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George Orwell's 1984

22 durable postsStarted 2005-03-07Latest 2005-03-15
#10749Post 1 of 22

Has anybody read this book?

Its the best book i've ever read, EVER. I think it needs to be turned into a movie, directed by somebody who can pull it off. I don't know who though, but it HAS to be turned into a movie.

Its the ultimate theory on what could happen to america given the way the present government is cutting off the peoples freedoms etc and are watching their own people closely, instead of watching the terrorists. hell it even goes to say that the terrorists aren't real and were created for the party in the book to have a public enemy #1.

So who's read it?

#372427Post 2 of 22

It's been made already...

[url]www.imdb.com/title/tt0087803[/url]

Pretty good adaptation as well :D

George Orwell was a bit of a genius...

#372446Post 3 of 22

No,i don't read this.. :roll: :RockOn:

#372463Post 4 of 22

Great Book. Probably one of my all-time favorite books. Actually I had to read this for Junior yr Honors English in High School. If you have not read this book before. Read it.

#372465Post 5 of 22

[quote=rewing3] for Junior yr Honors English in High School.[/quote] Lookie here Bubba Ray, we's gots a smartie paints on this'n board.

#372466Post 6 of 22

Awesome book IMO.Every time I read it I discover something new that Orwell has put in.He was one clever guy.The section when Winston is reading the forbidden diary is genius - how orwell persuades us that war is good etc is mindblowing.

#372473Post 7 of 22

It's a pretty good book. Right now I'm reading One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest.

#372480Post 8 of 22

Big brother is watching you!

Great book..

If you liked that book, I would reccommend Brave new world by Aldous Huxley.

Another anti utopia book..

Also, just finished The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown.. This is probably my favorite book of all time :RockOn:

#372482Post 9 of 22

[quote=DaStottman]It's a pretty good book. Right now I'm reading One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest.[/quote]

That's real cool, because the movie was ace.

#372484Post 10 of 22

I think I was assigned 1984 in Grade 12 English. It was very good. The movie follows the book very closely. In fact, it's probably the closest adaptation I have ever seen, with the 1st Harry Potter a close second.

#372504Post 11 of 22

Re: George Orwell's 1984

[quote=sheryar]Has anybody read this book?

Its the ultimate theory on what could happen to america given the way the present government is cutting off the peoples freedoms etc and are watching their own people closely, instead of watching the terrorists. hell it even goes to say that the terrorists aren't real and were created for the party in the book to have a public enemy #1.

So who's read it?[/quote]

actually orwell wrote it to describe the mechanics of pre world war II soviet union. Nothing is new under this sun...

#372526Post 12 of 22

great book. as is animal farm.

best book ever though (in my opinion) is the catcher in the rye

#372746Post 13 of 22

Re: George Orwell's 1984

[quote=sheryar]I think it needs to be turned into a movie, directed by somebody who can pull it off. I don't know who though, but it HAS to be turned into a movie.[/quote] :CrackUp:

#372770Post 14 of 22

Re: George Orwell's 1984

sorta depressing i thought. incredible on how prophetic it turned out to be...

#372790Post 15 of 22

Great book, I've read it several times.

Count of Monty Cristo, another top notch book i'm currently reading.

#372813Post 16 of 22

[quote=peloquin]great book. as is animal farm.

best book ever though (in my opinion) is the catcher in the rye[/quote]

Is it true that people who have conspired to shoot the Prez had a copy of this book on them?

#372858Post 17 of 22

i got the movieeee! im going to watch it tonight :D

i also got the 1955 original of animal farm :RockOn:

#373029Post 18 of 22

[quote=DaStottman]It's a pretty good book. Right now I'm reading One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest.[/quote]

that was made into a good movie too.....starring jack nicholson....good shit :D

#373155Post 19 of 22

I used to like 1984, but not nearly as much as I used to. On re-reading it, the characters felt too two-dimensional, as if they were artificial extensions of Orwell's ideas, creating a feeling of a narrative manifesto.

#373227Post 20 of 22

Re: George Orwell's 1984

It is without a doubt a portrait of america, if you consider animal farm the portrait of the old soviet union....Another Orwell Classic

#378133Post 21 of 22

[quote=sheryar]i got the movieeee! im going to watch it tonight :D

i also got the 1955 original of animal farm :RockOn:[/quote]

how was it??

#378134Post 22 of 22

[quote=dohturdima]I used to like 1984, but not nearly as much as I used to.[/quote]

:Wacko:

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