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I am the Messenger
Meet Ed Kennedy—underage cabdriver, pathetic cardplayer, and useless at romance. He lives in a shack with his coffee-addicted dog, the Doorman, and he’s hopelessly in love with his best friend, Audrey. His life is one of peaceful routine and incompetence, until he inadvertently stops a bank robbery. That’s when the first Ace arrives. That’s when Ed becomes the messenger. . . .
Chosen to care, he makes his way through town helping and hurting (when necessary), until only one question remains: Who’s behind Ed’s mission?
After reading The Book Thief, I immediately looked for another Zusak book. I am the Messenger is one of those books which, as cheesy as this sounds, will change one’s perspective in life. Even further than loving life, the book reminds one of how beautiful people are, and that anyone can make a difference.
Ed is an example of a person who has an average sort of life, quite pathetic if you actually think about how he lives his life, and he plans to stay that way. When he found that first ace, and when he did his first mission, as the reader, the experience seems like one of those hurdles you were able to jump successfully. Exhilarating. His experiences were so well written that the words transport you beside Ed.
What I find amazing is the simplicity of the words, the simplicity of the sentences. Zusak has a beautiful way with words, and I can only stop and think about how he was able to create such a huge impact on me, with just a sentence, just a word, even.
This book is a journey you will want to experience, and I can only tell you this much: It is worth it. The book is a saga, if I were to describe it. Each card has its unique reader-experience, and everything is woven perfectly into a big evenweave of empathy and self-worth, and we are the needle creating the images with Ed. And the humour is amazingly well-placed. You can count on Zusak’s witty writing to lift up spirits when everything has gone too sad.
This is a must read. Probably one of the best fiction books out there.
Already, I know that all of this will stay with me forever. It’ll haunt me, but I also fear it will make me feel grateful. I say fear because at times I really don’t want this to be a fond memory until it’s over. I also fear that nothing really ends at the end. Things just keep going as long as memory can wield its ax, always finding a soft part in your mind to cut through and enter.
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The Book Thief
The Book Thief synopis:
It’s 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will become busier still.
By her brother’s graveside, Liesel Meminger’s life is changed when she picks up a single object, partially hidden on the snow. It is The Grave Digger’s Handbook, left there by accident, and it is her first act of book thievery. SO begins a love affair with books and words, as Liesel, with the help of her accordion-playing foster father, learns to read. Soon she is stealing books from Nazi book-burnings, the mayor’s wife’s library, wherever there are books to be found.
But these are dangerous times. When Liesel’s foster family hides a Jew int their basement, Liesel’s world is both opened up and closed down.
Took me a while to finally pick up the book and read it, mainly because I thought it was just one of those books written about Nazi Germany, and I never really thought anyone could still create something original from a very used up topic.
But boy was I wrong.
The story is narrated by Death, but he is no black hooded, skeletal creature cartoons and comic books would often describe him to be. He is sentimental, compassionate, and has an ironic sense of humour.
Where are my manners? I could introduce myself properly, but it’s not really necessary. You will know me well enough and soon enough, depending on a diverse range of variables. It suffices to say that at some point in time, I will be standing over you, as genially as possible. Your soul will be in my arms. A colour will be perched on my shoulder. I will carry you gently away.
Throughout the book, Death seemed to empathize with the humans, and as the reader, one cannot help but empathize with Death. Even Death has a heart.
The Book Thief shows us the non-political side of the war. The struggles that faced both the Jews and the Germans. The complexities of war, and the actions each individual should undertake, and what they think they should be doing.
What I liked about the book is its gravitational pull to each character. Once introduced, you cannot help but be attached to them. Which is why when Death (our glorious narrator) comes into picture, one simply has to tear up a bit. Especially when Death himself is heart broken.
And I’m not too great at that comforting thing, especially when my hands are cold and the bed is warm. I carried him softly through the broken street, with one salty eye and a heavy, deathly heart. With him, I tried a little harder. I watched the contents of his soul for a moment and saw a black-painted boy calling the name Jesse Owens he ran through an imaginary tape. I saw him hip-deep in some icy water, chasing a book, and I saw a boy lying in bed, imagining how a kiss would taste from his glorious next-door neighbor. He does something to me, that boy. Every time. It’s his only detriment. He steps on my heart. He makes me cry.
