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nolabear

(41,991 posts) Sat Apr 27, 2019, 01:44 AM Apr 2019

OMG They've remade Catch-22.

And it looks really good. The book and movie changed my life when I was a teen. It was everything I wanted to be able to write-smart Alec, acerbic, crazy, angry af and wickedly funny. It had all those NYC elite writers and actors I loved.

It’s on HULU on May 17th. I have to watch the original now. But George Clooney! ❤️

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OMG They've remade Catch-22. (Original Post) nolabear Apr 2019 OP

I loved the book, but I hated the movie. I hope this one is less repulsive. NBachers Apr 2019 #1

I had a blast with the movie. One of three times John Voight was bearable. nolabear Apr 2019 #2

I preferred him in Anaconda NBachers Apr 2019 #3

heller introduced me to the unreliable narrator style which is very confusing. Kurt V. Apr 2019 #4

I'm excited to see this. Codeine Apr 2019 #5

Now we'll all see everything twice... Wounded Bear Apr 2019 #6

Hah! nolabear Apr 2019 #8

I have to read Catch-22 again, it's been 40 years since I read it last FakeNoose Apr 2019 #7

True dat. I don't think he ever got there again. Being an AF brat nolabear Apr 2019 #9

NBachers

(17,136 posts)

1. I loved the book, but I hated the movie. I hope this one is less repulsive.

Reply to nolabear (Original post)

Sat Apr 27, 2019, 01:53 AM

Apr 2019

nolabear

(41,991 posts)

2. I had a blast with the movie. One of three times John Voight was bearable.

Reply to NBachers (Reply #1)

Sat Apr 27, 2019, 02:12 AM

Apr 2019

NBachers

(17,136 posts)

3. I preferred him in Anaconda

Reply to nolabear (Reply #2)

Sat Apr 27, 2019, 02:15 AM

Apr 2019

Kurt V.

(5,624 posts)

4. heller introduced me to the unreliable narrator style which is very confusing.

Reply to nolabear (Original post)

Sat Apr 27, 2019, 03:08 AM

Apr 2019

Codeine

(25,586 posts)

5. I'm excited to see this.

Reply to nolabear (Original post)

Sat Apr 27, 2019, 08:32 AM

Apr 2019

Normally I don’t care for remakes but this looks amazing.

Wounded Bear

(58,704 posts)

6. Now we'll all see everything twice...

Reply to nolabear (Original post)

Sat Apr 27, 2019, 09:55 AM

Apr 2019

Loved the book. Movie was...disappointing. But not surprising. Difficult plot to follow cinematically, I guess. That is if you think there actually was a plot.

nolabear

(41,991 posts)

8. Hah!

Reply to Wounded Bear (Reply #6)

Sat Apr 27, 2019, 12:43 PM

Apr 2019

I know what you mean but I liked it. It was my first introduction to a circular plot, something Joyce did in Finnegan’s Wake and of course Pulp Fiction did wonderfully.

It’s very much what I was like when I was 15, when it came out. I lived in the small town Gulf Coast South and wanted nothing more than to be a writer in NYC.

FakeNoose

(32,739 posts)

7. I have to read Catch-22 again, it's been 40 years since I read it last

Reply to nolabear (Original post)

Sat Apr 27, 2019, 10:31 AM

Apr 2019

I was very disappointed and confused by the movie, but the movie also made me question my original opinion of the book. Now I'm thinking I should revisit the book and maybe I'll love it again. In my early 20's I thought Joseph Heller was a genius but his later books were never as great as Catch-22.

nolabear

(41,991 posts)

9. True dat. I don't think he ever got there again. Being an AF brat

Reply to FakeNoose (Reply #7)

Sat Apr 27, 2019, 12:45 PM

Apr 2019

and angry af about Vietnam probably influenced me a lot but I still love it. M*A*S*H* too.

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