[#125] I Am Getting a Cold...
...And the sneezing is giving me a headache. Plus, I'm hungry and it's only 9:15am. It's days like this that I wish I ate breakfast more often. I may even leave after writing this post just to find something to eat. I know there's a cart around the corner--I'm sure their bagel with cream cheese can't be that terrible. Forget this, I went in between writing up THG section. XD TOO HUNGRY. (in case you're curious, the bagel was meh.)
i. My AU Prompt Meme is still going on! I've been writing steadily for the past few days so please know that even if I haven't gotten to your prompt (even though the only two left are both for Cyn >.>), I will get to it eventually! I promise that much. So please feel free to prompt! It seems 4/5 are to be continued drabbles (even though it was supposed to just be snippets, but my brain doesn't seem to agree).
ii. Guys. In less than a week I'll be 25. I know a bunch of you are already past that age, but this is weird for me. I can still remember being 14 and writing about 22-year-olds like they were adults. IDK. I know it's weird to say, but I don't know if I'm ready. I just feel like adulthood is closing in on me. I don't quite feel like I'm one just yet--I don't have the responsibilities most people my age have. But with another year past, I feel like I should get moving. But man is it easier to be stagnant. Sigh. All I hear in my head is my mom asking me, what I'm doing with my life. And when I'm going to do so-and-so, whatever so-and-so is. D: But really, it's not even that. I also hear myself echoing the same words. What do I want at this point? And trying to figure that out is even harder. So yeah, birthday impending only makes me pensive. >.< And it's twenty-five. If it was 24, it'd be a different story. But the roundness of 25 makes it feel like it's big. (So what if it's a quarter of a century, kiss my ass. XD)
iii. The Hunger Games: I went to see this movie last Friday, the day it came out, with C. So as my cut text said, there were THREE CLASSES. It was kind of ridic because both C and I were like.... I wish our classes had taken us to movies when we were kids. >.> So because of that, throughout the movie you would hear them yelling or wooting or whatever noises. Most of the time it worked, lol. But then it'd last a beat too long and I'd miss whatever was said afterwards. The only fallback. >.>
There was actually one funny exchange with a teacher of one of the classes where she asked C and I, "6th or 7th grade?" We were like, uh. Neither? We graduated? (and were subsequently offended because UGH. NOT AGAIN.) Except she repeated it and then we realized, she was actually asking us if we were one of the ...helpers. Or what do you call that when the parents are part of the field trip? I forget. And we're like, UM. NOT THAT EITHER. We're just here to see the movie. She gave us a weird look and said, "Oh. so you're just regular viewers." And we ofc went, YES. Then she left us alone. But it was funny because WTF. Unless you reserved the entire theater, YES, WE ARE REGULAR VIEWERS. ~_~;;
As for the movie itself, I didn't love it as much as I expected to. I don't know what I expected, but all I'd heard the week before the movie came out was how amazing it was. Maybe it was my atmosphere--I tend to get very mocky when I am around so many teenagers, but I felt more critical. There is one thing that I'm pretty sure I would've been annoyed at regardless of who was around me: the camerawork. It was definitely more annoying at the beginning of the movie when there were way too many close-ups and way too many quick take-aways. I understand what they were going for. It was the day of the Reaping and everyone was anxious and tensions were at a whole time high. And for that, their focus was scattered, never on one thing for too long. But it got aggravating after five minutes. >.<
That said, it eased up after that. There were still a few too many zooming in, but it was a lot easier to cope with. The second related to camerawork was the fight scenes. Now this one I'm giving them leeway because I anticipated they wouldn't be as great since they wanted to keep to their PG-13 rating. But because of that, we got shaky camera where you couldn't really follow what was happening. It's an unfortunate side-effect of them trying to make sure that it wasn't too gory. >.> But really, as soon as it started, I tried SO HARD to focus, but it didn't work.
Otherwise, I think I enjoyed most of everything else. The acting was aces (even though I hadn't thought very much of Lenny Kravitz as Cinna at the beginning--he proved me wrong). Although I still don't know how much I buy Woody Harrelson as Haymitch (he just doesn't look right--and that hair is absolutely hideous), he was VERY good. I like the slight changes they made, like having the commentary in between the actual game. I thought that was a nice touch. And seeing more of Seneca Crane and the behind-the-scenes. It was BEAUTIFUL seeing how they arranged the games. Something we would never have seen in the books since it was in Katniss' POV.
Actually seeing this movie made me hope that the final book, the one that kind of weakened because it was in Katniss' POV, will have all the information that we missed out on. That is my hope. Especially since from what I hear, they're splitting it into two movies. I can hope anyway.
Otherwise, I enjoyed it well enough. Just not as much as I anticipated. (I think I had more to talk about, but I can't remember right now--my cold is killing me.)
