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Drake14
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Joined: 29 Mar 2003
Posts: 1310
Location: Around |
what was/is your favorite movies and/or books
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dteowner
Shoegazer
Joined: 21 Mar 2002
Posts: 7570
Location: Third Hero of Erathia |
Favorite Movie: Sixteen Candles
Favorite Book: Probably "Belgarath the Sorceror" by David Eddings
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Snoekie
Baron of the Court
Joined: 09 Jul 2001
Posts: 335
Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
Favorite movie: Braveheart
Favortie book: Magician by Raymond E. Feist. |
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Kayla
High Emperor
Joined: 26 Nov 2002
Posts: 2114
Location: Australia |
I'm a Gemini, so I get to pick at least two for each category 
Favourite book: anything by John Douglas or Barbara Erskine
Favourite Movie: The Professional or a good old black and white like The Ghost and Mrs Muir or The Wicked Lady.
I could write a list a mile long for this. I really enjoy movies and books, but these were the first thought.
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Graham 2
High Emperor
Joined: 29 Jan 2004
Posts: 795
Location: Preston/England |
Favorate book: Biggles learns to fly, no just kidding I like the red dwarf books
Favorate film: Jay and silent bob strike back.
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Roqua
High Emperor
Joined: 02 Sep 2003
Posts: 897
Location: rump |
Favorite Book: Alls Quiet on the Western Front (for fantasy it would be A song of Ice and Fire Series)
Favorite Movie: Either Braveheart or One Flew Over the Cookoo's Nest.
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MageofFire
Griller of Molerats
Joined: 03 Oct 2003
Posts: 1594
Location: Monastery of Innos |
Book: Jurassic Park or the Princess Bride (don't let the name deterr you, it is funny as hell).
Movie: Back to The Future or The Gods Must Be Crazy
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Bartacus
Il Buono
Joined: 24 May 2003
Posts: 4706
Location: Belgium Flemmish part |
book: Imagica (Clive Barker)
movie: The Godfather triology closely followed by the first or second(depends on the point of vue) Star Wars triology.
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piln
High Emperor
Joined: 22 May 2003
Posts: 906
Location: Leeds, UK |
quote:
Originally posted by Kayla
I'm a Gemini, so I get to pick at least two for each category
Cool! That must mean I get to pick three, as I am both Taurus and Gemini (I am, I am, I tells ya!)
Books: err... (god, I really need to catch up on my reading)
Neuromancer (good old dependable Willy Gibson)
Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee (Dee Brown)
The Song Of Phaid The Gambler (Mick Farren - haven't read it since childhood, so it may not be that good in truth, but it fascinated me back then. Will have to revisit it).
I'm part-way through Blood Meridian by Cormack McCarthy, which is shaping up to be a fantastic book. Might end up ousting one of the above three.
Films:
so difficult to choose... but my no.1 is the Third Man. I love it.
Then probably Rashomon...
Then maybe Miller's Crossing. No wait... Sling Blade... no... Breaker Morant... Repo Man... argh! Now I can't stop - I blame Kayla!   |
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Drake14
Brigadier General
Joined: 29 Mar 2003
Posts: 1310
Location: Around |
quote:
Originally posted by Graham 2
Favorate film: Jay and silent bob strike back.
Jay and silent bob rule!!! 
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Namirrha
Noble Knight
Joined: 03 May 2002
Posts: 218
Location: Utah County, Utah. |
quote:
Originally posted by piln
quote:
Originally posted by Kayla
I'm a Gemini, so I get to pick at least two for each category
Cool! That must mean I get to pick three, as I am both Taurus and Gemini (I am, I am, I tells ya!)
Books: err... (god, I really need to catch up on my reading)
Neuromancer (good old dependable Willy Gibson)
Films:
so difficult to choose... but my no.1 is the Third Man. I love it.
Then probably Rashomon...
Neuromancer is one of those books that changes a person's insight or outlook on the world. Gibson's recent works feel more dilute or weaker than his first one, so I haven't read his fiction as much. And anything by Kurosawa deserves watching, whether it has samurai or not.
Most favorite books are Book of the New Sun series by Gene Wolfe. You can't separate them--only the tetralogy (or quintology if you include another book, which takes place decades after the main adventure) does the plot and themes justice. I don't think I've ever found a book where an author blended so many ideas and themes effortlessly, and created a world that rivaled or even surpassed Tolkien's Middle Earth. History, myth, religion, technology, politics, and love move the world of Urth, even as she shudders in the icy embrace of the dying Sun. Add gorgeous prose and a deep plot, and you have a sure winner.
Most favorite movie..hmm...probably "At Play in the Fields of the Lord." It's based on the book by Peter Matthiessen, which follows the arrival of Christian evangelical missionaries to convert and "save the souls" of an Amazonian Indian tribe. Little do they know that love and sin can be the same in Eden, and sometimes, Eden is best left untouched. Good book. Good movie. Has some nudity, but it was filmed on location in the Amazon among the Amazonian Indians, so I think this is to be expected.
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cptmaxon
High Emperor
Joined: 19 Jun 2003
Posts: 557
Location: Israel |
quote:
Originally posted by Drake14
quote:
Originally posted by Graham 2
Favorate film: Jay and silent bob strike back.
Jay and silent bob rule!!!
I rather liked Jay and silent bob and his other movies like dogma mall rats and clercks they were great there I though Jay&silent bob strike back was a bit stupid
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ScOut3R
Tempered Warlord
Joined: 15 Feb 2002
Posts: 299
Location: Hungary |
My favourite book in fantasy: Dark pilgrim from Ray O'Sullivan. You probably don't know it , because it's a hungarian book:)
My other favourite book is On War from Carl von Clausewitz.
My favourite film are Black Hawk Down and Schindler's list.
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