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qhsdoitall
08-01-2007, 04:12 PM
Many of us are avid readers and movie lovers. What are you currently reading or about to read? Also, What movies did you see recently or are planning to see? Reviews are encouraged.
qhsdoitall
08-01-2007, 04:18 PM
I just started reading Phillip Pullman's "The Golden Compass" Coming to a theater near you this year. This one is going to take a while. My father-in-law is coming for two weeks and I'm not going to get much reading done while he is here. Actually, I'm not going to get much of anything done while he is here. :D
DragonBoy
08-01-2007, 04:31 PM
I finally started reading the last Harry Potter.. Its kinda exiting.. :cool:
qhsdoitall
08-01-2007, 04:38 PM
I finally started reading the last Harry Potter.. Its kinda exiting.. :cool:

My daughter is reading it. I don't get to touch it until she's done. By that time, the paperback will be out. :D
Ltltony
08-01-2007, 06:18 PM
I've been reading a lot lately.

Started and finished: (last week)
On the Road - Jack Kerouac (It really made me want to go on a road trip)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J. K. Rowling (I was really happy with the entire book)
Lord Jim - Joseph Conrad (Not bad, but I didn't like it as much as some of his other books)

Just started:
Nostromo - Joseph Conrad
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test - Tom Wolfe
Man is Not Alone - Abraham Joshua Heschel

Movie wise I saw The Simpsons Movie, and Chuck and Larry last weekend. Both were really funny. The Simpsons was as good as I had hoped and Chuck and Larry was much more serious that I had guessed before seeing it.
Queen of Blades
08-01-2007, 06:20 PM
Welcome to The Shave Den, Tony!
Ltltony
08-01-2007, 06:23 PM
Thanks!
PalmettoB
08-03-2007, 02:29 AM
Ten Tortured Words: How the Founding Fathers Tried to Protect Religion in America . . . and What's Happened Since by Stephen Mansfield.
Jimbo
08-03-2007, 03:13 AM
I've been reading a lot lately.

Started and finished: (last week)
On the Road - Jack Kerouac (It really made me want to go on a road trip)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J. K. Rowling (I was really happy with the entire book)
Lord Jim - Joseph Conrad (Not bad, but I didn't like it as much as some of his other books)

Just started:
Nostromo - Joseph Conrad
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test - Tom Wolfe
Man is Not Alone - Abraham Joshua Heschel

Movie wise I saw The Simpsons Movie, and Chuck and Larry last weekend. Both were really funny. The Simpsons was as good as I had hoped and Chuck and Larry was much more serious that I had guessed before seeing it.

I've just started on Nostromo too. Read Lord Jim a year or two ago - I couldn't really get into it - must try again.

I collect old books and recently came across a collection of "classics" with things like Quentin Durward, Westward Ho!, Robinson Crusoe, The Last Days of Pompeii, and Dombey and Son.

If you like Dickens (and even if you don't) try Dombey and Son. I saw another side to Dickens in that book, although I probably should have guessed at it from his others. He writes with an enormous amount of empathy.

James.
IsaacRN
08-03-2007, 04:23 AM
I just finished Harry Potter.....got through it in about 10 hrs...i liked it :)
Mottern Man
08-05-2007, 01:21 AM
Sharp Practice "The real man's guide to shaving" - Anders Larsen

Bout half done, good read.
ltlsuz
08-05-2007, 03:08 PM
Recently saw Pirates of the Carribean III; and the Transformers - they were both pretty good. I have 2 sons and they loved them.
teenagefrank
08-06-2007, 01:05 PM
Just saw La vie en Rose, the biography of Edith Piaf, the little sparrow.
Simply amazing! If you want to learn about this famous singer I guess you can read a book, having said that the acting is superb and I am sure she will garner many awards for this role. Sorry too lazy to look up her name.
but her transformations are incredible and her life story as well. Ok her name is Marion Cotillard!
IsaacRN
08-06-2007, 09:27 PM
A lady at work just recommended this movie to me....they are playing it pretty much all the time i think in the Tribeca area.
Scorpio
08-06-2007, 10:49 PM
I started " Doc Holliday" , one of the "life and times of" type of book. Also, I resumed reading Texas Rangers (not the baseball team). This is a complete history of the Rangers from their inception and creation. Great read and full of action stories.

Raf
Mottern Man
08-07-2007, 12:59 AM
Sharp Practice "The real man's guide to shaving" - Anders Larsen

Bout half done, good read.

