reminder: read more
out of tremendous boredom this afternoon, i stole a dvd from my housemate's room to watch on my laptop.
i initially intended to watch memoirs of a geisha in the theatres, but due to my insistence on reading the book first, i missed the screenings here in singapore. (actually it's still showing at some weird times in a few cinemas, but as mentioned before, i was really bored...) i just managed to finish the book by arthur golden yesterday so i thought it would be good to watch the movie to kill time.
i was quite shocked at the differences between the book and the movie...like how nobu has two arms in the movie...and how deputy minister sato in the book became colonel derricks in the movie (???)...there are just too many to list down...but then again, these kinda things tend to happen when you compare the real thing and the screenplay version huh? i guess it'd be a really long and draggy movie if they actually did all the stuff that was in the book...
my advice: read the book.
p.s. - i think this is a good reminder to myself to read more...i feel that my vocabulary is getting rather limited...my writing style rather stale...and my imagination rather stunted...hmmm...what book should i read next...any recommendations people? =)
i initially intended to watch memoirs of a geisha in the theatres, but due to my insistence on reading the book first, i missed the screenings here in singapore. (actually it's still showing at some weird times in a few cinemas, but as mentioned before, i was really bored...) i just managed to finish the book by arthur golden yesterday so i thought it would be good to watch the movie to kill time.
i was quite shocked at the differences between the book and the movie...like how nobu has two arms in the movie...and how deputy minister sato in the book became colonel derricks in the movie (???)...there are just too many to list down...but then again, these kinda things tend to happen when you compare the real thing and the screenplay version huh? i guess it'd be a really long and draggy movie if they actually did all the stuff that was in the book...
my advice: read the book.
p.s. - i think this is a good reminder to myself to read more...i feel that my vocabulary is getting rather limited...my writing style rather stale...and my imagination rather stunted...hmmm...what book should i read next...any recommendations people? =)
19 comments:
Kinda interesting that you insisted on reading the book before watching the movie. ^^ Thought people usually do the opposite.
I am so damn sick of all the cute guys being in Singapore!
Damn it, it's just not fair.
do you read haruki murakami?
was seated at the back of wala last night, near the stairs to upstairs. think i saw you when you had your eyes fixated on the tv screen. shall say hi next time lah!
brokeback mountain, then you can go watch the movie immediately after, in line with your current trend. haha.
j
have you read
- john Grisham, and also
- the series on adrian mole by sue townsend?
and a must-read for cat-lovers:
Peter Gether's
- The Cat Who Went to Paris,
- A Cat Abroad. (Both Peter and Norton, his cat, are food lovers and you will get interesting accounts of his travels and gastronomic adventures with his feline companion.)
- The Cat Who'll Live Forever.
=p
i got a book review every week on my blog wat. read those i like lah.
or we can be really geeky and do comparison reviews.
yallo...yeah...i tend to like the book better than the movie...it started out with jurassic park back in secondary school...
lithium princes...huh???
farewellwaltz...nope...haven't read his stuff yet...maybe i'll check it out...and yeah, next time don't be a stranger! haha...
anonymous...that's one movie i've really wanted to watch...i guess gotta get the book first then...haha. =)
lee poh see...thanks! i'll go and flip through your recommendations. =)
billy...hahahaha...you crack me up. how could i ever compare with the gp king himself??? i'm not worthy. hahaha. =)
Depending on what books you like, I could recommend a few of my favs. Like the one I told you about (since you recently returned from Cambodia) "First they killed my father" ? Poignant and interesting.
No movie made directly about that though - "The Killing Fields" is not counted.
If you haven't read the Da Vinci Code, go start now. The movie will be out sometime this year.
i realised about reading the books are better when i watched charlie and the chocolate factory. i'm a roald dahl fan and they totally.. sigh.. lousy movie..
i second brokeback mountain!
u & jase damn g lor... both read memoirs book in cambo, somemore same print one...
Go read Angels & Demons by Dan Brown before you read Da Vinci Code.
dan brown is crap =p
i think lithium princess is trying to tell u u're cute?!?!
btw, i'm one of the 14. HAHA.
jostein gaarder - through the looking glass, darkly..
other jostein gaarder books.
wally lamb - i know this much is true
It's kinda an old book, but I really liked Tony Parson's Man and Boy.
Been a long while since I read anything though... =|
ene...noted...thanks...i'll go to the library one of these days. thanks! =)
monster ru...i couldn't agree more...that's why you should read books! (partly sponsored by the national library board) haha. =)
jo...thanks ah...me and j went to watch brokeback mountain just now...don't get started on your crap again hor...there were two other chic friends with us hor. haha. =)
kelly chan...too late...hehe. =)
lee poh see...hmmm...to each his own. i'm guessing you're catholic? =)
monkeycrab...err..haha. ok. =)
khal...cool. thanks for the tip! =)
yallo...been there done that...and even been through the sequel...haha. thanks anyway! =)
hahaha...ok loh, to each his own. yeah, lee poh see is christian. =p
Drowning Ruth. Morbid book but interesting.
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