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Old 12-29-2006, 03:07 PM
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Perfume
OMFG this book pwns.

It took years of it clogging up my amazon wish list before I bit, but now I've walked away from one of the most satisfying novels I've read for a while. It seemed rather cliche. It's not. It seemed rather melodramatic. It's not.
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Old 12-29-2006, 04:56 PM
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Re: Perfume
nice to see that there are some people reading the book *after* the movie got hyped (didn't saw that one, yet).
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Old 12-29-2006, 08:14 PM
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Re: Perfume
Great, great book...

Awful film.
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Old 12-29-2006, 10:50 PM
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Re: Perfume
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nice to see that there are some people reading the book *after* the movie got hyped (didn't saw that one, yet).
is there a movie out already?
i can't imagine this translating very well to the screen
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Old 12-30-2006, 03:26 AM
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Re: Perfume
I remember it heavily recommended to me quite a while ago. Must give it a look when i've got the backlog shifted. Must stop buying books.
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Old 12-30-2006, 06:03 AM
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Re: Perfume
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is there a movie out already?
i can't imagine this translating very well to the screen
what do you mean, "already"? the book's from 1985...
and yes, there's a movie that came out here in september. I just realized it's a german movie, so probably there wasn't as much publicity whereever you are from.
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Old 01-01-2007, 09:58 PM
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Re: Perfume
The Perfume is simply of the best books ever. too bad the movie is AWFULL!!! I mean Tom Twyker is a great stylish director, he can make really good looking movies, but he totally bring the esence of the book to the most hipster level you can possibly imagine.

my advice: don't watch the movie if you love the book
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Old 01-02-2007, 12:45 AM
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Re: Perfume
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what do you mean, "already"? the book's from 1985...
and yes, there's a movie that came out here in september. I just realized it's a german movie, so probably there wasn't as much publicity whereever you are from.
yeah apparently there's been a whole perfume phenomenon for a while now. the nirvana song "Scentless Apprentice" got its inspiration from the book. funny to run into something amazing like this after years in your periferal vision.
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Old 01-02-2007, 09:28 AM
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Re: Perfume
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The Perfume is simply of the best books ever. too bad the movie is AWFULL!!! I mean Tom Twyker is a great stylish director, he can make really good looking movies, but he totally bring the esence of the book to the most hipster level you can possibly imagine.

my advice: don't watch the movie if you love the book
with that description you've pretty much assured I will never see the film
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Old 01-02-2007, 12:08 PM
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Re: Perfume
How did this film sneak up on me? I really had no idea. I got locked out of my flat (because I'm a key-forgetting wassock) so I biked off to the cinema to watch An Inconvenient Truth until my flatmates returned, and I saw the trailer there. I'm not sure whether I thought or shouted "Fucking Hell!" or "Bastards!" in the cinema.

I have a worrying premonition that this film will suck big floppy donkey dick.
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