breathtest
08-06-2010, 08:00 AM
I'm currently reading this book by Ken Kesey and i'm really enjoying it. It is so well written and i'm amazed at how well Kesey prolongues each 'scene' in the book, stretching them out over pages and pages but still keeping me interested.
I saw the movie a year or two ago and i remember thinking that Jack Nicholson's performance seemed a bit over the top, but now i see that he plays McMurphy pretty much perfectly. As a character, McMurphy is one of the most well-developed and interesting ones i've come across in quite a while.
The style of writing is also incredible. There are some lines that i just read and go, 'Wow, unbelievable' or that make me laugh out loud, which i rarely do when i find something funny in a book. Usually i just think to myself, 'that's quite funny.' But this book has made me actuallylaugh.
I was wondering what everybody else thinks about this book and also about the movie.
I saw the movie a year or two ago and i remember thinking that Jack Nicholson's performance seemed a bit over the top, but now i see that he plays McMurphy pretty much perfectly. As a character, McMurphy is one of the most well-developed and interesting ones i've come across in quite a while.
The style of writing is also incredible. There are some lines that i just read and go, 'Wow, unbelievable' or that make me laugh out loud, which i rarely do when i find something funny in a book. Usually i just think to myself, 'that's quite funny.' But this book has made me actuallylaugh.
I was wondering what everybody else thinks about this book and also about the movie.