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tragabigzanda · **Posted:** Mon November 19, 2018 10:49 pm

Would it help your opinion of me if I suicided myself?

LoathedVermin72 · **Posted:** Mon November 19, 2018 10:50 pm

I would be happy for you

lennytheweedwhacker · **Joined:** Wed January 02, 2013 3:21 pm **Posts:** 42065

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

Now I get why you guys like him: you’re as dumb as he is

px > lv

LoathedVermin72 · **Posted:** Mon November 19, 2018 10:58 pm

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

Now I get why you guys like him: you’re as dumb as he is

px > lv

*tickles you*

lennytheweedwhacker · **Joined:** Wed January 02, 2013 3:21 pm **Posts:** 42065

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

Now I get why you guys like him: you’re as dumb as he is

px > lv

*tickles you*

omg

E.H. Ruddock · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 2:48 pm **Posts:** 47143

LV, have you read The Road?

LoathedVermin72 · **Posted:** Tue November 20, 2018 12:52 am

No, I’ve never made it through any of his books

Orpheus · **Joined:** Wed January 02, 2013 8:08 pm **Posts:** 2874

This is a very dumb take, LV.

LoathedVermin72 · **Posted:** Tue November 20, 2018 4:57 pm

I’m such a Llewellyn

Monkey_Driven · **Posted:** Tue November 20, 2018 4:59 pm

There's a kid at my son's daycare named Cormac after the author.

lennytheweedwhacker · **Joined:** Wed January 02, 2013 3:21 pm **Posts:** 42065

i heart josh brolin

LoathedVermin72 · **Posted:** Tue November 20, 2018 5:03 pm

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

i heart josh brolin

So do I.

For the record, that scene is not the entirety of my objections to this movie.

Simple Torture · **Posted:** Tue November 20, 2018 5:05 pm

I feel like I'll never be able to recapture the feeling I had when I first saw this movie. It's on cable so much that I frequently flip by it and end up watching 45-minute chunks of the middle, and it just doesn't feel the same.

VinylGuy · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 5:10 pm **Posts:** 35929

yeah i agree with that ST.

Josh Brolin is so fucking good.

I read this novel and The Road. Both are good.

lennytheweedwhacker · **Joined:** Wed January 02, 2013 3:21 pm **Posts:** 42065

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

i heart josh brolin

So do I.

For the record, that scene is not the entirety of my objections to this movie.

ugh

bune · **Posted:** Tue November 20, 2018 6:17 pm

tragabigzanda wrote:

Well i guess i can understand why you might dislike it, on account of it lacks subtlety. But again, Llewelyn acknowledges it with "sumthin' dumber n' dirt, but i'm fixin' to do it anyway." It's a fine device to move the plot forward, because it also adds a ton of character development with just a few lines.

I love Llewellyn Moss, one of my favorite literary characters of all time. His simple life with his loving wife in their trailer, hunting antelope, nowhere to go and nowhere to be. He has everything right in the palm of his hands when he stumbles onto that shootout, and through his empathy -- not his greed, as 99% of all other writers would have done -- he sets himself up for failure, and he even had an inkling it would happen.

I know I won't change your mind, but the discussion has helped me better define why I like that part so much.

One of the few books that I've re-read as an adult. Well, the second time was an audiobook and it was still great. Easier to track conversations too but I wonder how much of that was that I'd seen the movie so it was just easier to picture the actors.

E.H. Ruddock · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 2:48 pm **Posts:** 47143

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

No, I’ve never made it through any of his books

The Road is such an amazing book

epilogue · **Posted:** Tue November 20, 2018 7:39 pm

E.H. Ruddock wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

No, I’ve never made it through any of his books

The Road is such an amazing book

Orpheus · **Joined:** Wed January 02, 2013 8:08 pm **Posts:** 2874

And as good as the Road is, it's nothing compared to his other books IMO. The Border Trilogy and Blood Meridian are my personal favorites.

E.H. Ruddock · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 2:48 pm **Posts:** 47143

Yes, blood meridian and child of God are favorites for me.

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