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KSGregman
09-07-2010, 11:46 AM
and watched it prior to the Boise State vs Viginia Tech football game. (Nice to see Boise State stick it to a "BCS" conference school!)

Disturbing....absolutely disturbing. I have the book on my Kindle app now...I thought about the story all night...and have read all but about the last 30 pages or so this morning.

This one will be tough to get out of my mind, I think.

Has anyone else seen it or read the book?
LeeNetworX
09-07-2010, 11:48 AM
It's sitting in my "to watch" stack at home.
derf
09-07-2010, 12:17 PM
I really want to see that one, Ive heard from a few folks that its pretty good
KSGregman
09-07-2010, 03:28 PM
It's sitting in my "to watch" stack at home.

It is not your typical "apocalypse" story...much more emotionally jarring...I finished the book over my lunch break and am still thinking through the story...the moral implications....the "what would i do?" type of questions.

Harsh....just a harsh story.
derf
09-07-2010, 03:42 PM
I know what I would do, dudes kid looked kinda tasty
OneSickPsycho
09-07-2010, 03:47 PM
It looked pretty killer... Im gonna have to download it.
Krabill
09-07-2010, 03:48 PM
Just added it to my netflix cue.
EpyonXero
09-07-2010, 05:16 PM
I read it via audiobook on a 9 hour drive last year, fitting since I was staring at an actual road the whole time and when I had to stop for gas at night on a two lane country road I definitely kept an eye out for cannibals :lol:

I do want to see the movie.
fnfalman
09-07-2010, 05:25 PM
It's one of those books/movies about the end of the world that doesn't result in a stupid Hollywood plot of the hero rescuing some hot young broad, banged her then go kill a bunch of baddies.
dReWpY
09-07-2010, 06:31 PM
all i have to say is its a fucked up movie
KSGregman
09-07-2010, 06:39 PM
all i have to say is its a fucked up movie

The book is much MUCH more disturbing....absolutely relentless in it's message.
Rangerscott
09-07-2010, 09:10 PM
The book is much MUCH more disturbing....absolutely relentless in it's message.

I know right. Harry Potter books are way better than the movies.
Riceaholic
09-07-2010, 09:56 PM
The movie was good. I think I was one of the 4 people that actually saw it in the theater...
Clay
09-08-2010, 11:26 AM
I got the DVD. Geeeeeezzzz... talk about a movie that will bring you down! I don't know whether to say it was good or bad. It was just...sad.
KSGregman
09-08-2010, 11:40 AM
Wow....read that book yesterday....

And then see this today....two wicked near misses in one day....fiction misses becoming reality by about 50,000 miles. :O

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w9/KSGregman/asteroid.jpg

http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/09/08/earth.two.asteroids/index.html?hpt=T2