I'm in the middle of Allegiant, and I wonder if these might not make better movies than books.
Which isn't a definitive answer, but I do think it's a generally interesting story, and the elder portion of the cast should be good.
Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.
Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Dana - Feb 24, 2014 6:48:43 am PST #22078 of 28609
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
Steph L. - Feb 24, 2014 6:55:06 am PST #22079 of 28609
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Four looks hunky. (That's all I got.)
t edit Okay, I just looked at the IMDB page -- Kate Winslet is Jeanine Matthews??? I'm more intrigued now.
meara - Feb 24, 2014 7:02:51 am PST #22080 of 28609
Well, I quite liked the first book. The second NSM, and the third I haven't read, given the reviews I've seen. But I'd enjoy seeing the movie, of the first one. Plus it sounds like they got a good cast.
megan walker - Feb 24, 2014 7:07:04 am PST #22081 of 28609
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Yeah, not wanting to be Mockingjay'ed, I've already decided not to read any of them.
meara - Feb 24, 2014 7:14:43 am PST #22082 of 28609
Yeah, not wanting to be Mockingjay'ed
Hah. I feel like ALL the YAs have this "Must be a trilogy!!" thing going on, and it irks. There are some that would be so much better as stand-alones (...though I get that marketing-wise that's not as worth it), or at most with a sequel.
erin_obscure - Feb 24, 2014 1:57:49 pm PST #22083 of 28609
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
I would totally see the movie. I suspect it will translate very well to film.
meara - Feb 24, 2014 4:36:23 pm PST #22084 of 28609
I just read "where'd you go Bernadette", which I can't decide if I liked. Maybe it was just overhyped. It had some cute very seattle things. But the plot was...odd? Confusing? Something.
Dana - Feb 25, 2014 1:29:18 am PST #22085 of 28609
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
Wow, you guys weren't kidding about Allegiant. That was terrible.
sumi - Feb 25, 2014 4:33:18 am PST #22086 of 28609
Art Crawl!!!
erikaj - Feb 25, 2014 12:29:47 pm PST #22087 of 28609
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
I think I liked the mixture of styles and stuff more than the story, Meara. It was cute, but I do sort of not like that, once you decide you've written a comic novel, you can throw the kitchen sink in too, because it's wacky and it doesn't have to make sense. The best stand-up does.