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2:54p, 6/13/23
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Dude was a genius at writing great books I never want to read again.
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3:18p, 6/13/23
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Damn, great author, even if so much of his stuff was bleak as hell. Definitely had a way with words that painted a picture.
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3:25p, 6/13/23
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In reply to Another Doug • 3:29p, 6/13/23
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Another Doug said:
Dude was a genius at writing great books I never want to read again.


Great author. Perfect Description.
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3:40p, 6/13/23
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One of the best, if not the best of our time.
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4:10p, 6/13/23
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The Road is one of my favorites. RIP.
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10:45p, 6/13/23
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Little known fact, he wrote all the original music to the film 9-5
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In reply to Silvertaps • 12:00a, 6/14/23
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Silvertaps said:
Little known fact, he wrote all the original music to the film 9-5


Huh? I don't see anything anywhere that validates this.
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8:34a, 6/14/23
Maybe he wrote that Andy Samberg Stumblin' song.
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10:02a, 6/14/23
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Feel like this scene is very appropriate for the occasion. Best adaptation of one of his works in my opinion, and TLJ's delivery of the line feels perfect for the way it was written, the description of the dream taken right from the page.

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In reply to Another Doug • 10:17a, 6/14/23
Another Doug said:
Dude was a genius at writing great books I never want to read again.
I feel like it gets less love since a major award winning motion picture was made about it, but "No Country For Old Men" sucked me in from start to finish. I am not a big reader, but I could hardly put that one down. I couldn't wait to read it at times. To me, it's a masterpiece. I'll never forget sitting in another movie with a buddy and the trailer for NCFOM coming on...I have never been so hyped up for a movie trailer and even the trailer captured the essence of the book very well. But the movie blew me away...So much of it was almost EXACTLY how I envisioned things playing out in the book. Props to the Coen bros, but have to give ultimate credit to Cormac McCarthy for that...he painted such a clear picture for them to work off of through his unique, poetic and detailed/descriptive writing style.

RIP CM.
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In reply to BG Knocc Out • 11:06a, 6/14/23
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BG Knocc Out said:
Another Doug said:
Dude was a genius at writing great books I never want to read again.
I feel like it gets less love since a major award winning motion picture was made about it, but "No Country For Old Men" sucked me in from start to finish. I am not a big reader, but I could hardly put that one down. I couldn't wait to read it at times. To me, it's a masterpiece. I'll never forget sitting in another movie with a buddy and the trailer for NCFOM coming on...I have never been so hyped up for a movie trailer and even the trailer captured the essence of the book very well. But the movie blew me away...So much of it was almost EXACTLY how I envisioned things playing out in the book. Props to the Coen bros, but have to give ultimate credit to Cormac McCarthy for that...he painted such a clear picture for them to work off of through his unique, poetic and detailed/descriptive writing style.

RIP CM.
The movie is a pretty close to perfect adaptation of the book, agree that both are great. The only other books of his I've read are The Road and Blood Meridian, neither of which I've come back to. I'd love to read more of his work that's closer to No Country For Old Men than those two.

On the opposite end of the spectrum he also wrote the train wreck of a movie The Counselor which is in the argument for the worst movie made with the best cast and director you can put together.
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11:10a, 6/14/23
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I've read several of his books and really enjoyed them all, but All the Pretty Horses is one of my all-time favorites.
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In reply to Max Power • 11:29a, 6/14/23
Max Power said:
BG Knocc Out said:
Another Doug said:
Dude was a genius at writing great books I never want to read again.
I feel like it gets less love since a major award winning motion picture was made about it, but "No Country For Old Men" sucked me in from start to finish. I am not a big reader, but I could hardly put that one down. I couldn't wait to read it at times. To me, it's a masterpiece. I'll never forget sitting in another movie with a buddy and the trailer for NCFOM coming on...I have never been so hyped up for a movie trailer and even the trailer captured the essence of the book very well. But the movie blew me away...So much of it was almost EXACTLY how I envisioned things playing out in the book. Props to the Coen bros, but have to give ultimate credit to Cormac McCarthy for that...he painted such a clear picture for them to work off of through his unique, poetic and detailed/descriptive writing style.

RIP CM.
The movie is a pretty close to perfect adaptation of the book, agree that both are great. The only other books of his I've read are The Road and Blood Meridian, neither of which I've come back to. I'd love to read more of his work that's closer to No Country For Old Men than those two.

On the opposite end of the spectrum he also wrote the train wreck of a movie The Counselor which is in the argument for the worst movie made with the best cast and director you can put together.
Is Blood Meridian worth the read? I think I got about 50-60 pages in and it was just so over the top crazy that I was wondering if it was some weird blend of fantasy...i think we were moving around that time so I put the book up and never resumed reading it again. Then, years later, I read about the Comanche, and how barbaric and savage they were at times, and realized that a tree full of dead baby skulls maybe wasn't that far out of the realm of possibilities for that time.
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In reply to bluefire579 • 11:34a, 6/14/23
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bluefire579 said:
Feel like this scene is very appropriate for the occasion. Best adaptation of one of his works in my opinion, and TLJ's delivery of the line feels perfect for the way it was written, the description of the dream taken right from the page.



Maybe my favorite ending to a movie ever.
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In reply to ElephantRider • 11:42a, 6/14/23
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ElephantRider said:
I've read several of his books and really enjoyed them all, but All the Pretty Horses is one of my all-time favorites.
Same. One of the best I've read. I guess I'll pick up a copy of No Country for Old Men to read at the beach next month.
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In reply to Another Doug • 11:50a, 6/14/23
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Another Doug said:
Dude was a genius at writing great books I never want to read again.


I finished The Road and thought this book is awesome. I never want to read that again!
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In reply to BG Knocc Out • 12:19p, 6/14/23
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I'd say it's worth the read, but yea it's pretty heavy.
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1:15p, 6/14/23
May his sentences run on forever
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3:15p, 6/14/23
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Blood Meridian and Suttree
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In reply to Silvertaps • 8:44a, 6/15/23
Silvertaps said:
Little known fact, he wrote all the original music to the film 9-5


Yep. He was so talented. Amazing that he also did all the choreography for Flashdance.
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9:23a, 6/15/23
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I've only read three of his:
- The Road - LOVED
- All The Pretty Horses - really liked that as well
- Blood Meridien - Hated it. Had to force myself to finish. I know a lot of people on here love it but it just was so repetitive and dragged on forever.

Amazing writer.
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In reply to Corporal Punishment • 10:18a, 6/15/23
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The Road is one of my favorites. RIP.
All the pretty horses is second behind The Road. It is a distant second only because The Road is that good.

Once I finish Blood Meridian, I will let you know. Started it over 20 years ago and I just cannot seem to get around to finishing it. Now may be the time.
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3:52p, 6/15/23
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Blood Meridian was mentioned somewhere here on the Entertainment board recently and I went ahead and purchased it. I am about halfway through. I needed a new book to read and it was just $1.99 as an ebook when I bought it.

Took a little to get used to the writing style. Definitely unique.
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