After reading, and re-reading the Hunger Games trilogy, I am beyond ready for the midnight movie premier TONIGHT!! Well, that’s to say that I’m excited. I’ll admit, after the blazing heat, trekking through the fire station and family farm store on a pre-school field trip, an impromptu appointment at the salon and now catching up on a few things at school – I’m a bit sleepy already. I’m sure I’ll get a second (and hopefully third) wind and be ready to go tonight!
In no particular order, here are a few things on my mind as I prepare to watch the on-screen adaptation tonight:
- Will they change Peeta’s name to Peter? I saw something recently that made it seem they do…if so, ick!
- Will the gravity of the games come through when you’re shown the story instead of creating it in your imagination?
- Are there going to be equal parts adults and students in attendance? Will there be more middle or high school students? Boys or girls?
- Have my students who are going tonight actually read the book? The entire series? I know some have, but others I’m uncertain.
- Is there a way to create this kind of excitement around other books and series – does there need to be a movie to generate such buzz?
- Am I completely bonkers for attending a midnight premier on Thursday and then chaperoning a youth group Lock-in on Friday?! (Answer: Yes!)
This post was written as part of a monthly challenge sponsored by Two Writing Teachers, to encourage writing and community.
The goal is to write a Slice of Life entry each day throughout the month of March.
I’m going to the midnight show tonight, too!!! I think most of my students are going on either Friday night or Saturday. We did our Mini-Thon lock-in last week and I was up all night with students then and managed to do okay on just a couple of hours of sleep on Saturday. I’m hoping the same will be the case for tomorrow – I’m going to take a nap before we go and I guess you’d call it a nap after the movie – I need to be at school no later than 7 tomorrow.
So if you’re bonkers, I am, too. 🙂
Looking forward to your thoughts tomorrow!
Did you hear/read NPR’s movie review? Check it out here: http://www.npr.org/2012/03/22/148941034/acting-trumps-action-in-a-games-without-horror
I went to The Hunger Games bread making class for the library it was alot of fun you should have came!
You should check out my post on the class.
http://rachealb2017.edublogs.org/2012/03/22/solsc-2012-2231/
Oh my gosh… I lived the movie!! I thought they could of done some stuff different and more like the book but I still loved it! What did you think about the movie?