One can also only admire Liesel Meminger’s strength, a small German girl, who possess wisdom beyond her years. What is admirable about her is how she keeps it together whenever something bad happens in Himmel Street (which affects her greatly, and directly sometimes). Not to spoil anything about the book, but the way she staggered on as Death had put it, for her age, shows how strong-willed she is. She is surrounded by destruction, and yet she chose to live life. And so when Death finally met her, like all the souls who are ready, she sat up and met Death.
Also, the popular adage, Don’t judge a book by its cover, is emphasized not when she is randomly stealing books from the mayor’s wife’s library, but is seen in moments when she welcomed a Jew into her life, when she embraced Rudy Steiner, flaws and all, and when she loved everyone who took part in her life, most especially her foster family.
This book showed us the human side of the war, the humanness of Death, and the importance of words. That books are more than sheets with ink on them, that sometimes, in the most random time of our lives, words can save us.
Reading it was the best decision that I have made. I true modern classic.
I wanted to tell the book thief many things, about beauty and brutality. But what could I tell her about those things that she didn’t already know? I wanted to explain that I am constantly overestimating and underestimating the human race-that rarely do I ever simply estimate it. I wanted to ask her how the same thing could be so ugly and so glorious, and its words and stories so damning and brilliant
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The Fault In Our Stars
The Fault in Our Stars by the brilliant John Green is an emotional joyride. The only book that can make you laugh and cry and be all metaphoric and existential, all at the same time. A story which some of us can half-relate to. Whether we’re the one suffering from an illness that decided to take up residence in our bodies, or is close to someone who is, there is that little part of ourselves in that book. It basically makes one feel all kinds of feelings. And I think that’s the beauty of it. Feeling all these emotions, every shortness of breath, every excitement, every struggle, every pain; but still thinking about our own end.
Some of the primary questions in the book; if we are, as the book said, no longer suffering from personhood, will we be able to at least leave a dent that people will remember us by? Is it even important? How about the millions who suffered from an illness who were not commemorated by the millions left in the world just because of the simple fact that no one knows who they really are, but those alive somehow acknowledge that these people have struggled and have fought long and hard in a battle that they have unfortunately lost.
The thing about us is that we are a bit obsessed about being remembered by a lot of people. I remember, I wrote a post about dying young, and that I was afraid that no one I know would come. And I am aware that that is a common fear amongst us humans still roaming this green earth, that we might not have been as significant as we thought we are. And it’s normal.
But the book tells us that what’s important is who we choose to spend our remaining time with, and who we choose to love, and that because we love them so much, we also choose to hurt them. Yes, family and friends are an automatic. But there is something special about really choosing someone. Someone you will want to scar, because you know that that scar will be remembered by this person forever. And that would make you forget that leaving a small dent on this world is not as dignifying or as sweet or as sentimental, as that scar, however little, that you left on that special someone. Of course, special someones are not always boyfriends and girlfriends, they could be one’s best friend, or a friendship with a non-total stranger who you only talk to during class.
The Fault in Our Stars is easily one of the best Young Adult Fiction Stories that I have read, so far. Relaxing and yet heart-wrenching. To those who have not read it yet (although I doubt there still are), grab this book. You will be treated to a rollercoaster ride that only goes up.
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Flowers For Algernon
Flowers for Algernon is a science fiction short story written by Daniel Keyes and was first published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction in 1959, and won the Hugo Award for Best Short Story in 1960. It was published as a novel in 1966, and won the Nebula Award for Best Novel in the same year.
The story is about Charlie Gordon, 32 years old and mentally incapacitated, who is chosen to participate as a human test subject for an experimental surgery that will increase his intelligence. This test was first done successfully to Algernon, the lab mouse.
It is told through Charlie’s progress reports, like journal entries that he was required to do. Charlie documents everything, from what he thinks, what he feels, what he learns, all his frustrations, his wants; that literally feels like you have been transported inside his mind.
The first few progress reports are from before he was operated. It hurts reading it a bit because of the spelling, not so much what he was writing. He wishes, in almost every progris riport, that he would be chosen by the doctors for the operation to make him smart
…all my life I wantid to be smart and not dumb and my mom always tolld me to try and lern just like Miss Kinnian tells me but its very hard to be smart and even when I lern something in Miss Kinnians class at the school I ferget alot.
Reading through his entries before the operation, you can see that Charlie had this notion that when he gets smart he will make a lot friends, everyone will like him, and that his mother will be proud of him. From here we are actually already given a glimpse of the issues that he will face after the operation.
