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[nigeltde]

Have been reading Ian McEwan's Enduring Love over the last couple of weeks. Eh, I expected more from it. I'm so over this successful, highly-educated Gary Stu crap where something extraordinary happens and then they spend the whole book self-indulgently freaking out, and their perfect, long-suffering girlfriends/wives have to work around it (Umberto Eco, I would be looking at you, but Name of the Rose gives you a standing pardon. Don't abuse it). YAWN. I thought McEwan really bungled the religion/science thing too and it epecially shits me that in the end his perfect hetero life is restored, untouched by any sign of teh scary gay. And the biggest problem of course is that it was just kind of boring and linear and obvious. No surprises anywhere.

However, the movie has Daniel Craig, Samantha Morton, and Rhys Ifans, all of whom are smoking hot, so I would be willing to check it out. Anyone seen it?

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[petrichor-fizz.livejournal.com]

You know, I haven't read the book, but I have seen most of the film, and I have to say I found it disappointing. I mean, what does it have to say about... anything?

It's nice to look at (both for the cast and the cinematography), but other than that... meh.

[nigeltde]

what does it have to say about... anything?
Yeah, that's exactly the problem with the book. I'll give the film a miss, then.

[petrichor-fizz.livejournal.com]

Joanna Briscoe's book, Sleep With Me, is similar in theme, but it's more complex psychologically (in my opinion). I really enjoyed it. You could have a look at that.

[nigeltde]

will put on the list! yaylezzbian.

[lydia-petze.livejournal.com]

Ma and I both read that years ago and saw the movie when it came out. I liked the movie as much as I was ever going to - it reflects a lot of the criticisms you make up there and I'm not one for navel gazing. The homosexual panic thing annoyed me, too. But Daniel Craig....drool.

The movie also has Bill Nighy.