Talkie Tuesday: Catching Fire

 

"Nobody ever wins the Games."

 

Hello everyone!

 

With this blog post I will finally have every single movie of this franchise written up and reviewed on the blog. This is an exciting day!

 

Well, exciting in the sense that this is one mission accomplished at least, if nothing else.

 

The one thing that usually bugs me to no end is when I have to sort of hit pause midway through, but I didn't even realize that I only had the last two movies for this one.

 

In any event, we are now headed into the sequel of last week's blog choice.

 

As you may have noticed, I've fallen into the dystopian future reading hole at the moment, as I'm also debating maybe reading Divergent again at some point or other, but for the most part I wanted to see whether or not I would still dislike this trilogy as much as I did back then.

 

Turns out I don't. I actually really like it.

 

That doesn't mean Catching Fire is the best movie ever, but it IS good!

 

Talkie Tuesday: The Hunger Games

 

"And may the odds be ever in your favour."

 

Hello everyone!

 

Yes, I've fallen into a dark hole with this. No, I don't really feel like apologizing. 

LOL.

I don't really know why I'm so into this series right now, considering everything, but it looks as though I'm going to go through the rest of the books and movies I don't have on the blog yet (I'm missing both the remaining books and one more movie) so I mean, fun I guess?

There's always fun to be had when you have big blockbuster movies like that.

But I will say I've definitely remembered why I liked these movies as opposed to some others (looking at you, Divergent), as they follow the books pretty closely and make actual adaptations not 'based off of' kind of flicks.

The difference is pretty massive, depending on what explanation you're going for.

As this adaptation knows what it's doing, however, let's just jump right into The Hunger Games!

Talkie Tuesday: The Mockingjay, pt. 2

"She has become mythical."

Hello everyone!

So this past Saturday, IT HAPPENED.

You know what I'm talking about. 

THE MOCKINGJAY.

Part 2.

Can you tell I'm excited yet?

I will admit. The Hunger Games as a whole have never been one of my favourite dystopian stories (I prefer the Divergent series books), but the movies have certainly made it likeable despite everything, and like everyone who has been following them, I wanted to see if the ending would be just as everything was in the books, or what was promised.

Turns out, it was, and with the impact of it happening on-screen, it was even better.

Talkie Tuesday: The Mockingjay, pt. 1

Hello everyone!

I seem to always start the blog with the same two words - oops! Oh well, I guess I'll eventually figure out a better greeting or something. In the meantime, I'm going to jump right into the movie review for this week, and I think you're going to like the topic. Or I hope you will! 

This past weekend, I got some much-needed friend time in, as a couple of my girlfriends got together for a movie night. Honorary mention goes to: boyfriend of one of them, who had to put up with FOUR women all on his own through the movie, and then the subsequent conversation after it was over. Thumbs up and a whole lot of stars, considering it really can't have been easy, but we DID have a blast, all of us! The Mockingjay was picked because, back when the last part of the Hobbit was playing in cinemas, there was a consensus that it would be viewed in theatre, and then we'd get together for the Mockingjay later on, all of us, in the comfort of someone's home, where we could just relax, unwind, and comment to our hearts' content. That's precisely what we did, and if the movie itself lacked in substantial action, at least there were four others around you who felt the same way and you could complain out loud! 

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