If your smart you can have lots of frends to talk to and you never get lonley by yourself all the time
After the surgery, there was an improvement in his intelligence, but it was not evident in that instant. The great thing about him becoming smart is that he actually had to work for it. He studies, reads, writes; but because his mental capacities were improved, he was able to understand and digest everything quickly. And the gradual disappearance of his grammar and spelling mistakes made for a dramatic transition from what he was and what he has become after the operation.
Eventually he realised that even if his intelligence surpassed everyone else’s, even the scientists that worked on him, he still is a child when it comes to his emotions. Being able to understand everything overwhelmed him that he struggled to make decisions, and to cope up with feelings that are very alien to him, like love.
Probably one of the best parts of the story is the relationship between Algernon and Charlie. He associates himself with the rat, and we get to perceive Algernon as a person because Charlie has given him a human qualities. The mouse became his companion, his best friend even. It makes sense though, if you think about it. They both had the same surgery, both are complete geniuses, and they are both alone. Charlie finds comfort in knowing that he is not alone. For an intelligent and lonely man like Charlie, Algernon became his refuge.
His past begins to resurface, flashes of scenes from the past hunt him in his dreams. He used the techniques “Free Associating” where you say elements in the dream and remember what connects it to real life events that had happened. He saw his mother trying to make him “normal like all the other boys”, his parents fighting because of him, and the birth of his sister which eventually lead to his mother becoming increasingly violent towards him. He was ready to forgive them, and he was ready to be with them.
His intelligence did not last long, and he expected this when Algernon showed signs of mental deterioration, which then ultimately lead to the rat’s death. Charlie buried him in the back yard, he wept and put flowers on his grave. He spent an enormous amount of time researching and experimenting, and with each progress report you can see that he was already struggling.
ARTIFICIALLY INDUCED INTELLIGENCE DETERIORATES AT A RATE OF TIME DIRECTLY PROPORTIONAL TO THE QUANTITY OF THE INCREASE
The last few progress reports that he was making slowly becomes hard to understand again. He could not spell words correctly anymore. It is a lot more painful to read now because he was struggling to find ways to make his entries coherent, for the researchers that would continue his work or would use his progress reports for science. You feel bad towards the end of the book. Half of you would think that it would have been better if he did not have the surgery, but the other half is happy it happened. Happy that he went through all the trouble, all the heartaches, all the uncertainties, because he was able to respect himself as a person. All his life he had been ridiculed, mocked, hurt, because of his mental state, to rise from the ashes of his past was his greatest achievement. For him to experience how it is to learn, to feel all kinds of emotions before his understanding completely leaves him, made it all worth it.
He was happy.
The academy award winning movie Charly (1968), was based on this novel. While this, in my opinion, is better than the TV-movie adaptation, it is VERY different from what you are going to read in the book. Better read the book first, I guess. Don’t worry,it is worth it.
Anyone who has common sense will remember that the bewilderments of the eyes are two kinds, and arise from two causes, either from coming out of the light or from going into the light, which is true of the mind’s eye, quite as much as of the bodily eye; and he who remembers this when he sees any one whose vision is perplexed and weak, will not be too ready to laugh; he will first ask whether that soul of man has come out of the brighter life, and is unable to see because unaccustomed to the dark, or having turned from darkness to the day is dazzled by excess of light. And he will count the one happy in his condition and state of being, and he will pity the other; or, if he have a mind to laugh at the soul which comes from below into the light, there will be more reason in this than in the laugh which greets him who returns from above out of the light into the den.
-The Republic, Plato (epigraph to Flowers for Algernon)
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A Song of Ice and Fire: A Clash Of Kings
You know that feeling when you’ve read a really good book, and suddenly find it scary to read the sequel because it might not be as good as the first one? Well, fret not, my friends! A Clash Of Kings not only proved itself a really good read, but has effortlessly laid out a story so suspenseful, so exhilarating, it almost made me cry. Anyway, if you have not read the first one, it is best not to continue because I know how spoilers ruin everything. But if you have, then let’s relive the experience!
A Clash Of Kings, is the second book of A Song of Ice and Fire series.
