Sentences with phrase «books over movies»

I thought the movie did a decent job of portraying the book, but I definitely preferred the book over the movie.

Not exact matches

In books and movies, narrators skip over certain events or actions to focus on others that are more important or directly affect the story's characters.

Over the decades, G.I. Joe has spawned comic books, cartoons, two movies starring Channing Tatum, and a G.I. Joe Collector's Club and its annual convention — GIJoeCon — held in Dallas in April.

This is why Americans spend over $ 70 billion on lottery tickets each year, which is more than we spend on books, music, movies, video games, and sports tickets combined!

Nerding out over an online video game or a fantasy series or a beloved sitcom isn't bad — that kind of deep passion can drive culture forward — but when that love is self - contained, it's useless, and that makes the diverted goals of Ready Player One's book and movie feel in counter to one another.

Over her 50 year career, she wrote numerous plays, movies, and television shows, published seven autobiographies, three books of essays and several acclaimed books of poetry.

And yes I did go through once for me to take out my endowments after that it has been a learning experience because, like reading a book over and over or seeing a movie more than once, you learn different things depending on what's happening in your life at the time.

And in response to Portland Tony, here have been numerous hate filled anti-christian movies, books and art over the years.

Rachel Marie Stone (who you may know as a popular writer over at Her.Meneutics) has written a thoughtful, impeccably - researched, and practical book that cites a movie in one paragraph, a Bible story in the next, a poem in the following, and a scientific study in the next.

This post is sponsored by Always Discreet «These are the things that parenting books never tell you,» I said as I sat with friends, laughing over dinner before heading to the movies.

Due to length, movies must leave out material from the full books, and they are more likely to emphasize action over the characters» internal dilemmas and introspection.

The findings — gathered from just over 300 participants in three age groups averaging 8, 12 and 13 years old — have implications for marketers as well as parents navigating a world where children encounter cartoon characters in a variety of media, from books to graphic novels, TV shows, video games, movies and more.

The industrial food lobby is freaking - out over «Chew On This», his new book with Charles Wilson aimed at youngsters, and the fact that his «Fast Food Nation» is being made into a major Hollywood movie with the same title.

While you're creating a glowing atmosphere in your home, find some things that warm your soul as well: piling into the living room for movie night or reading a good book, brewing your favorite drink, inviting friends over and gathering around a pot of something delicious.

Whether you're having friends over for a movie marathon, cuddled up in bed with a good book or looking for a quick and easy meal - soup is your solution.

It's no secret that I like my super hero movies, comic books and I totally freak out over all things relating to Darth Vader.

But at least it provided a talking point, and I think if you book up early for the Summer Screens evenings you can benefit from over 2 weeks» worth of film choices as they play a different movie every night.

I can watch movies and read books over and over again, I only really get cranky when I'm very hungry or tired, I can be a messy eater, I laugh and sometimes talk way too loud, I also look absolutely atrocious when I cry, and I...

I build my own computers, I geek out over a faster processor, I read, a lot, I like Sci - Fi / Fantasy movies and books, video...

I love traveling, reading books, watching movies and meeting new people from all over the world.

We all had silly usernames (cough... g8trgrl88... cough) and loved the idea of being able to talk with people from all over the world about movies, books, music, and sports.

If you've ever read a book or watched a movie based on the books of Jane Austen, you've daydreamed over the idea of your own Mr. Darcy.

I've had several chat room screen names over the years, and they usually revolve around my favorite color, sport, movie, TV show, or book.

His own work has shown that over time, the initial traits that people find attractive in others — like looks, charisma, and success — lose a lot of their value while the things that make people unique — like their favorite book or movies — become more important.

Chat with someone over quirky books, enjoy old movies or get lost amongst flowers.

Seuss was quite unhappy when the anti-abortion movement latched onto the book's line of «a person's a person, no matter how small,» but this movie has touches of politics all over it that weren't in the book, including a town council more concerned with PR than safety and the injection of conservative culture - war rhetoric into the book's sour kangaroo (who now «pouch - schools» her joey.)

Fortunately, books and movies have a singular advantage over real life: no farewell has to last forever.

Even though those three ran more than nine hours total, Jackson still needed to drop a lot of material from JRR Tolkien's source; after all, the book filled well over 1000 pages, so even three long movies couldn't cover everything.

Not only does this good thing finally end, but stretching book 7 over movies 7 and 8 provides necessary breathing room to explain things.

After the first movie, both director Sam Taylor - Johnson and screenwriter Kelly Marcel were dropped from the series with industry press reporting continual battles over James's iron - handed insistence on adherence to her books and their stilted dialogue.

Like Patty Jenkins» Wonder Woman, Coogler's comic book movie will no doubt inspire the under - represented with its powerful depiction of a person of color who is not only a superhero, but also a leader who preaches empathy, understanding, and sincerity over cynicism and hatred.

Analysis: Donoghue might be the favorite here, even over the celebrated Sorkin, for the way she adapted her book into an acclaimed movie that maintained the novel's unique voice.

We stayed in touch over the remaining decade of his life — he died in 1997 — and I dedicated my book «Movies as Politics» to him.

And there the mystery was revealed to be more Marvel comic - book movies, to be produced and released at a steady pace over the next five years.

Going completely over the top in a sort of comic book fashion would be good if the whole movie had that pulp energy, but it doesn't.

Most movie adaptations of fantasy books make disappointing changes to the source material — but over at Tor.com, Emily Asher - Perrin argues that Stardust is a rare exception.

For the team behind the «Captain Underpants» movie, striking a tone that captured the anarchic and irreverent spirit of the books without tipping over into gratuitous juvenile humor or excessive brattiness involved a tricky balancing act.

Lionsgate also claims that the book sales have surged to over 22 million copies sold worldwide, up from 17 million at the time of the movie's release.

It commits various horror movie tropes like open doors, knock over books, and tamper with lights.

Over the years, her chatty subjects have inspired movies like Clueless, Bridget Jones's Diary and Bride and Prejudice, in addition to film versions of her books.

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There has been some question over how much presence various comic book movie studios will have at Comic - Con International: San Diego, but if Doctor Strange director Scott Derrickson is to be believed, his film will at least conjure itself for the venerable convention.

«When I go to work I don't discriminate it as a comic - book movie,» says Stan over coffee at Manhattan's the Gander.

I wasn't even going to write about this ridiculous opinion that started over at Batman News then fuelled by Comic Book Movie, but I think it needs to be addressed as they're spouting misinformation to their readers.

I must admit that i was never really happy when Yates took over — HP 1 and 2 seemed to have so much more heart — but i admire the overall attempt to stay true to the book, even if it meant that there was some discontinuity with the other movies — where did the shard of glass come from??

Rumored plot details emerged recently, suggesting the movie will be the Ocean's 11 of comic book movies, with Gambit embroiled in heists over two periods of time.

Although a lot of moviegoers have become weary of the current comic - book movie craze, you have to admit that the genre has undergone a subtle revolution over the past couple of years.

In his blunt and aptly titled article, «Ready Player One is a terrible book and it will be a terrible movie» Nichols breaks down the glaring flaws in Cline's story that fans are far too eager to gloss over.

A golden age of comic book movies may be dominating Hollywood right now, but over the past few years there have also been signs of an effort to turn around the thus - far lackluster genre of video game - turned film adaptations.

Description: Movies based on comic books have been all the rage over the last decade or so.