Perfume

Strangelet · #1 12-29-2006, 04:07 PM

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.

sanakan · #2 12-29-2006, 05:56 PM

nice to see that there are some people reading the book *after* the movie got hyped (didn't saw that one, yet).

winjer · #3 12-29-2006, 09:14 PM

Great, great book...

Awful film.

Strangelet · #4 12-29-2006, 11:50 PM

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Originally Posted by sanakan

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

myshkin · #5 12-30-2006, 04:26 AM

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.

sanakan · #6 12-30-2006, 07:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Strangelet

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.

GforGroove · #7 01-01-2007, 10:58 PM

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

Strangelet · #8 01-02-2007, 01:45 AM

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Originally Posted by sanakan

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.

Strangelet · #9 01-02-2007, 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by GforGroove

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

votingfloater · #10 01-02-2007, 01:08 PM

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.