since lisa commented on my sucky book entry in the form of a rebuttal, i feel i must reply to her in the same manner.
“Jodi, you ignorant slut.
“The Hunger” (1983) was first a novel by Whitley Strieber but was also a kick-ass movie staring Catherine Deneuve, David Bowie and Susan Sarandon, and Cate and David were VAMPIRES! Also, there’s a super cool scene of Sarandon and Deneuve making out. Dude, any movie where David Bowie is playing a vampire is double plus good with me. Even more fun is the opening scene which features a Goth club, in which the young Goths are being hunted by vamps, and Bauhaus is singing “Bella Lugosi’s Dead” live at the club.
Sadly, this movie is not available from Netflix, but if you find it at the local video store, check it out.”
did i not mention it was a movie? i believe i did. it matters not to me that it’s a movie. i am talking about the book here. and the book SUCKED ASS. i’m sorry, it did. i could barely stand it. i skipped a huge part of the middle, and skimmed the last third. i wouldn’t say it’s the worst book i’ve ever read, that was probably The Shipping News. at least, it’s the book that made me actually scream, “this book sucks so hard!” in reality, the shipping news won awards and was also made into a movie. but the book was painful. and i threw it into the woods while camping, in hopes that a bear would come along and use it for toilet paper. i probably would have done the same thing with the hunger, except it was a library book. thankfully. which means none of my hard earned money was wasted on it.
just because it has vampires in it, doesn’t mean it’s good.
i’m a very intelligent slut, i’ll have you know
While I have have no argument about your opinion that the book “The Hunger” sucked, your previous entry also implied that the movie would suck as well and it does not suck.
Twenty years later, the movie may seem tame, but it was well shot and was an interesting take on the vampire mythology. And, oh yes, DAVID BOWIE!!! SAPHIC LOVE!! BLOODY DEATH!!!
You stick to the books, writer girl. I’ll stick to the moving images.
someone must have liked the book enough to make it into a movie. or maybe they saw some tiny germ that they thought they could nuture into a movie, that did not suck as much as the book.
i think what i meant earlier was that they made a movie.. with CATHERINE DENEUVE!! if ms. deneuve is in a movie, you’d think it would be a quality movie, and therefore a quality book. but it doesn’t work that way. this book makes your “saphic love and bloody death” boring. and robotic. and flat.
Perhaps someone else could read it to you.
And explain the big words.
did i SAY i couldn’t understand it? no. i said it was BAD. i never said that i could not read it.
Someone is getting a little over excited. Perhaps you could do with a nice lie down. Be a good girl and leave things like books and literature and thinking to the men folk.
the menfolk can kiss my ass.
however, i would like a nice lie down. and while i’m lying down, the same aforementioned menfolk can serve me soda pops and sandwiches and sugar cookie with xmas sprinkles. and hot apple cider. and stuff made with cheese.
Alright you two, do you want me to pull this car over?!?! Yeah, just as I thought.
The Hunger, the movie, is great, as it’s own entity, if ONLY because it stars David Bowie, and has a kick ass cameo by Bauhaus, at the beginning. It’s a cult classic – eye candy, got that, Lisa? EYE CANDY! The book probably does suck, and badly! I love the movie, and I love to read, but I have no desire, whatsoever, to read that book, so, my vote is with Jodi, it sucks, OKAY?
Jode, don’t let her bother you, I mean, how dare she come onto your blog, and get combative with you, when her blog is still stuck in October?
Oh, hi Lisa, I didn’t see you there – love ya, babe! =)
yeah!! romy RULES!! so quit getting combative with me. and go over there and update your blog. write one of your “lisa’s throughout history” stories. i used to love it when you wrote those.
I was going to, then you asked me to and now it won’t be a surprise.
You hush Romy. I like getting Jodi all wound up. I have so little in my life.
that’s crap… i just remembered you saying you forgot your password to your blog. you are just pretending that you were going to do that all along.
but you should still do it. loon might appreciate knowing some lisa history. not for any particular reason or anything.
not for any particular reason. other than the fact that lisa is the bestest name in the whole wide world. 😉
i guess that’s one reason. i’m sure you are curious about the history of people who have been named with the bestest name in the whole wide world. aren’t you?
most definitely.