Finished, It was a fun read. :D
teenagefrank
08-07-2007, 10:17 AM
Anyone out there heard of a book THE DANGEROUS BOOK FOR BOYS?
I hear that it was big hit in the UK and is now available in the states.
Sounds very interesting.
IsaacRN
08-07-2007, 10:56 AM
Yeah......I almost picked it up for the read alone at Borders. I heard an interview with the author. Its one of those books...that has every activity in it. I would get it...if i had kids......heck.....i may still just buy it.
qhsdoitall
08-07-2007, 01:41 PM
Anyone out there heard of a book THE DANGEROUS BOOK FOR BOYS?
I hear that it was big hit in the UK and is now available in the states.
Sounds very interesting.

Sounds like the script to a "Jackass" movie. :D
teenagefrank
08-07-2007, 09:55 PM
For those interested in this title. I found this on you tube, and it preety much sums it up, kinda neat.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5PSdBWvx8s
qhsdoitall
08-20-2007, 09:09 PM
Reading "Faith of the Fallen" by Terry Goodkind.

Movies recently included, Stardust and Underdog. Thumbs up on both of them. Stardust was a great adult fairy tale and Underdog was a good clean funny kids movie.
IsaacRN
08-20-2007, 09:17 PM
I just came back from seeing Superbad.

It was a good movie, crude though. I wouldnt rush out to see it in the theaters....would be a good rental though. I dont think it ranks up there with the other Aptow movies
Mottern Man
08-20-2007, 09:18 PM
I just came back from seeing Superbad.

It was a good movie, crude though. I wouldnt rush out to see it in the theaters....would be a good rental though. I dont think it ranks up there with the other Aptow movies

I still want to see it, I will probably wait till video. I am saving up for Halloween. :D
IsaacRN
08-20-2007, 11:08 PM
What do you mean your saving up for Halloween
Mottern Man
08-20-2007, 11:12 PM
What do you mean your saving up for Halloween

It cost a lot of cash to go to a movie these days (money I don't have). So I don't go that much but I really want to see the new Rob Zombie Halloween flick.
IsaacRN
08-20-2007, 11:18 PM
Ohhh..i thought you meant the holiday Halloween....haha
Mottern Man
08-20-2007, 11:25 PM
Ohhh..i thought you meant the holiday Halloween....haha

Well costumes aren't cheep either. :rofl
IsaacRN
08-20-2007, 11:30 PM
Thats what I was saying....im like.Halloween....wtf.....just go as a sailor :P
Mottern Man
08-20-2007, 11:34 PM
Thats what I was saying....im like.Halloween....wtf.....just go as a sailor :P

Only if you go as a Nurse.
IsaacRN
08-20-2007, 11:35 PM
Hell yeah.....i already have the umbrella :)
Mottern Man
08-20-2007, 11:36 PM
Hell yeah.....i already have the umbrella :)

Oh you are coming to the party! :rofl
IsaacRN
08-20-2007, 11:41 PM
And You Know This......man!!
Mottern Man
08-20-2007, 11:49 PM
That reminds me, Rush Hour 3 anyone?
IsaacRN
08-20-2007, 11:50 PM
Ill Pass..... That guy is washed up....not even funny.and i cant even remember his name
tcbonline
08-21-2007, 02:08 PM
Currently reading Papillon by Henri Charriere at night and After the Plague, short stories by TC Boyle on my lunch break. I've seen bits and pieces of the Papillon movie but never read the book, but always been intrigued by the story. Figure I'll read the book and then rent the movie to compare soon. I'm really enjoying the TC Boyle short stories. I've never read anything by him before but this won't be my last. He has quite the imagination and keeps his stories always fresh with new ideas. Highly recommended.
rick
08-21-2007, 02:13 PM
Thanks for sharing TCB !
and Welcome to you :cool:
Queen of Blades
08-21-2007, 03:10 PM
Welcome to The Shave Den, tcbonline!
IsaacRN
08-21-2007, 03:38 PM
Welcome to the Den
Mottern Man
08-23-2007, 12:08 AM
Welcome! Love the Avatar. I have seen that short film, supposed to be a metaphor for the Vietnam war.
IsaacRN
08-23-2007, 12:17 AM
Whats up with your avatar.....getting in the Halloween mood?

BTW....is the new Halloween a Prequel to the old one....or a remake
Mottern Man
08-23-2007, 12:19 AM
Whats up with your avatar.....getting in the Halloween mood?

BTW....is the new Halloween a Prequel to the old one....or a remake

Remake, but supposed to be more in-deph.

BTW Danielle Harris is in it. :drool
jbcohen
08-29-2007, 10:31 AM
Anyone heard of Mack Bolan? He is one of my great addictions. If you are interested try mackbolan.com, the web site will fill you in on all of the details. Let me say at this point that Mack is to men what Danielle Steel is to women.

Other than that I am starting to branch out into other authors, I am working on David Hagberg then will go on to Brad Thor. Basically anything where the US President gets into the act somewhere. US President is somewhat like a requirement in bolan novels.