To referesh your memory, its predecessor, A Game Of Thrones ended with King Robert Baratheon’s mysterious death, Lord Eddard Stark’s beheading at the Great Sept of Baelor, and the capture of Jamie Lannister by Robb Stark. The crown was passed down to Joffrey Baratheon, but because he is too young to rule the Seven Kingdoms, Queen Cersei Lannister, Joffrey’s mother, acts as Regent and Protector of the Realm.She appoints her father, Lord Tywin Lannister as Hand of the King, this was then passed down temporarily to the Imp,Tyrion Lannister. Khal Drogo also did not escape death, only a few of his khal, including Ser Jorah Mormont, remained with Daenerys Targaryen. And finally, her dragon eggs hatched.
In the second installment, Robb Stark who is now Lord of Winterfell has been proclaimed King of the North by northern bannermen. Stannis Baratheon and Renly Baratheon lay claim on the Iron Throne held by boy-king Joffrey Lannister. Four men proclaiming themselves king of the realm has put Westeros in the brink of disaster. The appearance of a comet in the sky is considered to be an omen by the people and high houses.
From the Free Cities, there is also Daenerys Targaryen, the Queen across the water, where she is still looking for an army to help her get to the throne that she believes is rightfully hers.
The book still follows the characters from book one with the addition of Davos Seaworth who is Stannis Baratheon’s Onion Knight and former smuggler, and Theon Greyjoy who is the Stark’s ward for ten years. The things that happen to these people would make anyone cry, and laugh, and sometimes angry, all at the same time. When you think something is good is happening, like Robb Stark’s victory against Lannister men, the feeling of happiness will be dragged down suddenly by something bad, like Winterfell being taken by Theon Greyjoy. Martin did a great job in keeping readers at the edge of their seats, and when each of the chapters finish, before even starting the next one, you would just stop and let it all sink in first. He made it easy for readers to experience what the characters in the book are experiencing.
Davos Seaworth gave us a glimpse of what Stannis is planning. He has denounced his old gods, and has taken a new one when Lady Melisandre, a priestess of a god known as the Lord of Light, offered to help him. The powers Melisandre seems to call frighten people that they called it evil magic. Moreover, the burning of the statues of The Seven was seen by some of Stannis’ men as an act of insult to the gods they find hard to denounce.
Robb Stark is winning victory after victory against Lannister men, but is threatened by both Stannis and Renly. His sister Sansa Stark is stuck at King’s Landing and is now completely out of the illusion that Joffrey is a perfect gentleman. Joffrey would ask her guards to beat her up whenever Robb wins a battle. Arya Stark, who was able to escape in book one, disguised herself as an orphan boy and is making her way north, Yoren of the Night’s Watch is helping her. At Winterfell, Bran and Rickon Stark is being held captive by a former friend, Theon Greyjoy. Jon Snow, Eddard Stark’s bastard son, continues service in the Night’s Watch and has gone north with Samwell Tarly and Lord Commander Mormont beyond the Wall, where he discovers a threat of a different kind.
Tyrion Lannister, the Imp is a personal favourite. His humour and his intelligence is actually a breath of fresh air. His plots to always be one step ahead of his sister Cersei is very entertaining.
Catelyn Stark, strong as she was, becomes numb and cold, as everything around her just keeps falling apart. Makes her more human, actually. I think that would be a natural reaction when someone has gone through what she has experienced.
Daenerys Targaryen, not very surprising, has only a few chapters. But her moments in those chapters are crucial, and it gave us a glimpse of how she makes her decisions, because in the last book, it was mostly what Viserys wants, sometimes Drogo and Jorah, but not what she wants. This time, it is about her and her potential to rule.
Believe it or not, all that is just the tip of the iceberg. The book is quite long, and because of the POV type of chapters, it is confusing sometimes. It’s like you can’t ever take a break emotionally and mentally. Having said that, I still like the POV’s, because you know what is going on in their heads. And if you are already used to Martin’s style, you wouldn’t even mind the abrupt change in character and environment.
Now feast your eyes on the teaser trailer for the second season of HBO’s A Game of Thrones, which is based on this book.
A new season means new additions to the cast, check them out here!
It will be travelling through the airwaves and on to our television sets in April of this year. For more updates, visit their website.
I also found this cool wiki website for the whole series of A Song of Ice and Fire.
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Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
News from Den of Geek woke my spirits up this very gloomy day. At last the book by Seth Grahame-Smith, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, has released lenticular posters of the movie which will be released June 2012. But before we go there, it’s just right to first talk about the book.
I read this before reading Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, a bit weird as some people would say. What I love about it is that, Abe’s life must have been a bit dull for him to be able to incorporate vampire hunting in Abe’s life story. By dull, of course, I mean not as exciting as the book has described his life would be.
