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That crawdad movie was good
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That crawdad movie was good


Jul 24, 2022, 9:56 PM

It was the best movie I've seen in 10 years. Reel good

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Haven't heard the "book was better" people this time around.


Jul 25, 2022, 12:21 AM

That's always a popular thing when these kinds of movies are released. When The Da Vinci Code came out people couldn't shut up about the book.

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Jul 25, 2022, 12:29 AM

I saw the movie this week and it’s really good. I’m not a reader so I didn’t know anything about the story before the movie. A lady behind us said it was better than the book.

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Jul 26, 2022, 10:47 AM

Thanks so much for that positive review. Critics have said that the movie was awful and nothing like the book. Shows you how much critics know!

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This is the 1st book I’ve read in 5 yrs


Jul 25, 2022, 1:10 AM [ in reply to Haven't heard the "book was better" people this time around. ]

It was good, haven’t seen the movie yet

But

The Da Vinci Code movie was garbage
Couldn’t stay awake

Cheers

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Re: That crawdad movie was good


Jul 25, 2022, 12:44 AM

Part of it was filmed where I live in Madisonville, La literally 10 minutes from my house.

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Re: That crawdad movie was good


Jul 25, 2022, 5:45 AM

Were they smokin' crawdads Clampett style?...

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Re: That crawdad movie was good


Jul 25, 2022, 6:48 AM

Is that the one where Granny runs through the mansion yelling, "Jeeeeddddd"?

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Jul 25, 2022, 12:44 PM [ in reply to Re: That crawdad movie was good ]

That was funny.

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Re: That crawdad movie was good


Jul 25, 2022, 11:45 AM

Usually the critics and the audience usually somewhat agree. This is the widest margin I have ever seen.

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/where_the_crawdads_sing


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Not Surprising "Media Types" Differ Hugely From Real Humans***


Jul 25, 2022, 11:50 AM



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Re: Not Surprising "Media Types" Differ Hugely From Real Humans***


Jul 25, 2022, 12:15 PM

I generally agree with the critics. They are usually fairly close to the audience. Maybe 80% critics and audience maybe 90%. 34% to 96% is wild. My guess is that critics read the book and much of the audience did not. I have not read the book so I imagine I will like the movie.

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Jul 25, 2022, 11:58 AM

I saw it yesterday. It's a great movie! Highly recommend seeing it.

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For the book or the movie you have to be willing totally


Jul 25, 2022, 12:28 PM

“suspend disbelief” because the entire thing is undeniably implausible.

And not on a fantasy even like “Indiana Jones” or “Star Wars”, but on a just plain everyday common sense level where certain things would never ever happen in real life situations, but they make a good story if you overlook the fact.

I know many love the book and are similarly predisposed to love the movie and that’s fine, but when writing fiction (unless it’s science fiction) some adherence to reality should be observed.

That much said ... it’s a great story for a certain audience.

Go for it y’all!!

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Jul 25, 2022, 12:40 PM

What did you think of Forest Gump? There were parts of it I found hard to believe. Never seen anyone reassemble their rifle that fast.

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Re: For the book or the movie you have to be willing totally


Jul 25, 2022, 1:43 PM

What was unbelievable about Forrest Gump? Maybe your eyes couldn't adjust to the speed of the ping pong balls?

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Forrest Gump was pretty much pure fantasy. Nobody took


Jul 25, 2022, 5:05 PM [ in reply to Re: For the book or the movie you have to be willing totally ]

Forrest Gump was a “drama-dy” with no attempt at a serious story with any basis on fact.

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Jul 26, 2022, 7:14 AM

Would “The Green Mile” be a more accurate comparison then? I haven’t seen the movie or read the book.

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“Green Mile” deals in the super-natural, while “Crawdads”


Jul 27, 2022, 3:31 PM

deals in the natural world in an implausible way.

“Forrest Gump” aims at humor while addressing several serious topics, “Green Mile” focuses on faith in a higher power to make its point.

“Crawdads” wants us to believe a lone small female child could survive all alone in the wilderness from a very young age, through puberty, into young adulthood with no guidance or supervision. Her hair is always trimmed neatly and clean ... And on a lesser note, they also want you to believe people on the NC coast would routinely drive to Asheville to pick up groceries and supplies.

So, the required suspension of disbelief is not quite the same as “Gump” or “Green Mile” ... just my personal observation and opinion. Lots of people love both the book and the movie.

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Re: For the book or the movie you have to be willing totally


Jul 25, 2022, 12:41 PM [ in reply to For the book or the movie you have to be willing totally ]

Yep agree. A willing suspension of belief is necessary , however, true of many movies and books. Entertainment that’s well done.

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I think it’s silly Hollywood would ask us to suspend belief


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If there is kissing involved in the movie, I probably won't


Jul 25, 2022, 12:33 PM

see it.

But, the kissing scenes in The Princess Bride were acceptable.

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Re: That crawdad movie was good


Jul 25, 2022, 12:42 PM

The movie was very similar to book. I'd give 4*'s to both. The book was somewhat more plausible than the movie. Nice movie to watch with your significant other.

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Jul 25, 2022, 5:24 PM

It made me vomit when my wife tricked me into going to it. I thought it was going to be about Louisiana cuisine or something.

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Jul 25, 2022, 9:39 PM

All I know is that new Thor movie sucked…..bad.

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Jul 26, 2022, 11:45 AM

I watched this movie last week and I liked it. It surprised me.

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/free_guy

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Jul 27, 2022, 6:38 PM

When will it be on tv. Haven’t set foot in a theater since 1983. Just don’t like going and besides that my popcorn and drinks are cheaper at home and if I need to go to the bathroom I want be disturbing anyone. My kids say I so cheap that I complain if I spend a dime. Now my wife goes with the grandkids but I prefer to stay home.

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