Everything Is Illuminated....

[notoaststereo]

has any one ever read Everything Is Illuminated and/or Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by John Safran Foer....

what did you think of the ending of either book...

i thought Everything Is Illuminateds ending was amazing but i cant decide whether or not i liked the ending to Extremely Loud....

also reccomend me some books

[IAmNietzche]

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close is one of my favorite books ever.

[TJ Wells]

i saw the movie

[FASSWcore]

i near finished with everything is illuminated..i'm looking forward to extremely loud... next

[notoaststereo]

i saw the movie

the movie doesnt do the book justice... it leaves out about half of the book

[laryssa]

i would love to read the book.
the movie annoyed me because they spoke russian for most of it, except for some of the villagers. haha.

[notoaststereo]

i would love to read the book.
the movie annoyed me because they spoke russian for most of it, except for some of the villagers. haha.

the book, in some parts, is writen in broken english, but its still understandable

[burntheaction]

i bought everything is illuminated the other day - want to read it before i watch the film.

for recommendations, try 'post office' by charles bukowski, then if you like that, read 'factotum' and 'women' (which follow on from it).
also, 'the fuck-up' by arthur nersesian is a really good read.

[notoaststereo]

i bought everything is illuminated the other day - want to read it before i watch the film.

for recommendations, try 'post office' by charles bukowski, then if you like that, read 'factotum' and 'women' (which follow on from it).
also, 'the fuck-up' by arthur nersesian is a really good read.

i tried to read the fuck up but i never got into it

[vandalsandquinn]

i LOVED everything is illuminated, great movie

[Kif]

I saw the movie, I wasn't that into it to be honest.

[notoaststereo]

I saw the movie, I wasn't that into it to be honest.

the movie leaves out at least half of the book

[PlayCraktheSky]

I loved the book and the movie

[PaulsRightNut]

i read everything is illuminated a while ago. I liked it, but the whole other side part of the book, the story line with the old shtetyl/ghetto story i thought was unnesecary.

I didn't see the movie, it looks pretty good though.

[notoaststereo]

i read everything is illuminated a while ago. I liked it, but the whole other side part of the book, the story line with the old shtetyl/ghetto story i thought was unnesecary.

I didn't see the movie, it looks pretty good though.

the movie leaves out everything about the shetyl

[ConsciousEntity]

Love Foer.

[PaulsRightNut]

the movie leaves out everything about the shetyl

ahhhhh , hmm i better try and see it then.

[reductiondesign]

I love both books. JSF is one of my favorite authors.

Read Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell.

[ClapClapSnap]

I just finished Extremely Loud last week and loved it.

But Everything is Illuminated isn't really catching my attention...I keep starting it, then stopping because I get confused.

[PaulsRightNut]

I just finished Extremely Loud last week and loved it.

But Everything is Illuminated isn't really catching my attention...I keep starting it, then stopping because I get confused.

just skip through the shtetyl part and just read the letters between the 2 guys

[notoaststereo]

I just finished Extremely Loud last week and loved it.

But Everything is Illuminated isn't really catching my attention...I keep starting it, then stopping because I get confused.

i was a little dissapointed at the end of it... but i still thought it was great.

[A picasso blue]

Someone told my friend (who is jewish) to watch this movie and that it was "really funny" and she watched it with her entire family

I havent seen it, but apparently the first 10 minutes are comical, and then it becomes soul-crushingly depressing

[notoaststereo]

Someone told my friend (who is jewish) to watch this movie and that it was "really funny" and she watched it with her entire family

I havent seen it, but apparently the first 10 minutes are comical, and then it becomes soul-crushingly depressing

yeah... its funny at some points but i wouldnt call it really funny.

[PaulsRightNut]

I'm bumping this because I just saw the movie.

I loved it.

- i really liked the actor who played alex

it says on wikipedia that he's actually in a punk band which is pretty cool.

anyway - i really liked the movie.