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Movies Are You Ready For Gladiator 2?
CastlevaniaNut18 replied to skillzdadirecta's topic in The Performing Arts Centre
I actually wasn't a huge fan of this movie. -
It's actually hard to imagine the novella surpassing the movie for Shawshank. I've never read much Stephen King(until lately, now I'm starting to get into his books, at least his earlier works), but Shawshank is really one of the greatest films of all time. And normally I read the book before watching the movie, but I've yet to read IT, though I really liked the movie and am anticipating the sequel. Gonna try to read the book before it comes out, though.
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I still need to read Jurassic Park. I almost bought it a while back, but something else caught my eye instead. I do enjoy films that are significantly different from the book. I love The Haunting of Hill House and I think the Netflix adaptation was fantastic in its own right. I think they went the right direction with it.
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The general consensus has always been that the books are better than their screen versions. I almost always agree. But I thought it would be interesting for those of us who love to read discuss where we feel the opposite. Two notable exceptions for me are The Lord of the Rings and Game of Thrones. I remember being in high school when LotR was out and taking the world by storm. I had a friend who loved to read, probably even more than myself and even she agreed that the books were a slog at times and you'd be better off just watching the movies. After making a halfhearted attempt the the first book, I took her advice. Maybe one day I'll give the books another go, but I haven't gotten there yet. Hell, even though I enjoyed the movies, I haven't seen them in years. My husband has never seen them and we keep saying we're going to sit down and watch the Extended Editions(which I do own on blu ray), but we haven't done it yet because they're so damn long. As for GoT, I did read the first three books in the series, but Martin is too long on descriptions and his books are a chore to read at times. I gave up on A Feast for Crows. And the man takes too long to write a book, so I've just stuck with the show. It's not perfect by any means, but it's overall provided me with some damn good entertainment. So what say you, fellow book lovers? Do you agree with me or not and do you have other books that have been outdone by the big or small screen?
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Any insomnia sufferers here or suggestions for one
CastlevaniaNut18 replied to Triage's topic in The Shower
I actually don't watch much TV. I'm currently catching up on my magazines. -
Any insomnia sufferers here or suggestions for one
CastlevaniaNut18 replied to Triage's topic in The Shower
I wanna have a good comeback, but I'm too damn distracted to think of one. Dammit. -
Any insomnia sufferers here or suggestions for one
CastlevaniaNut18 replied to Triage's topic in The Shower
I mean, there are a lot of factors. Most people are just better off leaving the TV out of the bedroom. Most people aren't like how def star claims to be. I definitely wouldn't have one in my room if I didn't sometimes exercise in there. But we really don't have another good place to put the treadmill, so that's that. You have a pretty argumentative nature, so I guess I'm just conditioned by it and assume you're trying to argue. -
Any insomnia sufferers here or suggestions for one
CastlevaniaNut18 replied to Triage's topic in The Shower
I have and this is not controversial stuff. Most experts will agree that electronics of any kind right before bed is disruptive to your sleep. This has been known for quite some time. I'm not really sure what you're trying to argue. It's because I've done some research in the past that I've made efforts to cut this shit out of my life. I still struggle sometimes with checking my phone in bed, but I've gotten better. There's a TV in our room, but it's really only there because the bedroom is where we keep our treadmill and I watch it while I'm exercising sometimes. It never gets turned on otherwise. -
Any insomnia sufferers here or suggestions for one
CastlevaniaNut18 replied to Triage's topic in The Shower
The science says watching TV in bed is harmful to your sleep cycles. https://www.sleep.org/articles/is-it-bad-to-watch-tv-right-before-bed/ I mean, this stuff is pretty easy to research. -
Any insomnia sufferers here or suggestions for one
CastlevaniaNut18 replied to Triage's topic in The Shower
That's why I go with the science. Evidence-based practice is a good thing.