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• Well, we got about 25% overlap. Is that good or bad? Victor Khomenko 12:01:15 9/08/99 (3)
  In Reply to: 25 Recommended Films posted by AudioHead on September 08, 1999 at 08:10:07:

  Is it not ironic that Dr. Zhivago the movie is actually not too bad, while the novel is completely mediocre? Most of the time it is the other way around. Witness the Godfather. No good for nothing novel turned into an event.
  
  

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  • Re: Well, we got about 25% overlap. Is that good or bad? AudioHead 13:39:37 9/08/99 (2)
    In Reply to: Well, we got about 25% overlap. Is that good or bad? posted by Victor Khomenko on September 08, 1999 at 12:01:15:

    Yes, you're right,most of the time the book leaves the movie in the
    dust,( with exceptions). For example, I liked the movie "Jaws", and was
    moderately frightened by it; however, the fear is nothing on the order
    of the terror I experienced while reading first chapter of Benchley's
    novel, the scene where the great white circled it's unknowing victim in
    the dark oceanic waters, then attacked with ferocious, state-of-the-art
    (cutting *serrated* edge) efficiency.
    Blenchley's superb prose stimulated my imagination in a way the Spielbergian movie could not, in spite of the films excellent special
    effects. - AH
    
    
    

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    • the book/Jaws petew 06:55:09 9/09/99 (1)
      In Reply to: Re: Well, we got about 25% overlap. Is that good or bad? posted by AudioHead on September 08, 1999 at 13:39:37:

      I just love this movie, and I love my first edition hardcover too. The movie abandoned the theme of the affair between the chief's wife and the marine biologist: it's only hinted at, and makes no sense. Violence without sex. Now there's a movie first!
      
      

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      • Re: the book/Jaws AudioHead 07:51:07 9/09/99 (0)
        In Reply to: the book/Jaws posted by petew on September 09, 1999 at 06:55:09:

        I have to admit I really love the movie too; executed well all around.
        There is just something about vulnerablity to shark attack that evokes
        the deepest primeval fear in me; perhaps it involves being attacked completely out of one's element, makes the vulnerablity all that much
        greater. And it's very humbling to think that a large fish is actually
        making a meal out of oneself, instead of vice versa. (The very notion is
        outrageous and an affront to one's sense of self-esteem and dignity!)
        I get a similiar fear with vulnerablity to large crocodile attacks also;
        reminds me of the newspaper article I read some years ago about the unfortunate lone sunbather on a deserted beach in Darwin, Australia; all
        that remained were a few bloody tattered clothes and a sandtrail leading
        to the ocean where the giant saltwater beast had dragged it's horrified
        victim! - AH
        
        

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