My dear girl friend is turning 40 so another gal and I attacked her with silly string, forced a princess crown on her head, and took her out to dinner and a movie. We ate Thai food at a kinda newish place while underneath a chandelier made of glass cups and laughed like ladies with kids laugh when there are no kids around. I don't get much Lady time, and it was fantastic! I highly recommend it. But you need to go find your own ladies.
We saw The Hunger Games, which I hadn't seen yet. I'd heard about this movie of course, because Bee, (did I tell you she will be 40?) has read all the books. I picked up the highly recommended book, opened it to the first chapter, saw that it was written in first person and set it back down.
I don't read first person perspective. (Have I blogged this as much as I've thought about it?) It's a general rule. I sometimes break this rule if I am really into the story idea and can make it through the first chapter. But since this book is also classified as Teen Fiction that counts as another strike against it.
I don't read Teen Fiction. Not since I was...a teen. And not really then.
I'm a snob. And I know I'm missing out. I will try a book by opening it up and checking HOW it's written. If the writer has never heard of Strunk & White, then I'm likely not to spend much time on the book because I'm going to edit (rewrite) the whole thing as I read it. After I check how the book is written, I have other filters I need to sift it though to see if it is worthy of my time or the purchase price. One might think I'm so picky that I never read anything. Ha. No. I read constantly.
So, anyway. Back to The Hunger Games.
I liked the movie. It was a bit long. Some scenes could have been, should have been shorter. Maybe it's just me, but I think I can take in visual detail pretty quickly. One doesn't need to linger, pause, or take long enough for a bathroom break.
I loath love triangles, and there was a bit of that. Bee says it's just a hint of a triangle that goes nowhere, but avoiding that hint is one of the things that will also make me avoid a story. I will stop a movie or a story in the middle if I feel the longing look of a love triangle coming on. And is it just me, or are teen fictions filled with love triangles all from the girls point of view. What is wrong with teen girls? Ick. Just. Ick.
But as a story, and seeing that the teens in the Hunger Games, for whatever reason, didn't act like real teens, I enjoyed it. And I wanted to know how it ended. Mostly I wanted to know if that evil leader oppressing the workers ever gets what's coming to him. So, as a franchise, I might watch these movies. I might even check out the books and read the last chapters to get the gist of the plot line.
But I'm still a snob.
I scented a love triangle. It's teen fiction. And it's third person perspective. Three strikes your out.
We saw The Hunger Games, which I hadn't seen yet. I'd heard about this movie of course, because Bee, (did I tell you she will be 40?) has read all the books. I picked up the highly recommended book, opened it to the first chapter, saw that it was written in first person and set it back down.
I don't read first person perspective. (Have I blogged this as much as I've thought about it?) It's a general rule. I sometimes break this rule if I am really into the story idea and can make it through the first chapter. But since this book is also classified as Teen Fiction that counts as another strike against it.
I don't read Teen Fiction. Not since I was...a teen. And not really then.
I'm a snob. And I know I'm missing out. I will try a book by opening it up and checking HOW it's written. If the writer has never heard of Strunk & White, then I'm likely not to spend much time on the book because I'm going to edit (rewrite) the whole thing as I read it. After I check how the book is written, I have other filters I need to sift it though to see if it is worthy of my time or the purchase price. One might think I'm so picky that I never read anything. Ha. No. I read constantly.
So, anyway. Back to The Hunger Games.
I liked the movie. It was a bit long. Some scenes could have been, should have been shorter. Maybe it's just me, but I think I can take in visual detail pretty quickly. One doesn't need to linger, pause, or take long enough for a bathroom break.
I loath love triangles, and there was a bit of that. Bee says it's just a hint of a triangle that goes nowhere, but avoiding that hint is one of the things that will also make me avoid a story. I will stop a movie or a story in the middle if I feel the longing look of a love triangle coming on. And is it just me, or are teen fictions filled with love triangles all from the girls point of view. What is wrong with teen girls? Ick. Just. Ick.
But as a story, and seeing that the teens in the Hunger Games, for whatever reason, didn't act like real teens, I enjoyed it. And I wanted to know how it ended. Mostly I wanted to know if that evil leader oppressing the workers ever gets what's coming to him. So, as a franchise, I might watch these movies. I might even check out the books and read the last chapters to get the gist of the plot line.
But I'm still a snob.
I scented a love triangle. It's teen fiction. And it's third person perspective. Three strikes your out.
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In the movie though, it's more of a love triangle than the book. It's actually pretty different... but also, don't read my book. You'll hate it, (first person, and written in my voice- not a taught one) and that would make me sad...
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