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The_Apprentice
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Yes, it is shit. Especially the middle part. But I'm not into books with war themes.
p.s. Actually, as a movie, it could be pretty good.
p.s. Actually, as a movie, it could be pretty good.
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i was looking at that book in the bookshop yesterday.
i wasnt sure on it. but i think i may end up going back and getting it.
i wasnt sure on it. but i think i may end up going back and getting it.
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it's a pretty good book
i felt the second half was far less interesting, but the multiple narrative perspectives in the first half was very well done. interesting to read, well written and the device was actually used for dramatic effect, not for the sake of 'experimentation'
i felt the second half was far less interesting, but the multiple narrative perspectives in the first half was very well done. interesting to read, well written and the device was actually used for dramatic effect, not for the sake of 'experimentation'
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I actually liked it a lot, though it did take me a while to get into the war bits, and I didn't enjoy them as much as the multiple narratives bit in the first half. And it probably could have been a bit shorter. But as someone else said, the multiple narratives bot wokred well, its didn't feel pretensious or experimental for the sake of being experimental. It was like a tense, engrossing game of Chinese whispers. The characters were all pretty intersting I though. And I like the way that it allowed the children characters to have some-what complex personalities, as children in literature are often far to one-dimensional in my opinion.
I'm not sure how I feel about the movie, aparently its going to star Keira Knightly who I haven't liked in anything since Bend It Like Beckham. I think it will loose all the bits that made it interesting and be reduced to a pretty basic war/love story. Blah.
I'm not sure how I feel about the movie, aparently its going to star Keira Knightly who I haven't liked in anything since Bend It Like Beckham. I think it will loose all the bits that made it interesting and be reduced to a pretty basic war/love story. Blah.
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mustn't have read this thread fully earlier
the movie sounds like an awful idea
a film couldn't capture basically the most important aspect of the novel (it's multiple perspective)
unless it's some shithouse 'rashomon' type thing - fuck that
smegger is prob right, it'll be an awful war drama
the movie sounds like an awful idea
a film couldn't capture basically the most important aspect of the novel (it's multiple perspective)
unless it's some shithouse 'rashomon' type thing - fuck that
smegger is prob right, it'll be an awful war drama
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mustn't have read this thread fully earlier
the movie sounds like an awful idea
a film couldn't capture basically the most important aspect of the novel (it's multiple perspective)
unless it's some shithouse 'rashomon' type thing - fuck that
smegger is prob right, it'll be an awful war drama
the movie sounds like an awful idea
a film couldn't capture basically the most important aspect of the novel (it's multiple perspective)
unless it's some shithouse 'rashomon' type thing - fuck that
smegger is prob right, it'll be an awful war drama