Hungry (for movies)

On Thursday night my friends and I decided to be reckless, we went to a midnight premier at the theaters. I know, we're such rebels. But mostly because we saw this movie....

Okay, I lied. That movie isn't even out yet. But you have to admit, it would have been kind of funny. There was nothing funny about the movie that we saw however, it was serious. No games. 

(That's also kind of a joke because we saw "The Hunger Games".)

However, the movie was actually serious and extremely good - well, we all enjoyed it... along with hordes of junior high girls.

Overall the movie was well done. For those of you who don't know this movie was based off of a book written a few years ago, and no, it was not originally written to become a teenage fan craze. Or at least in my opinion it wasn't. However, it has become one, which is unfortunate as there are actually some deep themes in these books (it's a trilogy). 

Regardless of hype however, I did enjoy the movie. Immensely. You see, ever since I read these books - BEFORE they were mainstream, and in fact when they first came out... just for the record people - since I read these books I've been waiting for the movie. In fact, WHILE I was reading them I was thinking how great the movie would be if it existed. And now it does! So that is basically fantastic.

My friend Kellyn's awesome earrings (which are vaguely Hunger Games inspired).

And how cool can I get? Since I'm no longer in high school I have to bring homework to movie theaters.  With my headlamp. Because there's no other way, obviously. 

Also, here they don't make you wait outside theaters for midnight premiers! Probably because the movie theater is inside the indoor mall... repeat INDOOR. Take a hint SB - no sitting on sidewalks in the freezing cold. I guess to their credit however is does actually reach below zero here. Dang it. Also, their theater had like 30+ screens which is also crazy. It was like a hallway of mirrors - only theaters. The place was huge people. 

One last note - as weird as you all might think that I look there were BY FAR much crazier outfits than my getup. The plot line revolves around craziness essentially so there were people with bright pink hair, bows and arrows strapped to their backs, eyelashes out to here, and painted beards. It was kind of weird, not going to lie. 

One last (other) note - in terms of the movie: The movie was actually done fairly well. I didn't have high expectation because movies based on books are usually cheesy and not that great. However, the effects, the costuming, and the camera work was phenomenal. Okay, maybe not completely phenomenal but it WAS very well done. The acting was a little less well done but overall, especially since it mostly stayed true to the books, this is a movie you should see. 

**Unless you are under a certain age because this movie was certainly NOT PG13, it was very graphic and gory and did not hold back in anyway. I'm still trying to figure out how they got away with rating it PG13** 

All in all, a good night that college should have more of. Next year.... next year....