P.S. I may have said (okay, I did say) that I would mod newsficcon. Am I crazy? Yes. Will I enjoy every second of hecticness that comes with modding a fic exchange? Probably. Will I whine the entire way through? More than likely. lolol But it'll be exciting! I'm keeping the same schedule pretty much so expect sign-ups in mid-May! :D
P.P.S. Since I took this up, I decided not to sign up for je_otherworlds, but boy will I be following the shit out of that exchange, lol. AUs all the way?
i. My AU Prompt Meme is still going on! I've been writing steadily for the past few days so please know that even if I haven't gotten to your prompt (even though the only two left are both for Cyn >.>), I will get to it eventually! I promise that much. So please feel free to prompt! It seems 4/5 are to be continued drabbles (even though it was supposed to just be snippets, but my brain doesn't seem to agree).
ii. Guys. In less than a week I'll be 25. I know a bunch of you are already past that age, but this is weird for me. I can still remember being 14 and writing about 22-year-olds like they were adults. IDK. I know it's weird to say, but I don't know if I'm ready. I just feel like adulthood is closing in on me. I don't quite feel like I'm one just yet--I don't have the responsibilities most people my age have. But with another year past, I feel like I should get moving. But man is it easier to be stagnant. Sigh. All I hear in my head is my mom asking me, what I'm doing with my life. And when I'm going to do so-and-so, whatever so-and-so is. D: But really, it's not even that. I also hear myself echoing the same words. What do I want at this point? And trying to figure that out is even harder. So yeah, birthday impending only makes me pensive. >.< And it's twenty-five. If it was 24, it'd be a different story. But the roundness of 25 makes it feel like it's big. (So what if it's a quarter of a century, kiss my ass. XD)
iii. The Hunger Games: I went to see this movie last Friday, the day it came out, with C. So as my cut text said, there were THREE CLASSES. It was kind of ridic because both C and I were like.... I wish our classes had taken us to movies when we were kids. >.> So because of that, throughout the movie you would hear them yelling or wooting or whatever noises. Most of the time it worked, lol. But then it'd last a beat too long and I'd miss whatever was said afterwards. The only fallback. >.>
There was actually one funny exchange with a teacher of one of the classes where she asked C and I, "6th or 7th grade?" We were like, uh. Neither? We graduated? (and were subsequently offended because UGH. NOT AGAIN.) Except she repeated it and then we realized, she was actually asking us if we were one of the ...helpers. Or what do you call that when the parents are part of the field trip? I forget. And we're like, UM. NOT THAT EITHER. We're just here to see the movie. She gave us a weird look and said, "Oh. so you're just regular viewers." And we ofc went, YES. Then she left us alone. But it was funny because WTF. Unless you reserved the entire theater, YES, WE ARE REGULAR VIEWERS. ~_~;;
As for the movie itself, I didn't love it as much as I expected to. I don't know what I expected, but all I'd heard the week before the movie came out was how amazing it was. Maybe it was my atmosphere--I tend to get very mocky when I am around so many teenagers, but I felt more critical. There is one thing that I'm pretty sure I would've been annoyed at regardless of who was around me: the camerawork. It was definitely more annoying at the beginning of the movie when there were way too many close-ups and way too many quick take-aways. I understand what they were going for. It was the day of the Reaping and everyone was anxious and tensions were at a whole time high. And for that, their focus was scattered, never on one thing for too long. But it got aggravating after five minutes. >.<
That said, it eased up after that. There were still a few too many zooming in, but it was a lot easier to cope with. The second related to camerawork was the fight scenes. Now this one I'm giving them leeway because I anticipated they wouldn't be as great since they wanted to keep to their PG-13 rating. But because of that, we got shaky camera where you couldn't really follow what was happening. It's an unfortunate side-effect of them trying to make sure that it wasn't too gory. >.> But really, as soon as it started, I tried SO HARD to focus, but it didn't work.
Otherwise, I think I enjoyed most of everything else. The acting was aces (even though I hadn't thought very much of Lenny Kravitz as Cinna at the beginning--he proved me wrong). Although I still don't know how much I buy Woody Harrelson as Haymitch (he just doesn't look right--and that hair is absolutely hideous), he was VERY good. I like the slight changes they made, like having the commentary in between the actual game. I thought that was a nice touch. And seeing more of Seneca Crane and the behind-the-scenes. It was BEAUTIFUL seeing how they arranged the games. Something we would never have seen in the books since it was in Katniss' POV.
Actually seeing this movie made me hope that the final book, the one that kind of weakened because it was in Katniss' POV, will have all the information that we missed out on. That is my hope. Especially since from what I hear, they're splitting it into two movies. I can hope anyway.
Otherwise, I enjoyed it well enough. Just not as much as I anticipated. (I think I had more to talk about, but I can't remember right now--my cold is killing me.)
P.S. I may have said (okay, I did say) that I would mod newsficcon. Am I crazy? Yes. Will I enjoy every second of hecticness that comes with modding a fic exchange? Probably. Will I whine the entire way through? More than likely. lolol But it'll be exciting! I'm keeping the same schedule pretty much so expect sign-ups in mid-May! :D
P.P.S. Since I took this up, I decided not to sign up for je_otherworlds, but boy will I be following the shit out of that exchange, lol. AUs all the way?