That’s my point. It sort of conveys it - it doesn’t capture the wonder of it.
Even to allude to it is a sort of spoiler for LA Confidential:
The whole Rolo Tomasi thing. It’s such a well written setup. I don’t think it was original (I recall thinking oh yeah, that old thing) but regardless, that thread fucking kills it every rewatch.
Been a very long time since I’ve seen the film tbh, but I remember thinking it was good.
That’s the one thing that didn’t ring true and felt a little too convenient to me, personally.
figured i’d try ellroy coz he seemed to come up a lot when i was reading true crime, black dahlia murder stuff. my word, his writing is actually embrarrasingly bad. no clue how anyone takes that guy seriously.
What ones of his have you read?
American Tabloid, in particular, is one of my favourite books, and the rhythm is hypnotic.
I’d say the writing there matches his other stuff. Probably just not for @ericthefourth
It’s a standard Chekhov’s Gun thingie, sure, but I think it’s a really great thread on which to build the way the plot runs. Convenience and coincidence are the soul of storytelling and I think that one is well done, in that it doesn’t stick out wildly.
Eric reads Ellroy. Eric hates Ellroy. Bin bin bin.
i only tried his black dahlia thing, read about 50 pages and nearly cringed myself off the planet
It’s not like you to dislike something.
All of them
It’s not like you to comment on me not liking something
It was the way that
Smith repeats the name to Exley. It’s just totally unbelievable and way too tidy
I appreciate why they had to tie it up in a less sprawling way than the book, but it was the one thing that broke the spell for me.
Big Trouble in Little China
I thought it was alright, didn’t seem that cringe, although i’d never read anything like that before. Plot lost its way in the middle a bit, but I think the style just about carried it to the end. A big fan of all the slang in it.
I would say the film and short story of Brokeback Mountain are as good as each other. (still only ok)
They’re both exactly the same and equally thumbs up
Ban request.
About A Boy.
