Very mixed (and bad) reviews. Looked at the audience reviews on rotten tomatoes and a lot said it didn't stick very closely to the book. Pretty disappointed so I'll wait for Redbox.TBone14;1872622 wrote:Reading American Assassin again before I go see the movie.
RIP Vince Flynn. Such great books he wrote.
Good to know. I don't judge a movie purely on how close they stick to the book. It's impossible to recreate the details and nuances of a 500 page book and keep the movie a reasonable time. I heard a great quote from the Director of the Count of Monte Cristo movie. Obviously a classic ,great novel and a really good and entertaining movie on it's own. However, it didn't stick to the book too much either and they changed the ending significantly. His quote was, "My job is make a good movie...not film a book." I actually preferred the ending of the movie.iclfan2;1872624 wrote:Very mixed (and bad) reviews. Looked at the audience reviews on rotten tomatoes and a lot said it didn't stick very closely to the book. Pretty disappointed so I'll wait for Redbox.
Regarding Fatherland by Robert Harris....BRF;1871216 wrote:^^^^^ Thank you. I'm going to check that out.
Finally finished this yesterday. 571 pages, so it took me a while. It was a very good book. Crazy and awful, but very good.Fab4Runner;1872612 wrote:Currently about 1/3 done with Blood in the Water : The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy. This shit is fucked up. But it's a fantastic book; well researched, well written, bone chilling. It won the Pulitzer Prize for History in 2017.
Mom gave me this book the summer before I started college, was very interesting and has been influential on my life.justincredible;1873275 wrote:Finished The Power of Habit. Started The Millionaire Next Door.
I'm a little over a third done with it, it's definitely changed the way I look at money already. We've always been pretty good with our money, and saving for retirement, but the book is motivating me to be much better.Commander of Awesome;1873323 wrote:Mom gave me this book the summer before I started college, was very interesting and has been influential on my life.
Dale Carnegie?justincredible;1874042 wrote: Starting in on How to Win Friends and Influence People next.
You a big fan of the fantasy genre? I am not but wish I were - if that makes any sense. The passion fans of fantasy and sci fi have is great, and it often makes me want to give them another try. But for the life of me I cannot get into them.justincredible;1874715 wrote:I'll be starting The Hobbit over my lunch break today.
I've never been big into fantasy (other than I loved the Redwall series in middle school) but I do like sci-fi a lot. I've just had too many co-workers bug me about reading the LOTR and GOT stuff that I decided to give it a shot.Dr Winston O'Boogie;1874823 wrote:You a big fan of the fantasy genre? I am not but wish I were - if that makes any sense. The passion fans of fantasy and sci fi have is great, and it often makes me want to give them another try. But for the life of me I cannot get into them.