. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, CS Lewis 10. Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë 11. Catch-22, Joseph Heller 12. Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë 13. Birdsong, Sebastian Faulks 14. Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier 15. The Catcher in the Rye, JD Salinger 16. The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame 17. Great Expectations, Charles Dickens 18. Little Women, Louisa May Alcott 19. Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Louis de Bernieres 20. War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy 21. Gone with the Wind, Margaret Mitchell |
TBH, films are just better than books in general if you ask me. Can’t remember the last time I read a novel, the Damned United probably, which was also a good film. Films are just more efficient.
I tried to read the sequel to the Damned United, about Shankly, and it was just a horrifically bad book.
Only if you haven't got the intellect or mental capacity to follow themThe books are really not very good, too long, too rambling.
The fellowship of the ring drags on and on in the book. Tolkien took 5 years to write it and stopped part way through. I think he wrote the hobbit in the hiatus.
You can tell, it seems even Tolkien got bored with it.
The books are really not very good, too long, too rambling.
Sorry man, I just think my concentration span is too short in the smartphone era. I’ll use audiobooks now, but have never listened to one that’s a novel. I’m the same with American series tbh, I am usually only willing to dedicate a few nights to something, not several weeks/months and I get so little time to myself these days as it is.
Aye that will be it. I managed the unabridged the stand without getting bored.Only if you haven't got the intellect or mental capacity to follow them
I will have to disagree with you on that one. I have seen 100s of films and read well over a 1000 books and I can only think of a handful of films that come close to the books I have read, I just really enjoy getting lost in the world of a book and letting my imagination run wild within the book.TBH, films are just better than books in general if you ask me. Can’t remember the last time I read a novel, the Damned United probably, which was also a good film. Films are just more efficient.
I tried to read the sequel to the Damned United, about Shankly, and it was just a horrifically bad book.
Tbh I expect I’m in the minority on this. I just have no patience .I will have to disagree with you on that one. I have seen 100s of films and read well over a 1000 books and I can only think of a handful of films that come close to the books I have read, I just really enjoy getting lost in the world of a book and letting my imagination run wild within the book.
Yeah I'm on the opposite end of the scale and I am a excessive reader. I am never far away from my ebook it literally goes everywhere with me.Tbh I expect I’m in the minority on this. I just have no patience .
Fair enough. I’m envious really. Do you just ignore all your WhatsApp messages while you’re reading? I can’t help myself.Yeah I'm on the opposite end of the scale and I am a excessive reader. I am never far away from my ebook it literally goes everywhere with me.
Could not disagree more.Dune! Fantastic film but personally, I found the book heavy going.