I hope they change it for the film because I hate the book ending. Plutarch would never outright ask Katniss for a BJ like that.
Probably the director least suited to Star Wars. A large part of what makes Star Wars perfect is that Lucas looked at the idea of explaining what was going on and said “we ain’t got time fo’ that shit.”
JJA is an explanation machine and a lore over-explorer (watch Lost) much like what Star Trek actually is - and why he was probably a good pick for that franchise. Star Wars is a fantasy story in the guise of sci-fi. How many times have you read Lord of The Rings and had someone tell you how things did what? They just do it.
I will say I still have some hope for the film, as JJA isn’t the writer. But if you want my honest opinion, Gary Ross would have been the right guy for the job. The Hunger Games was a movie he made so utterly apparent he was committed to perfect adaption (knowing what to cut, slim, combine, add) and respect of the source material (watch the making of stuff on the Blu-Ray, he’s a passionate and respectful individual).
My current hopes lie in the fact Toy Story 3’s director wrote the script, and I don’t think that movie could have been better.
A simple truth regarding the Hunger Games fandom. Haha.
The world isn’t all sunshine and rainbows sweetheart. If this offends you then I can only imagine what happens when the reality of the world that we live in smacks you in the face.
I am offended at how stupid some people can be. The very idea of the story is to A) illustrate what can happen when a society hands total control over to an entity and B) show that the human spirit can overcome this.
If The Hunger Games was SAW, then yes. I can see this kind of criticism. SAW is cynical torture porn. If it passes itself of as a cautionary tale at any point, I am not aware of it. And I wouldn’t buy it, either. The people who made SAW are bitter assholes who believe people are horrible (and are right about some people).
Collins is a brilliant writer embedding positivity in a bad situation (in no way glorifying said situation, in fact outright anti-glorifying it) as well as cautioning against total dominance by a governing body.
Facebook is the Walmart of social networks. Always Facebook. Always.
Want/Don’t: Catching Fire
I love 2012’s The Hunger Games. Gary Ross was the right guy for the job of director - the level of care he put into it was ridiculous (don’t agree? Watch the extra stuff on the Blu-Ray). I am nervous due to the change in directors, but at the same time I am optimistic due to Francis Lawrence’s job as director of I Am Legend. Maybe not the best-reviewed movie of all time, but man he got the mood right.
Want: Gary Ross-level care. I don’t know what people think of him, but I admire him a great deal after having watched HG and its extra material. Not often are directors that into creating a masterpiece when it’s not their idea. You actually feel proud of him for being as brazenly into someone else’s work to make a movie that worked that well out of a book, which as we all know is not an easy feat. HG is the best book-to-film I can think of.
Don’t Want: Long flashbacks to first movie, the book is filled with flashbacks and I hope the movies don’t echo this. It’s not in any way that I do not like the flashbacks in the book. They make sense there, it’s a book. That is how a book needs to be. I just worry Francis Lawrence won’t echo Ross’s handling of the bakery (keep it quick, let us know why its there and STOP). It’s not even because I don’t have confidence in FL, I actually do. He just isn’t Gary Ross. That scares me, because he was crazy deep into it.
If “Catching Fire” is one HALF as amazing as this picture of Amanda Plummer snapped on set, smokin’ a Kool, finagling her blackberry, rockin’ a shroom cut and not giving a living fuck… I think we’re all in for a serious treat.
I’m pretty sure the guy in the yellow suit from Gangnam Style is in Catching Fire…
Right, that gives new meaning to The Hunger Games’s title.
(via erickdaggers)
Sometimes Tumblr can be really exasperating. When I go through my tags and read “blahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh,” I do not know what to do.
I love new things about things I already love, and I generally like it better if I’m seeing it via a social platform rather than a news article. It’s just disappointing when I run through and find 400 new prompt fanfics.
Thankfully, there is no Liam Neeson fanfics (no, do not direct me to Liam Neeson fanfics).
President Snow, Seneca and Haymitch, just being bros.
President Snow looks a bit like he’s had too much to drink and is either angry or about to vomit. Haymich looks a lot like he’s had too much to drink because he’s played by Woody Harrelson and he’s smiling so he automatically looks that way. Seneca still looks as if he wants people to know it was he who ordered this pig.
Photos like this make me laugh, but also make me want the Hunger Games DVD NOW.
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