Usually I'm a die hard READ THE BOOKS FIRST kinda gal, but lately, all books are being made into movies. And I can't help but feel disappointed when the characters or storyline do not meet my imagination's expectations.
Take Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum novels... no fan would have picked Katherine Heigl to be there Plum. We imagined a young Mira Sorvino. But Katherine was not the only misfit, because the dude who played Morelli was even worse. I had high hopes for my cupcake, but I was sorely disappointed.
Which brings me back to my point:
Read the books, watch the movie, be disappointed.
Watch the movie, read the books, no disappointment.
I couldn't do that this time. Catching Fire was so explosive and I just could not cliff hang for the next two years. The story is fantastic. Katniss is such a wonderful confused mess that I can't help but wonder if Suzanne Collins has had similar man issues in her lifetime. I hope not.
I've now seen the movie twice in the cinema and streamed a horrible bootleg version. I checked IMdB for release dates on Mockingjay and low and behold they are splitting the last book into two movies. Much to my dismay and disgust because what if I die between now and then?
November 2014
November 2015
Can't come soon enough.
Since I ranted so bad about Stephanie and Morelli, I have to give credit where credit is due.
I LOVE Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson as Katniss and Peeta. They are so great together on and off screen. If Jennifer and Josh are reading, please get married to one another and have lots and lots of babies together. Those two from Twilight really let me down with their shenanigans, but you can totally restore my faith in love.
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