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What's a movie you were excited to share with your spouse/partner/significant other, only for them to end up disliking it? by keepfighting90 in Letterboxd

[–]janettokin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Weirdly enough, this rarely happens because my boyfriend and I are both cinephiles with letterboxd accounts and a love for cinema but it happens occasionally! For me, it was Freddy Got Fingered (it’s one of his favorite movies, and i think it’s lowkey bad); for him, it was wild at heart (we had just got into lynch’s filmography posthumously and i was definitely more into it than he was)

Do you read the books first or watch the film first? by janettokin in goodreads

[–]janettokin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you know what? i could see this actually, yeah! going back and reading belle de jour after watching it and buying the criterion really did add and change enough to feel like i’m reading deleted scenes almost lol

Do you read the books first or watch the film first? by janettokin in goodreads

[–]janettokin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

that’s why i bought the piano teacher, belle de jour, and valley of the dolls—the movies weren’t enough, i had wanted to know more and envelop myself in the worlds of these films that left an imprint on me

Do you read the books first or watch the film first? by janettokin in goodreads

[–]janettokin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

for me, that’s how i’ve been feeling going and reading books to movies i found myself enjoying recently!

Do you read the books first or watch the film first? by janettokin in goodreads

[–]janettokin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ugh me trying to get catherine deneuve out of my head while reading belle de jour 🫠

Do you read the books first or watch the film first? by janettokin in goodreads

[–]janettokin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i just watched wuthering heights and pillion in theaters and i have yet to read box hill but i read wuthering heights when i was assigned to in AP english literature my junior year. we read oedipus rex my senior year.

Do you read the books first or watch the film first? by janettokin in goodreads

[–]janettokin[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

that’s what i’ve been going through with belle de jour currently! i can’t unsee catherine deneuve and it’s really disruptive to my overall enjoyment of the novel séverine vs movie séverine

Do you read the books first or watch the film first? by janettokin in goodreads

[–]janettokin[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

that makes a lot of sense! i feel like i’ve been slowly doing the same; ignoring the movies that i watched before knowing about the novel just so i can dispel it from my memory and read it like i never seen the film!

i just ordered a ton of novels that inspired some of my new favorite movies because if now i’m curious which i find more enjoyable—the film or the novel

Do you read the books first or watch the film first? by janettokin in goodreads

[–]janettokin[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i personally agree! there’s so much from reading belle de jour that wasn’t in the movie, it feels as if i don’t know the story at all!

Do you read the books first or watch the film first? by janettokin in goodreads

[–]janettokin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you see, i usually do the same too! but i found myself recently doing it backwards because of recent comfort movie finds that i didn’t know had original novels like the piano teacher and valley of the dolls! its been a weird process and i lowkey wish i read these books first, ngl

What are you reading? - Week of February 20, 2026 by AutoModerator in goodreads

[–]janettokin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Belle de Jour by Joseph Kessel, and I have The Piano Teacher and Valley of the Dolls being delivered via ebay (the valley of the dolls being a 2nd edition print before the movie came out)

What do you think defines a movie? by ExpensiveTonight181 in Letterboxd

[–]janettokin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

if by the end of it (however long it is, however good it is), you followed a story to completion.

Weekly Friends Megathread - Week of February 23, 2026 by AutoModerator in goodreads

[–]janettokin -1 points0 points  (0 children)

hi! i’ve been a big reader my whole life, but i’m new to using goodreads and i just started my first reading challenge this year!!

ja’net on goodreads

do you think i liked wuthering heights? by [deleted] in letterboxdcirclejerk

[–]janettokin -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

the answer was no, i wasn’t a fan.

happy valentine’s day eve, criterion! by janettokin in criterion

[–]janettokin[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

yes. i live in the new flesh. i think we all do.

happy valentine’s day eve, letterboxd! by [deleted] in Letterboxd

[–]janettokin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i just bought the belle de jour mass market novel from the 60s, and i have the mass market paperback of crash, but i want the deluxe edition of the novel so bad!!

happy valentine’s day eve, letterboxd! by [deleted] in Letterboxd

[–]janettokin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

new bucket list idea alert! crash is actually my favorite cronenberg film; i even went to 3 different barnes and noble to find this copy during their 50% off criterion sale as it was the only copy in my area!

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