http://www.idkfa.com/v3 idkfa: syndicated http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4188&msg_id=4195 [...] kaiden@idkfa.com (kaiden) Cognitive Surplus Thu, 01 Mar 2012 18:49:56 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4188&msg_id=4195 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4188&msg_id=4194 I know this is trite to say, but the BOOK WAS SO MUCH BETTER. If you're wondering, they excised about 2/3rds of the book for the film. The novel is written in alternating chapters from a first person perspective from Oskar and letters written by the grandpa to the dad and the kid. The book is about all three Schells, the movie is just a tear jerker about the kid. I didn't think the film was that bad, really, but it wasn't an accurate depiction of the book. The novel is one of my favorites OF ALL TIME EVER. And now the book is ruined for you by watching the movie. Ugh. Wilber@idkfa.com (Wilber) Cognitive Surplus Thu, 01 Mar 2012 18:46:39 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4188&msg_id=4194 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4188&msg_id=4191 This is why you should only watch DS9. Scrotor@idkfa.com (Scrotor) Cognitive Surplus Thu, 01 Mar 2012 10:03:47 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4188&msg_id=4191 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4188&msg_id=4188 So, I didn't watch DS9 this evening. Instead I watched Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. Which was pretty alright, I felt. SPOILERS TO FOLLOW. However, now I feel like I am a heartless goddamned robot because I wasn't crying throughout the whole thing. The kid was crying. Max von Sydow was crying. Sandra Bullock was crying. It ended up being a heartfelt story about how a community came together and cried because a boy whose father that had died in 9/11 was trying to cope with reality (and grieve in a unique way). I haven't been to New York. Or lived there. Or known anybody who had lived in or near there that didn't say that it was an angry, unkind place. Which, to some degree, undermined how deeply I could believe the premise and reveal towards the end. And, the mystery behind the key ended up being even more tenuous and random and seemingly miraculous when it turned out the key had nothing to do with anything the father intended. But I did like some of the messages. That some things just happen, and they cannot be understood, they just simply are. And that, whether we like to admit it or not, our parents probably understand us better as people than we do. Would recommend. Unless you're a fucking robot. kaiden@idkfa.com (kaiden) Cognitive Surplus Thu, 01 Mar 2012 02:44:14 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4188&msg_id=4188