Catching Fire: Even better than the book, though I think my previous knowledge of the book enhanced the experience, which might be cheating. They managed to avoid the rehash and instead expand the universe. The casting is still great, even if Finnick doesn't quite have the sexual presence of the role (but then, he's not my physical type, which may ( Read more... )

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I know I'm in an obsessive fannish mode right now and that this is annoying, but Jennifer Lawrence's Letterman interview is so adorably goofy I just have to post it:

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The one with Josh Hutcherson isn't half bad either, especially since Letterman insists that it would be way better to have Hutcherson's younger brother on there. :-)

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I have a feeling The Hunger Games might be one of those films I watch a couple of times in the cinema and then buy on DVD, because I have that same restless just-can't-get-enough feeling I had after the first Sherlock Holmes film (which I ended up seeing three times in the cinema). I've tried to sedate myself with cast interviews and old markreads ( Read more... )

I just got back from The Hunger Games, mere days after re-reading the book for work, and I'm not disappointed. I love the books lots, and this was very recognizably The Hunger Games, in a way that was as satisfying as it could ever have been with a PG-13 rating.

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Rumour has it that Mattel is looking to release a Hunger Games Barbie doll. Part of me hopes it's just a rumour, while another part hopes it's true, because laughing this hard MUST be good for my health. (The Hunger Games nail polish line seems to be genuine. Oh world. *g ( Read more... )

I really am quite stupid sometimes. I've obviously known for quite a while that I'm a dedicated Moffat fangirl, and more-or-less why that is, and I've also known that I prefer minor characters to main ones, and why. Yet it wasn't until I started my reply to this post that I realized it's the same reason: I like being allowed to figure characters ( Read more... )