The synopsis reads:
“My baby boy…” she whispers before dying. Only later will the grieving Abe learn that his mother’s fatal affliction was actually the work of a vampire. Gifted with his legendary height, strength, and skill with an ax, young Lincoln sets out on a path of vengeance that will lead him all the way to the White house.
While Abraham Lincoln is widely lauded for saving the Union and freeing millions of slaves, his valiant fight against the forces of the undead has remained in the shadows for almost two hundred years–until Seth Grahame-Smith stumbled upon The Secret Journal of Abraham Lincoln. Now, using the journal as a guide, Seth reconstructs the true life story of America’s greatest president. For the first time ever, he reveals the hidden history behind Civil War—and uncovers the role vampires played in the birth, growth, and near death of the nation.
The book starts off with Seth getting a hold of Abe’s journal. This book sounded very convincing my head walked out of reality and believed that Abe is indeed a vampire hunter. A must read, for those of you who have not read it yet. I would also recommend that you read Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, especially if you’ve actually read the Jane Austen book, I think you’ll find Seth’s version interesting and still have the Austen feel to it.
As for the movie, no trailers have been released yet. But the posters look really really good, and this would probably be one of the movies I would watch out for. Plus, there will also be a Spielberg movie titled Lincoln, which just makes the whole thing interesting.
Anyway, here are the posters for the Timur Bekmambetov film. It will, of course, star Benjamin Walker as Abraham Lincoln, Dominic Cooper as Henry Sturgess, and Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Mary Todd Lincoln. (More here about the cast)
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A Song of Ice and Fire: A Game Of Thrones
A Game Of Thrones is the first of seven novels in George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series that was published on August 6, 1996. The current US paperback edition, which is the copy that I have right now, reads:
“In a land where summers can last decades and winters a lifetime, trouble is brewing. The cold is returning, and in the frozen wastes to the North of Winterfell, sinister and supernatural forces are massing beyond the kingdom’s protective Wall. At the center of the conflict lie the Starks of Winterfell, a family as harsh and unyielding as the land they were born to. Sweeping from a land brutal cold to a distant summertime kingdom of epicurean plenty, here is a tale of lords and ladies, soldiers and sorcerers, assassins and bastards, who come together in a time of grim omens. Amid plots and counterplots, tragedy and betrayal, victory and terror, the fate of the Starks, their allies, and their enemies hangs perilously in the balance, as each endeavors to win that deadliest of conflicts: the game of thrones.”
The story is set in the fictional continents of Westeros and Essos and is basically the struggle to claim the throne after the fall of House Targaryen and the death of King Robert Baratheon.
I just read A Game of Thrones and George did a great job describing everything from the image of the land to the emotions felt by each character perfectly. I am not sure if it was just this book or all the books that has been released so far, but it was described as the Kwisatz Haderach of fantasy, and I definitely agree. It’s like Paul Muad’dib Atreides wrote a book, I imagined, and brought life to the dune wasteland that is Arrakis.
It is a book that constantly, if I may say, wrinkles your brain. It came to a point where my brain had this whole web of events and characters, and when something “unexpected” happens, I get tangled in the middle. It was one of those reading experiences where you get so mad for not understanding something but could not really abandon the book, and rejoice when something you have predicted actually happened.
A Game of Thrones is also an HBO series. A lot of people are probably familiar with this, I know a couple of people who watched it first on HBO rather than read it. HBO-Asia just started showing it,two episodes every Sunday night. I am just happy they cut out some of the scenes because the parents liked it and so I’m watching it with them. But it really is awkward, although it did make me happy because for once, they know what I’ve been geeking about.
The series stars:
And the people responsible for the series:
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Find out more on the HBO:Game of Thrones website.
And, believe it or not, there is a board game. I thought it was a fan thing, I Googled it and it’s everywhere.
It is designed by Christian T. Petersen and was released in 2003 by Fantasy Flight Games.
Everything you need to know about A Game of Thrones:The Board Game will be in the website.
Anyway, that is A Game of Thrones. For those of you who have not read it, next time you visit your local book shops, you might want to pick this one up.
Enjoy!
The Hunger Games (Book)
I finally finished reading the books, and Stephen King was not exaggerating when he said he couldn’t stop reading it. I was able to finish the three books in three days! Yes, one book per day, finished it in under 15 hours too.
