Joshua's review of The 25th Hour
The 25th Hour by David Benioff
I really like this movie so figured I should check out the source material -- turns out it's exactly like the movie..? Or, you know, vice versa. But it almost feels like it was written with a movie in mind, what with its shortness and visual descriptions and whatnot. The fact that the author went on to be a screenwriter surprises me not a whit.
Also can I say the author is WAY too handsome to be a writer? It's SICKENING. But it does lend some authenticity to his descriptions of Monty, the protagonist here, who is also very good looking and, unfortunately, too good looking to go to jail and have it be a pleasant experience. (I mean this author is WAY better looking than Ed Norton, who played Monty in the movie.) He's so good looking -- I don't mean to harp on this, but -- that I had DOUBTS that he actually wrote this book. I seriously had thoughts like: This dialogue is too finely tuned, and this point is too intelligently and creatively made, to have come from the mind of THIS MALE ...more
Also can I say the author is WAY too handsome to be a writer? It's SICKENING. But it does lend some authenticity to his descriptions of Monty, the protagonist here, who is also very good looking and, unfortunately, too good looking to go to jail and have it be a pleasant experience. (I mean this author is WAY better looking than Ed Norton, who played Monty in the movie.) He's so good looking -- I don't mean to harp on this, but -- that I had DOUBTS that he actually wrote this book. I seriously had thoughts like: This dialogue is too finely tuned, and this point is too intelligently and creatively made, to have come from the mind of THIS MALE ...more
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