books are always better
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i posted awhile back that i was reading and loving "the descendants" and it never disappointed.
not even once.
today we went and saw the movie,
and it was good,
but i didn't love it the way i loved the book.
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now granted, i'm not a book or movie critic and nobody asked for my opinion, but if you were my best friend sitting with me in the family room, while the fire roared
{not really since it's gas, but it would be on}
and we were drinking my favorite toffee almond supreme tea,
i'd look in your eyes, take your hand and say "read the book first."
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i love george clooney and he did a fine job and maybe he'll get an oscar nomination, but his teenage daughter in the movie, as well as the book, is an amazing character. i only wish the movie audience had gotten to know her the way i did. from the book.
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maybe a book is always better because our own imagination comes into play.
we get to imagine, from words alone, what the characters look like.
what their voices sound like. how they walk. where they live.
we get to imagine how they feel and can feel what they say.
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if you saw the movie this weekend and loved it, i'm not saying you shouldn't have. it was good.
and if you have plans to see it when it comes to your town in a week or so, go see it.
but at anytime, if you have the chance to read the book, just do it.
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