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DVD of TV-Mini-Series "LONESOME DOVE" (Bk was a Pulitzer winner by Larry McMurtry.)
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I love having the captions... because some of the dialogue is hard to catch, with the cowboy accents.
I'm seeing it twenty years after it aired on TV. Better late than never! (lol)


This is my favorite Larry McMurtry book and movie also. I do like The Evening Star too. I have read most all his books and also The Time It Never Rained which is considered to be a classic by Elmer Kelton.

Ed is now watching it on his computer. I watched it on our TV screen. The scenery was so beautiful, that I was wishing I had a larger TV screen. Ours is only 31". A 31" inch screen used to be considered large, but not any more.

I read his book, _Loop Group A Novel_ (2005) and couldn't believe it was the same author. IMO, it wasn't a good book at all. See my review at: ====>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Did you cry? I always cry. In fact I need a whole box of kleenex!!!!



Thanks for listing his other books.


_Loop Group A Novel_, by Larry McMurtry is about "two women of a certain age (who) take a road trip through Texas".
Below are some excerpts from Amazon.com pertaining to _Loop Group_.
(They confirm my feelings that the book was not a good one.):
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From Bookmarks Magazine:
"But critics weren’t moved by what they saw as unrealistic dialogue, hackneyed characters, and a tired and predictable plot riddled with inaccuracies that don’t reflect modern Hollywood. In the end, readers crave an answer to life that goes deeper than a trip to Nordstrom’s, and they expect wiser council from the 60-something bunch."
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A quote from an Amazon.com customer review:
"I am really angry with myself for actually finishing this book. It was so bad, I kept thinking, "But this is Larry McMurtry - he'll tie it all up and salvage something out of this mess! He doesn't. From the first sentence to the last, this is the most empty, vapid, uninspiring, inane book I've ever read."
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Another customer review:
"If you had taken Larry McMurtry's name off of this book you would not have been able to convince me he actually wrote this drivel."
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I rest my case. (g)
Joy
Hi Regina, I also read Comanche Moon and Streets of Laredo. One of them was too bloody IMO but now can't recall which one it was.
I also like Terms of Endearment very much and Shirley McLaine in it but The Last Picture Show was the most depressing movie I ever saw in my whole like perhaps because I was living n Wichita Falls when I saw it and couldn't wait to get out of that town. Larry McMurtry grew up outside there and I guess still lives in that area.
I think sometimes publishers force authors to write books when the Muse is not with them and then they can't help but turn out trash. Just my theory.
I also like Terms of Endearment very much and Shirley McLaine in it but The Last Picture Show was the most depressing movie I ever saw in my whole like perhaps because I was living n Wichita Falls when I saw it and couldn't wait to get out of that town. Larry McMurtry grew up outside there and I guess still lives in that area.
I think sometimes publishers force authors to write books when the Muse is not with them and then they can't help but turn out trash. Just my theory.

Alice, I think there may be some truth to your theory. It makes sense. The Muse has got to be there.
It must be hard for authors to compete with their own best work.


I checked out Danielle Steele on Wiki. It says:
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"Steel has sold more than 550 million copies of her books (as of 2005). Her novels have been on the New York Times bestseller list for over 390 consecutive weeks and 22 have been adapted for television."
FROM: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danielle...
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Steele is very prolific and has written a long list of books. One wonders how she can write so many books.
Hmmm. I might start a topic about her and see what folks have to say about her writing. I've only read one of her books and that was enough for me. (g)



The scenes where they're crossing the desert were pretty tense too... as well as the hangings! There was so much suspense and tension at times in that story that I had to pause the DVD and take a rest from the anxiety.
It sure was a compelling piece of fiction... and the worse part was knowing that these types of things have most likely taken place in real life, sometime, somewhere.


Hi Mike! Welcome to the group.
I'm sure the book was better than the movie. You've convinced me to put it on my TBR list.
Thanks for the link to your GR group for Westerns. That's a great idea for a group. Unfortunately, I've never been drawn to Westerns. But _Lonesome Dove_ has convinced me that I should never say "never".
I saw the series when it originally aired, and enjoyed it. Sorry to say I haven't read it yet, although it is on my shelf to read.
Books mentioned in this topic
Loop Group (other topics)Lonesome Dove (other topics)
See details at: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096639/p...
Since the book won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (1986), and I had never read it, I thought this would be a quick way to enlarge my horizons. So far, I've watched one of the two DVDs in the set. The dialogue is great. I'm enjoying the performers. I've never been a fan of Western type films, but since I'm expanding my horizons... I thought I'd give this a try.
BTW, "Lonesome Dove" is the name of the town in the movie. Who knew!
More later. Any comments?