quoting: Subject: RE: Cold Mountain
From: Slag - PM
Date: 08 Jan 07 - 02:40 AM

I read about half the book. It was cumbersome and tedious in places. I don't know if this was a first book but it seemed like it was. Sorry, I didn't have enough interest to find out. Believe it or not a very conservative preacher loaned it to me with his recommendation! I need to get it back to him.
Since the movie I doubt seriously that I will ever finish the book.

With regards to the movie it was a work of art in it's own right. I'd go **1/2 but not ***. The music was probably the best part. end quote

I agree. I got to about the same point in the book. Not only did I find it tedious, I also got tired of the repeated proselytizing about "fighting for slavery". Very few soldiers on either side fought because of the issue of slavery; I could go on for pages about the real causes but I'll leave that for another day and other boards.

quoting: Subject: RE: Cold Mountain
From: Scoville - PM
Date: 08 Jan 07 - 09:42 AM

I just went back and listened to the soundtrack.

1) Who thought that "Sitting on Top of the World" was Civil War era?
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It wasn't and anyone that knows anything about music of the era or even listens closely to the song can tell it doesn't "fit" the mid-19th century. I don't know why they put that in unless it was something Jack White convinced them to do.