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Post by Oksana on Dec 11, 2005 0:06:11 GMT
Just curious what everybody's favourite movies and books are. Here are mine:
Movies:
- Mary Poppins
- Roman Holiday
- Breakfast at Tiffany's
- Sabrina
Books:
- Jane Eyre
- Wuthering Heights
- Alice in Wonderland
- The Bible
- To Kill A Mockingbird
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Post by portia on Dec 11, 2005 2:44:21 GMT
Good thread.
Movies:
- Lost in Translation
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
- Chicago (though not on the same level of love as LiT or Eternal Sunshine)
- The Pianist
- The Matrix (just the first one)
Books:
- The Things They Carried, by Tim O'Brien
- To The Lighthouse, by Virginia Woolf
- Middlesex, by Jeffrey Eugenides
- The God of Small Things, by Arundhati Roy
- The Master and Margarita, by Mikhail Bulgakov
- Much Ado About Nothing (technically not a book)
- Jane Eyre
- To Kill a Mockingbird
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Post by Joe on Dec 11, 2005 5:03:09 GMT
Hi Someone!  Here's my favourite movies and books.... Movies: -Star Wars (all 6) -Harry Potter (all 4) -Mary Poppins -The Sound of Music -Excaliber Books: -The Bible -A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens -Harry Potter (all 6) -Dracula, by Bram Stoker |
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Post by Raymond on Dec 11, 2005 8:40:10 GMT
Here's my favourite books,
Jane Eyre
Wuthering Heights
Agnes Grey
( I love the books written by the Bronte sisters very much)
North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
Peril at End House by Agatha Christie ( and other Poirot Mysteries)
Chinese Classics such as 'Dream of Red Chambers'.
Raymond
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Post by roger on Dec 11, 2005 12:12:04 GMT
Hi Someone. My favourite books are exercise books because I have always enjoyed writing more than reading.  Favourite movies? Now that's tricky because we don't have movies in the UK - we have films. So, my favourite films are..... um..... Kodak!  It was a good question, Someone. Sorry I messed it up.  Roger |
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Post by Richard on Dec 11, 2005 15:47:27 GMT
Hello Someone!  I'm not a great cinema-goer or reader, but I really enjoy Hayley's biography "The World At Her Feet" by Paul Little. I've already read it several times at home, but whenever I see it in a bookshop I can't stop myself from picking it up and reading a chapter or three!  i.postimg.cc/9fYxy370/smilie-big-grin.gifBest Wishes, Richard  |
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Post by Natasha on Dec 12, 2005 1:09:16 GMT
Movies: - Sound of Music - Ben-Hur - Phantom of the Opera - Ronnie & Julie - Dodge City - Gone with the Wind Books: - The Bible - The Lady Grace Mysteries - Little House Books - Dear America Books - Girls of many lands books... ...and tons more, only I can't remember the names right now! |
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Post by gareth on Dec 12, 2005 2:15:30 GMT
Movies:
Not a single one - I dislike movies of ANY description. Most of them contain too much sex and violence, and the ones that try to recreate books always seem to be at odds with my interpretation of those books.
Books:
I think the Bible, the Koran, and any other such foundational books of a religion should not be considered in the category "Books" as such. They transcend this category.
So, I make a double choice:
Transcendationals: The Bible
Books in general: Lord of The Rings by Tolkien (quite in a class of its own). (And no - I don't like the movie version - it forces upon me too much the interpretation of the move makers.)
After that:
Agatha Christie mysteries
Isaac Asimov: I Robot and Foundation
Erle Stanley Gardner: Perry Mason mysteries
Patricia Wentworth: Miss Silver mysteries (reminiscent of Agatha Christie's Miss Marple mysteries)
Gerrit
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