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kadie:
Books:

Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer
This book has it all - humor, romance, sadness, beauty. Quite possibly the most beautiful book I've ever read. Foer writes with such amazing voice...just a great read overall.


Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk
This is a pretty intense book, and Palahniuk is a pretty intense writer. This book shows an interesting view on human nature, but just a warning: do not read if squirmish.

Movies:

Vertigo
Probably one of the best movies I've seen ever. It's got an interesting plot, and great performances by the actors. It's a movie that's hard to get over.

Amelie
My favorite movie. A really beautiful, funny, interesting movie about a girl who tries to help others...plus it's got amazing cinematography.

Atrocity Exhibition:
while it is by no means one of my favorites, i'm going to have to reccomend Rambo: First Blood.

don't get ahead of me, please. I'm going somewhere with this.

I bought it the other day in a two for one deal with American History X, because one of my friends had been making several references to the movie, and I was going to see him anyway.  When we began watching it, I was slightly surprised by the fact that it was more tactical action bullshit than "HURRR RAMBO SHOOT HURR", which was what I was expecting.  The basic plot, not to spoil too much, is that John Rambo is an ex-vietnam POW, who is picked up for vagrancy in a small town, and begins to have flashbacks as the officers try to lock him up. blah blah blah, cops die, etc.  however, in the last scene, he is speaking with his ex-commander, who is trying to talk him out of his pointless one man war, and he actually brings forth some insight into the pain of the post-vietnam veterans, who felt useless and out of place when returning to modern society, only to be alienated and spat upon.  When he was delivering his speech, I kid you not, I almost cried.

I almost cried during RAMBO.

anyway, I was suprised by the slight depth which it showed; although Taxi Driver tackled the same societal issue, and in a much better way.

elcapitan:

--- Quote from: Verergoca ---The Magus, by John Fowles.

It is the best book I have ever read! Deals with loads of psychology and stuff. Im not going to say more, not to give away the ending, however, the end is rather shocking....
--- End quote ---


Good book, all in all. I got a little sick of the psychobabble, but the sheer fun of the games that Conchis plays with the protagonist make it worthwhile. The ending didn't really work, I thought - it wasn't bad per se, it just felt like Fowles was trying to stuff everything back into Pandora's box. If nothing else, it feels authentically like it was written when it was - and that's not a bad thing at all!

My recommendation for today:

The Kraken Wakes, by John Wyndham. Although he's most well known for the classic The Day of the Triffids, Wyndham wrote a whole bunch of excellent sci-fi (including The Midwich Cuckoos, which is also great). This is one of the slightly-lesser-known novels, and the plot can be summed up simply: aliens attack earth, starting from the deepest parts of the oceans and working upwards. Well, it's a bit more subtle than that, but still... If you enjoy British sci-fi in general, you owe it to yourself to read this.

KharBevNor:
I always really liked The Chrysalids, for Wyndham. Though of course, Day of the Triffids has a place in my heart because it's partly set on the Isle of Wight.

For those who've already slugged through the awesome Focaults Pendulum, pick up a copy of Illuminatus! by Robert Shea and Robert Wilson.

Like now, seriously, it will actually blow your mind.

Music_Monkey&Me:
Last couple of movies I've seen: Hidden, OLDBOY, Lady Vengence  and Machinist

Hidden was fantastic; a thriller that I'm still trying to figure out. Very well put together and very french. Gives your brain a work out.

OLDBOY. . . you just need it. Dark and stylish and then wham! Great plot. After that get Lady Vengence, basically OLDBOY redux but a completely different animal, also very very bleak and the first movie I've had to tlook away from in a long long long time.

Finally, Machinist; another sort of lo-fi movie. Easier on the brain but not by much. Christian Bale goes all out for his role.

hope I've been helpful. . . and I'm off.weeeeee!

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