Anya ,'Sleeper'
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I really need to read these books, although I kind of want to go into the movie unburdened.
I was quite surprised at the level of political cutthroatness that showed up in books intended for kids.
I'm still trying to wrap my head around the fact the War Horse was originally a YA novel. About World War I. Not that I disapprove of these weighty subjects in novels for the younger set. Quite the opposite. Still... WWI. Heavy stuff.
Have you read The Book Thief ?
Nay.
You should. YA novel narrated by Death, set in a German town during WWII.
Sean,
I actually think it would probably be a good idea for you to read the book first.
Yup, Suela, that's exactly right. It can't be a metaphor for the thing if it is the thing, and we come down on the wrong side of it.
I was actually thinking it would be interesting to give each viewer an identity with their ticket, kinda the way the Holocaust Museum does it. Like, are you from the Capitol? Are you betting on the games? Or are you from a District, and which one? Do you know someone in the games?
Raq, that's a brilliant idea, and one way to undercut the problem.
I don't think most viewers give enough of a fuck. There'd be a sliver of people who could grow to care that didn't before, but I figure the majority of the audience either already did or will not.
The movie was just about as light as I thought it would be. Chelsea Handler gave it a bit of edge, but not a full on one.
The bromance is strong with this one, definitely. There were no heterosexual proclamations of love, but plenty of man on man ones.
I got what I wanted, in a basic fashion. Some day I'll see a (modern) movie where Tom Hardy and the woman have important will-they-won't-they-tearing-clothes-off-with-teeth relations, but this isn't it. Maybe time after next.