Outside Reading #25

For this outside reading I read through the book The Greatest Movies Ever. I was happy to see that for once Citizen Kane was not ranked number one, but instead number two. In its place was The Godfather which I found to be a fitting replacement. However I was disappointed to see that Pulp Fiction was only number 99. Also there were to many Spielberg movies, I mean six movies is just too much. They're just not all that good. Why not just throw Duel up there with them? Besides criticizing Pulp Fiction for just being a pop culture icon and then putting Jaws at number 65 is ridiculous. I was however happy to find Taxi Driver at number 15. Overall its a pretty cool book that's definitely worth checking out.

Outside Reading #24

For this outside reading I have started reading Diary by Chuck Palahniuk. It is about a Misty, a woman who was really good at art, and wanted to become an artist. She instead married a man who put himself into a comma after writing death wishes all over the insides of houses he remodeled. Misty now works a terrible job at a resteraunt on an island that is a huge tourist attraction. She abuses alcohol, and medication. Misty has rented her house to a rich man who had his house remodeled by Misty's husband. All and all it seems like it will be a very interesting book.

Outside Reading #24

I am still reading Alice's Adventures in Wonderland follows, and this is no exception. Johnny so I would like to address the possibility of Tim Burton remaking this excellent book as a movie. Personally I am not thrilled. Although I am a fan of Burton's I do not think he will portray the book how it was written. I believe the book to be a fanciful tale of nonsense, but he will most likely make it dark and gloomy. Of course wherever Tim Burton is Johnny Depp is sure to follow. Depp will be cast as the mad hatter. Personally I don't see it. Yes Depp has had experience slightly mad characters in the past, but I simply do not want to recognize the faces of the inhabitants of wonderland, it's supposed to be new. In the end I just don't want this to become the next typical Burton Depp collaboration.

Outside Reading #24

I started Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and it is really good. It is absolute nonsense, but it is so witty and just flat out funny that I can't stop reading it. I love the ways in which it plays with words to make fun of the flaws in the English language. I also love how it jests at English manors and schooling. I just read the chapter A Mad Tea Party and it is one of my favorite chapters of any book I have ever read. The madness of the party participants being stuck at the tea party is absolutely wild, but at the same time incredibly fascinating.

Outside Reading #23

I finished reading Fight Club and it was really good. I would say it is my second favorite Chuck P book, next to Rant. I also watched the movie, which was surprisingly different. I t was like they had kept only the base idea and the focus but shifted all of the important scenes. For example the main character beats himself up to make his boss at his waiting job pay him salaries without having him work. In the movie he does this with his boss at the office. Also at the end of the movie only Marla comes to help him instead of all of the people from the support groups. One really interesting thing about the book is that chapter six is the short story that he wrote originaly which then became Fight Club.