Prediction!

[harman/kardon]

It's with the effort, so: false.

TPBM likes the poems of the recluse Hanshan.

 

[noogies]

False, not familiar.

TPBM prefers prose to poetry.

 

[old_tv_nut]

Judging by how much I read of each, you would say true, but on the other hand, good poetry brings an intensity of pleasure that is hard to find in prose.

TPBM enjoys poetic song lyrics.

 

[harman/kardon]

This is very true. And a nice comment, otn, thanks for that one.

TPBM thinks that he should read books a bit more again.

 

[Hyperion]

True.

TPBM has kept nearly worthless paperback books simply because he/she enjoyed the story so much when read the first time.

 

[harman/kardon]

True, a lot of them.

TPBM remembers the first book he read.

 

[Hyperion]

False. (but it might have been Treasure Island)

TPBM likes stories with a 'twist in the tail'

 

[bobsvinyl]

True. Also in movies.

TPBM in most cases likes the book better than the movie.

 

[harman/kardon]

True - in most cases.

"Of Mice And Men" - TPBM thinks that book and movie are of the same value.

 

[Hyperion]

Not sure, probably.

TPBM was watching a film movie last night/recently he/she knew it was junk, but enjoyed it anyway.

 

[bobsvinyl]

True.

TPBM thinks that a really bad movie can still be a work of art.

 

[noogies]

True, as anybody who's seen "Plan 9 From Outer Space" will attest.

TPBM doesn't fully understand Steve McQueen's appeal.

 

[harman/kardon]

True.

TPBM doesn't fully understand Paul Newman's appeal.

 

[noogies]

No, I pretty much got him when I saw "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid". Or maybe it was "Cool Hand Luke".

TPBM has recently watched "The Blues Brothers" again and while he or she agrees with the critics of the time who reviewed it as a cocaine-fueled mess, he or she will admit it had some pretty funny moments.

 

[harman/kardon]

It's been awhile, but I totally agree with you.

TPBM is not a huge fan of the "Marx Brothers".

 

[noogies]

False. Not as good as they were when I was a kid but still pretty darn good. The other thing you have to remember is that although some of their gags may seem tired from the perspective of 2015, they were fresh, new and outrageous in the early '30s.

TPBM thinks Peter Sellers was a comic genius.

 

[harman/kardon]

Yes - but

TPBM knows that Sellers was quite often a tyrant on the set.

 

[Hyperion]

True, I have heard that.

TPBM thinks one of his funniest roles was playing Chief Inspector Jacques Clouseau.

 

[bobsvinyl]

True.

TPBM likes slapstick over more sophisticated humor.

 

[Hyperion]

Not really - I like equal measures of either - just depends who it is.

TPBM thinks that some older comedy like Laurel & Hardy and Marx Bros, has become more of a curiosity, than funny, as time has passed.