So, Mark and I got our engagement photos taken on Monday by the amazing Steven, and today I got to see them. They are so wonderful and I couldn’t be more pleased with how they turned out. When Mark comes home tonight we have to pick two of our favorites, and Steven is going to retouch those for us as well. I have an idea of my two, but Mark should get some say, right?
Here are a few of my top choices!
So, about three days before WonderCon, I began reading “The Hunger Games.” Two days ago, I finished book three: “Mocking Jay.”
I tear through books when I want to, and this trilogy was definitely one that cannot be put down. I loved the story, the writing style, all of the characters and Suzanne Collins painted such wonderful/terrifying images through her masterful use of imagery.
The Monday after the movie came out, Mark and I went to see it in theaters (Mark had also finished book one by this point).
I can’t say that I didn’t like he movie. The casting was wonderful, and artistically the film was fantastic. I thought the opening scenes in District 11 were amazing, and Willow Shields who played Prim, had me sobbing during the reaping.
But I had some issues. Rather than tell you each of them individually, I found this awesome graphic, that should explain why the movie was so inferior to the books. Don’t get me wrong, I still enjoyed it…but the less than climactic ending had me wanting the books intensity. I still enjoyed it, and did find it beautifully acted.
But yeah…These were the issues.
