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[lotus0kid]

Going to see The Hunger Games in a bit. I'm really not particularly interested in reading the books, but I've heard very good things about this movie, so I'm checking it out. Also, as some review or other said, the subject matter is so much about the visual that I think a movie might be the best format for it

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[gingerberrysnap]

I have practically no interest in reading The Hunger Games books either. I keep seeing people on my dash losing their minds over it, but then in the same breath they talk about how much Catching Fire and Mockingjay suck. So I'm not going to waste my time.

But I think I'll eventually see the movie just for pop culture knowledge reasons.

[lotus0kid]

I do kind of want to know what happens in the sequels, because it's such a screwed up world and it'd be nice to know things get better eventually. However, I've got The Hobbit to read now, so...

[visiblemarket]

I hope you enjoy The Hunger Games. I loved it when I first saw it, but thinking back I'm kind of wondering how good it is from the POV of someone who hasn't read the book. I've heard different things: one of the people I saw it with hadn't read the books and was like "It blew my mind!" and some other people have been like, meh.

You know, I miss writing Peter, more than I miss writing Claude. I mean I love them both, it's just the headspace that Claude required was so exhausting to me sometimes, and it just took more effort. Peter was so...not simple, not even straightforward, but I guess with more canon to go on and more openness it was just easier for me sometimes. Plus he was sweet, and I miss that.

[lotus0kid]

It was pretty good. Sad, though. Jennifer Laurence is great. I'm tempted to spoil myself for the sequels just to know that things get better in this effed up society.

Ye-eah, Peter was easier, no doubt. But Claude was always surprising me with his reactions to things. That was super fun. Anyway, now there's the option of screwed-up post-S4!Peter, who I haven't really tried to wrap my head around yet.

[visiblemarket]

Ahaha, no, it does not get better in that effed up society. I haven't read the books yet, but I spoiled myself (mostly to figure out whether I wanted to emotionally invest in any of the characters) and...yeah no. Terrible things. ETA: And yes, isn't Jennifer Lawrence fantastic? The book is Katniss first person POV and she was scarily good at depicting a lot of the thought processes that are in there.

Well Peter had his own interesting things going, more so as time went on and shit kept happening to him. But even his background and how he turned out was pretty cool to think about. The potential for Angela & Peter trying to figure out how to live with themselves and each other was worth exploring too and I was always tempted. I wish I'd done more with that.

[lotus0kid]

Ah, well, okay then. She is- it killed me when she was in the tube about to go up into the arena, and you could see just how freaking terrified she was. Ugh, so effed up.

Perversely, I really love the idea of a Peter who ends up more screwed up than Claude by the end. I really will write about it, some time, I just.. need to finish my Frankenstein!Belle idea first.