Wow, the Friday Night Lights show blows

[johnnie]

I have it on while working down in the studio and it looks like the cheesiest show.

[Oeditpus Rex]

1. I'm reading the book

The movie should've been shot. I can't think of a death bad enough for the show.

[johnnie]

2. I tried to watch the movie

Is the book good?

[Oeditpus Rex]

3. Excellent

It's not just about high school football. It's about social attitudes and politics.

[Ekirh]

5. Maybe next time I pass the book

I'll purchase it then. I keep considering it but end up always putting it back.

[SeattleGirl]

4. I found the move to be very disturbing.

I know football is God in the south, but there was something about that movie that was really freaky. Maybe it was Billy Bob Thornton's character -- I kept feeling like he was going to take a bat and beat the crap out of the kids. :scared:

[Oeditpus Rex]

6. Read the book

People in Odessa freakin' hated the author.

Supposedly, the movie was done with "local input" so it wouldn't have the same effect. :eyes:

[SeattleGirl]

8. I'll do that.

Be interesting to see the differences between the movie and the book.

[Broken_Hero]

7. I get that impression from the show...

I havent' seen the movie, but watched the tv show...

[Oeditpus Rex]

9. That's strange

In the book, the consensus of the townsfolk is the coach is too nice. :shrug:

[SeattleGirl]

10. I didn't even want to try watching the show, because of my

negative reaction to the movie.

[ForrestGump]

11. Didn't know there was a show

Watched the movie a while back...it didn't really do anything for me, even though I like Billy Bob's acting. Kind of a non-event, it was, though maybe I should give it another chance after a bit of time's passed (some movies are like that, I guess).

It's not that I'm not into watching sports -- I'm not into watching sports, though, as it turns out -- because other sport-centered or sport-related movies have appealed to me (strong character studies and the like, like Cinderella Man and the classic Breaking Away, for example), and I enjoyed stuff like Radio and kinda liked Hoosiers when I finally watched it (the same week as I watched Friday Night Lights, actually).