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I really shouldn't watch the movie after reading the book...
Theodore 2022-03-23 09:02:52
After reading the book, I was full of thoughts on how the book should be adapted into a movie. When reading the book, there are many chapters that I did not carefully sink into, but once I read them all, the whole book forms an impression in my mind. A whole story and a certain emotion doesn't begin until the end of the last paragraph. The movie is not, the movie has not done too many adaptations, and the emotions in it may really only be achieved by novels. On that rock, Quill grabbed Weefey's feet so stiffly.
Extended Reading
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[first lines]
Quoyle: [father teaching him literally to sink or swim]
[voice-over]
Quoyle: I used to imagine that I'd been given to the wrong family at birth, and that somewhere in the world my real people longed for me. From where my father stood, my failure to dog-paddle was only the first of many failures. Failure to speak clearly, failure to sit up straight, failure to make friends every time we moved to another dreary upstate town. In me, my father recognized a failed life. His own.
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Petal Bear: Look, it's no good. Find yourself a girlfriend.
Quoyle: I don't want a girlfriend, I want you.
Petal Bear: [shrugs] Your funeral.