I finally saw Hunger Games. I haven't read the books (got about 50 pages into the first one and then I got bored and never picked it up again), but I did read all the whitefont in Literary when they were A Thing, so I went in feeling like I knew the story pretty well.
I have to say, I was really pleasantly surprised, right up until the actual Games started. I thought the worldbuilding and characterizations up until that point had been really fantastic, but the mechanics of the Games themselves were annoyingly transparent. I could see ALL of the strings and wasn't really watching the movie anymore so much as I was watching the screenplay tie itself into knots to make sure Katniss stayed alive but didn't have to kill anyone except in self-defense (and since that was one of the Really Bad Kids, she's still a hero! WHEW!) It was all very convenient.
In the end I liked it well enough to see the sequels,. but probably not enough to go back and read the books.
Hunger Games: Catching Fire rumors - per IMDB, Tony Shalhoub
may have been cast as Beetee
Whitefont? What whitefont?
whistles innocently
(sorry - couldn't remember if casting spoilers should be whitefonted or not)
If Beetee being in the movie's not a spoiler, who's playing them isn't likely to be.
Heh. Exploring the new Roku, we've just stumbled on the 1978
Superman,
and Matilda is all agog and cheering already. She keeps repeating, "You've got me? Who's got you?" and laughing like a loon. She's also calling Christopher Reeve "Supey." I don't think he'd mind.
So it turns out that
The Descendants
is really, really good. Well done, Dean.
I still haven't seen that movie. thanks for reminding me.
None of the last eight movies I got from Netflix rated above a B/B+, which is where I stick movies that I generally enjoy but are too flawed to go higher. So it was a relief to finally watch something great.
good for you man, I have been watching movies on Netflix (streaming only) that are squarely in the "C" category. They are entertaining, a diversion, but not really good. I have been looking for better quality entertainment.
(sorry for any typos. I'm on my ipad and the print is a bit smaller than I'm used to so I can't see all the boo-boos)
