Book vs. Movie

I never jumped on the Twilight or Harry Potter bandwagons. In fact, I made fun of the people who did. There, I said it. And if you know me IRL at all, you know this is true.

I typically always read any book before the movie comes out. If I see the movie first, I won't read the book. I guess I think of the book as the "original". 

I can't really think of any book/movie combo that has really matched up for me and been exceedingly awesome. The movie, My Sister's Keeper was awful. The Time Traveller's Wife didn't go enough in depth. P.S. I Love You was the closest I remember coming to being satisfied with the book compared to the movie.

Basically, I always prefer the book over the movie. 

Where I'm going with this is that I'm tired of being asked about my love of Harry Potter or Twilight, or whatever, whenever someone finds out that I. Can't. Wait. to see The Hunger Games. I read the books a couple of summers ago when I was first told about them. I thought about re-reading them this week because I have forgotten minor details. But then I told myself NO! DON'T!

If I would have read the books again, I'd probably get all hung up on the discrepancies between the book/movie. So, I'm going into this with a fuzzy memory of what'll happen. I remember enjoying the books so much that I finished the first one in three hours. I couldn't put it down. I hope the movie delivers.

I hate to think of what they might turn this into. You know, a group of teen girls screaming over the hotness of the guys in the movie or whatever. Think, Twilight. All that hype. That annoys the shit out of me. That's not what this is about. I haven't really gotten that feeling yet, so maybe those annoying kids won't ruin it for me. For the record, I never read any of the Twilight or Harry Potter books. So not my thing.

I never could get C to read The Hunger Games books. He's too wrapped up in his electronics (iPad, iPhone, laptop) and cartoons (Futurama, Family Guy, American Dad) to read an actual book. And yes, sometimes I wonder if he's 13. Let it be known that he used to read all the time. 

It's all good though, at least he doesn't have any expectations. I know he'll like the movie if it's anything like the book because it's something right up his alley. In fact, when we first saw the trailer, he turned to me and said, "That's something that you actually read? Doesn't look like you're kind of thing." Thanks, honey.

I bought our tickets at the beginning of the week. Is it 9:30 on Friday evening yet?