Before I read this, someone told me that it was just too graphic sometimes, and I have to say this was pretty tame. Provided you don’t mind reading "shot through the head" many times, you’ll be fine. This was an ok novel. I only had the large print of the novel from the library, and I don’t know if that affected my reading of it. However, McCarthy, at least in this book, did not use quotes. Everytime someone says something, it’s either a quick line, or just thrown into the paragraph. Sometimes hard to go with. Ending was Ok. 6/10.   posted Apr 26, 2007 at 11:55PM

My lord, Kurosawa loves making long movies. The problem is, they are really good. I guess Kurosawa wasn’t making movies for a while, but all the time he was painting, and after that he started work on this movie with the helping hands of george lucas and oliver stone. You can almost see the influence from the painting, because there are many shots that are just one camera no switch scenes. There are some beautiful images. Worth the look if you have three hours to kill. But the ending took too long. Reminded me of the Lord of the Rings "Let’s take all seven endings and use them" idea. 8/10.   posted Apr 17, 2007 at 5:47PM

Toole killed himself after this book wasn’t picked up for the first time he sent it out to publishers. I believe it was published posthumously by the family or something. (Same thing goes for the book he wrote when he was like sixteen, called The Neon Bible.) However, this is a great novel. The only reason publishers were afraid to take it was because there is a lot of what would seem is making fun of the people of the southern states (I think this is based somewhere around the same place Mardi Gras is held.) Either way, Ignatius Reilly is the main protagonist of the story, and he is likened to Shakespeare’s Falstaff, a character who is always trying to get out of the hard work of life. It’s really good. 8/10.   posted Apr 17, 2007 at 5:39PM

Quite good. Not based after, but very reminiscent of Howard Stern’s style of shock radio. Actually a bit more extreme, because Stern is more about sex, and this dealt more with racism and prejudice. Good acting pretty much throughout. With the angry John McGinley from Scrubs (I think that’s his name). making a guest appearance. Check it out. worth the rent. 8/10.   posted Apr 9, 2007 at 7:35PM

Pretty good writing. Enough to keep you reading. I feel that the author really is holding back on the human language to make it readable for anyone. Because honestly, if we are talking about squatters and the homeless, they are bound to use a few curse words here and there. I’m halfway through the book right now, and haven’t seen one. But it doesn’t detract at all. I believe the author is a missionary or minister, or some other "M" word, and so he steps kind of lightly through the plot. But the characters are well defined in my opinion. I just wish there was a bit more colorful language. Maybe I’m just too used to it. My roommate curses a lot. 7/10.   posted Apr 4, 2007 at 4:37PM

Despite the fact that this is great writing, and I mean that whole-heartedly, Mel Odom takes it too close to Lord of the Rings so many times it’s almost as if this was a writing exercise for him to see how close he could write to. The plot and the backstory for the hobbits (or as Odom calls them, Dwellers), are different, yes, but all the events that occur are drawn directly from Tolkien. There’s a Dragon in a cave, A spider they defeat, dwarves drink and get plastered, and the Mysterious man (aragorn) falls in love with an Elf (i’m assuming at this point). But the writing is great. No sarcasm whatsoever there. I’d read it, but only if you can stand the fact that the events are so close to Lord of the Rings, you will guffaw. 8/10.   posted Apr 2, 2007 at 6:59PM

So I didnt realize that this was a hallmark movie. If I did, I probably wouldnt have checked it out. That being said, it was ok. I think Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy are the greatest old couple in show biz. Too bad they’re both worm bait. So anyway, pretty good to watch with kids and stuff. Nothing epic and blockbuster though. 6/10.   posted Mar 29, 2007 at 2:30PM

Pretty good. Mailer is a great writer for the most part. This one was okay. I kind of expected a bit more, but really, it was just another telling of the life of christ, told from his perspective. It wasn’t bad, but not awe shocking. 7/10.   posted Mar 28, 2007 at 9:06PM

Ok, this wasn’t a remake of The Stand, and that being said, should not be sized up to it. This book was written as an homage to all the zombie movie makers King grew up with. I will agree that this writing was not the best, but it read along quickly. The idea for it was cool, but some of the descriptions of characters started to get annoying. 6/10.   posted Mar 25, 2007 at 3:52PM

I disagree completely. If she only read the first 50 pages, she didn’t get the point of the book. Because in the first 50 pages, all you know IS the bad stuff. The book is mainly about how they cope. and might I say that the book is actually quite hilarious at points. Which is explained by the author, how he uses humor to get this dark stuff out off his chest. 9/10.   posted Mar 21, 2007 at 4:14PM