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Why It Is Ok To Dislike A Movie But Not A Book

June 20, 2012 Mathias Leave a comment

Ever notice that you can say a bad movie was a bad movie, but you cannot even call a mediocre book mediocre? If you’ve ever posted an opinion online about such things, you certainly have!

It is a weird quirk of the universe I suppose. Talk about how the recent remake of Conan was poor or how John Carter just didn’t do it for you, and you can get a lot of nods of agreement. People might disagree with you, but they don’t get violently angry about it and start calling you names.

But dare to not rate The Hunger Games (the book not the movie) as anything less than five stars or talk about what you found fault with another novel you recently invested time in, not saying you hated it, jus that you didn’t “love” it, and people jump down your throat. Read more…

Categories: Book Reviews, General Things Tags: Bad People, Blob, Books Books, Conan, Decisions, Five Stars, Games, Hollywood, Hunger, John Carter, Labor Of Love, Literary Agent, Manuscript, Mediocre Book, Nods, Novel, Quirk, Red Ink, Special Effects, Universe

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