I read it because I got curious. A lot of people have been saying that it is a really good book, but because I’m not really into cheesy moments (I know it’s not a love story,but I cringed at some of the cheesy parts), which also actually plays a big part in the story, I didn’t really find it appealing. I used to just whizz by it in the bookshop, never really paid attention to it.
But because I wanted to get in the heap of book worms who are big fans of the book, I bought the set, and it is the best decision that I’ve made. I liked it. And I still am surprised that I liked it. And I’ve actually grown attached to it. It really is close to a perfect novel. I love the description of the action, the somewhat detailed accounts of the events that happened, although I have to admit, it fell short for me, because the book has a lot to offer and everything just kind of stuck to the action and nothing more. But I still love the book, enough that I’m forcing everyone that I know to read it.
Anyway, a little synopsis, for those who are still figuring out what I’m talking about (although I really doubt that there are people who’s still not familiar with the book):
Written by Suzanne Collins, the Hunger Games takes place in the future (no time period was mentioned) after the destruction of North America, in a nation now known as Panem. Now Panem consists of the wealthy Capitol and twelve surrounding districts. There used to be thirteen districts, but a rebellion against the Capitol in which the districts lost broke out and District 13 was destroyed to rubble.
As punishment for the rebellion, every year, one boy and one girl between the ages of 12 and 18 from each district are selected randomly to participate in the Hunger Games. The Hunger Games is a televised event in which the tributes from the districts fight to the death in a dangerous arena, until one remains standing to be crowned victor of the Games.
The story begins in District 12 where Katniss Everdeen, during reaping day, volunteered to take her sister’s place for the 74th Hunger Games, followed by a boy named Peeta Mellark whom Katniss knows from school and who once gave her bread when her family was starving.
I don’t want to spoil it, for those who have not yet been able to get their hands on the book, but a lot of exciting things happened since the reaping, and a lot of characters that I haven’t mentioned that plays an important role in the book.
AND! I originally wanted to post summaries of the three books, but then I realized, it would be better for people who haven’t read the books yet to just get a copy and read and judge it for themselves. The synopsis above should be enough, I’m hoping it’s enough, for you to read it. For those who have read it, then…HI! 
Now a movie will be coming out next year and I’m really excited to see it. Plus, the motion poster Lionsgate released was epic, it just added to my excitement.
Like the Lord of The Rings and other books that were made into a movie, we’ve all got that list in our heads, of actors who would perfectly portray the characters of the book. Of course, a fan would make sure that everything’s perfect, every detail followed, I’m not like that though.
I heard that there’s been a debate about the casting, most especially on casting Josh Hutcherson as Peeta Mellark and Liam Hemsworth as Gale, and believe it or not, even Lenny Kravitz as Cinna was questioned.
My reaction was different. I’m a bit of a hipster when it comes to things like this, my only fear when a good book is going to have a movie adaptation is that the movie might not give the book justice, and that I might end up hating the movie, and I don’t really want that to happen. But usually, whoever it is that the author and the director would choose for a certain character, I’m okay with it. And right now, the cast is perfect and spot on for me. The concern is just pulling it off, because while I don’t mind that certain details, like looks or whatnot, are not followed, I’m very particular with how they are going to show the personalities of the character, personalities we’ve come to love, that’s really where I geek out.
Again, I’ve been rambling about these things, thought you guys would want to know the cast too (I’m sure you know them already,but for the benefit of those who don’t and would want to “get into the action”).
The Cast of the Hunger Games:
It is Directed by Gary Ross (known for Pleasantville and Seabiscuit)
(Thanks IMDB!)
That’s probably it about the book and the movie. It’s just the waiting for the trailer that’s hard though. But hey, for the fans out there, this might keep you from going insane, it’s a fan-made site,it’s like Pottermore actually, only this one is called Panem October. You get sorted too, but in Districts. I don’t really know what will happen in October, but this is interesting enough that I signed up immediately.
I am in District 3.
Also, someone made Rue’s lullaby and The Hanging Tree song available on iTunes and Youtube. Again, it’s fan-made, but it actually has potential, especially The Hanging Tree.
While other’s have posted pictures of the actors on set, I’m not really sure you would want to see another blogsite showing the same pictures again, but if you haven’t seen them, there are pictures at the Hunger Games website, or you can just search on Google, you decide.
One final thing, and I intentionally saved this for last. For those who haven’t seen it, here is the Motion Poster for the Hunger Games
Motion Poster: The Hunger Games
“May the odds be ever in your favor”
