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Unbelievably interesting and amazing novel... read one-hundred pages the first day I picked it up!
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Interesting read so far! Hopefully Brown doesn't let it away from him.
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Valeen Gonzalez Eh I never pay attention to stupid PR stuff. I also never listen to critics. I like to watch to find out for myself. But as I haven't read the books, I could enjoy (or not) the movies on their own. I have heard that alot of people who read the books didn't like the movies. -
Richard Craig Lyons @valeen @valeen When I read well crafted/written books the characters are carefully developed. One forms a mental image of these characters by which we judge Hollywood casting decisions. Three actors have starred as the novelist Tom Clancy character "Jack Ryan". Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford and Ben Affleck. Baldwin and Ford fit the image. Ben? When his turn came he was way too "baby faced" for the role. It's been rumored that Ryan Gosling is the next Jack Ryan. Poor poor casting. A novelist has time to develop his characters within the novel's framework. A screenwriter has to translate this to fit a finished product of approximately two hours. Add casting mismatch with development time compression and you're well on the way to be disappointed IF you've read the novel first! If you read after watching you are generally pleasantly surprised. Purely my thoughts...
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Valeen Gonzalez I saw Gosling in Drive and became a fan of his for the first time. But I cannot picture him as Jack Ryan either. He's just too young looking I think. Ben Affleck sucked as Jack and I can't stand Baldwin (although his performance was ok I thought) so for me the ultimate was Harrison Ford. I haven't read the books so couldn't comment on whether he was in line with the books.
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My favorite thing to do before sleeping: reading ^_^
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Richard Craig Lyons @ailykins Better and more satisfying than Ambien.
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Intriguing at first but too implausible towards the end. Not nearly as good as the movie. That's a first for me.
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Movie is on right now. The book was way better.
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Lloyd A. Duke @lauriefs so true. After reading them and hearing about the Da Vinci code movie I thought Angels & Demons would be a better movie. IMHO that wasn't the case although they were both well done.
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It's a shame that I watched the movie, before reading the book... Now it's time to correct my mistake... And so far the book is so much better
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Lloyd A. Duke The book is far better.
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Mick @laduke Duh!
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such an incredible book - it's a shame the movie didn't capture more of what made it so great
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can't sleep and I promised my students I'd read 1500 pages if they read 300 before Jan.1. so here goes...
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Claire Richard Haha, well, I'm currently a broke college student but maybe after i go out into the world and make my fortune :)
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James Brady okay, well keep my name on here so you remember to send the check when you get rich. haha
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Claire Richard noted :)
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I probably dragged reading this book too long to give it a decent review...but didn't get me hooked as much as The Da Vinci Code did...
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I need to hurry up and finish it so I can watch the movie! Which will probably suck but oh well.
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