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"The by-product of the oyster's relief was the shimmering beauty of the pearl. And every pearl, every single luminous gem, had at the core of its being a grain of irritation."
If you haven't read Lawrence Block, by all means get started on that. His Matt Scudder series has been one of the best in crime fiction for almost forty years. I also recommend the Keller and Bernie Rhodenbarr series, and he writes fantastic short fiction. Hell, just go try it all. You can find out more about him at lawrenceblock.com or @LawrenceBlock.
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Did you see the Scudder movie with Liam Neeson? I actually liked it, and Liam has been all but dead to me for a couple years now. Nice to see him bounce back, even if he DID make another dreadful Taken movie. Which I didn't see, nor do I need to to know it's awful.
Chris - I borrowed from Netflix and loaded on the iPad, but have not been able to make myself watch yet. I have heard nothing but good things about the movie (and Neeson, for that matter), but I'm having issues with the age-old "I don't see X as Y" bit and Neeson is just so far afield from how Scudder lives in my head I'm being a weenie about it.
I really appreciated the first Taken movie for several reasons. It was down and dirty and did what it came to do and got it. It didn't drag things on for two hours, but was screaming action from start to finish, about 1;30 later. Perfect. Also, it didn't ruin the whole damn thing with some stupidly contrived love interest. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for love, but my shorts naturally torque when it's added just because someone didn't think a movie could stand without it.
The gawdawful acting on the part of the daughter is what I remember most in my loathing for the first Taken movie. I remember Julia and I heckling it for other reasons, but I've thankfully blasted them from my head. In fact, it's one of the few movies -- maybe the only one -- that I feel ashamed for talking Julia into seeing, because I'd heard from people it was good. People like YOU, I might add.
Your reliance on my recommendations is sorely misplaced. :) (But you are very correct re daughter, didn't say I was rooting for success)
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