EEeeeee! *fannish happiness*
Tomorrow when the War Began trailer is now out! Okay, I knew the film was happening but now there's an actual trailer for it and I am SO excited. :D This was one of my all-time favourite book series as a teen and it's the one Yuletide request that I ALWAYS ask for, although it's not been filled as of yet. Hopefully the film coming out will generate more interest in the series.
For those of you who don't know, "Tomorrow when the War Began" - first book in a seven book YA series that follows a group of Australian teenagers as they return from a camping trip to find Australia invaded and they gradually become a guerilla/resistance group to survive. I've heard it compared as an Australian "Red Dawn" but not having seen that movie, all I'll say is that the series is seriously good - it balances wartime trauma and being a solider with everyday teenage life like first love, sex and complicated friendships really well.
After seeing the trailer... to be honest, I'm not quite sure about some of the actors but of course, you have to give them a chance to see them in action. Don't mess it up writers/actors/directors of this film!
Hell
Ellie Linton narrates the books and I assume in the film as well
Corrie, Ellie's best friend
Corrie with her boyfriend Kevin
Homer - Ellie's neighbour and guy best friend (and I DEFINITELY approve of this casting)
Fi, who seems to be a bit sexed-up in the film, compared to the books
Group, including the other main characters - Kevin, Fi, Lee (♥!), Ellie, Corrie, Robin
Motocycle riding is serious business
Recon
Things (and people) are getting blown up!
LEE/ELLIE (*draws hearts around seeing one of fav fictional canon 'ships onscreen*)
So, the actor doesn't quite fit my version of Lee but he goes a long way to getting me on his side in this picture. :)
mybabyangel, labellementeuse, other LJ antipodeans on the flist... what kind of reaction/advance press has the trailer received? I know the books were/are pretty popular in your neck of the woods. :)
For those of you who don't know, "Tomorrow when the War Began" - first book in a seven book YA series that follows a group of Australian teenagers as they return from a camping trip to find Australia invaded and they gradually become a guerilla/resistance group to survive. I've heard it compared as an Australian "Red Dawn" but not having seen that movie, all I'll say is that the series is seriously good - it balances wartime trauma and being a solider with everyday teenage life like first love, sex and complicated friendships really well.
After seeing the trailer... to be honest, I'm not quite sure about some of the actors but of course, you have to give them a chance to see them in action. Don't mess it up writers/actors/directors of this film!
Click to view Hell
Ellie Linton narrates the books and I assume in the film as well
Corrie, Ellie's best friend
Corrie with her boyfriend Kevin
Homer - Ellie's neighbour and guy best friend (and I DEFINITELY approve of this casting)
Fi, who seems to be a bit sexed-up in the film, compared to the books
Group, including the other main characters - Kevin, Fi, Lee (♥!), Ellie, Corrie, Robin
Motocycle riding is serious business
Recon
Things (and people) are getting blown up!
LEE/ELLIE (*draws hearts around seeing one of fav fictional canon 'ships onscreen*)
So, the actor doesn't quite fit my version of Lee but he goes a long way to getting me on his side in this picture. :)
mybabyangel, labellementeuse, other LJ antipodeans on the flist... what kind of reaction/advance press has the trailer received? I know the books were/are pretty popular in your neck of the woods. :)