This weekend I flew through Mockingjay, the final book of Suzanne Collins' Hunger Games trilogy, and tweeted as much love as you can stuff into 140 characters the minute I finished. I found the book pretty much a perfect realization of my wants from the final chapter. Everything fell into place effortlessly. An extremely satisfying conclusion, and one that left me mourning the story's end. I will miss Katniss and all the folks of the thirteen colonies...Until the movie happens, of course! Lionsgate bought the rights a couple of years ago, and EW is assuming that now that the book trilogy has finished they're gonna start to move ahead with the movies. I don't know where they found any facts to back up that assumption, but I like the way it sounds anyway so I won't argue.
At least with that point. What I will argue with is that link to EW is mainly a call to play the casting game and their recommendation for Katniss, the lead character in the books, is Chloe Moretz.
Breathe. Breathe. Deep breaths. Deep breaths.
Since I knew the books would probably get turned into movies at some point I played the casting game in my head now and then but not once did that girl spoil my thoughts. And now they unleash this horror upon me? No! A thousand times no! I will not mingle that ham's face with my beloved Katniss. Never!
I have high hopes that they've been biding their time with the books in order to get things right. To go the JK Rowling route, and really get the version truest to the tales, from the page to the screen. So many of these kid's book series have been turned to dust by the stupidity of the Hollywood machine churning them out, I'd hate to see this awesome series fall prety to the same bad instincts. Do this series right!
But EW has a newer post on the casting matters at hand today, thankfully leaving that girl behind, and there be polls to vote in. I don't really have any rec's for characters, I am dork enough to cling to the hopes they'll find unknowns. Their suggestions for Gale are especially ridiculous - somewhere between Taylor Lautner and Skeet Ulrich, eh? That's what y'all see when you read the book? Were you holding it upside down while on fire? Good grief.
So to those of you out there who love the series like I do - any casting suggestions? Or do you hope they go and find a nobody like Danny Radcliffe all their own? And if anyone else finished the book this weekend feel free to share your thoughts. I'm sad letting it go.
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Chloe will probably only be considered if "Let Me In" is a big hit. Yet another check mark in the "Just Don't See It, My God!" column.
Find some unknowns...all of their suggestions for Katniss look way too bright in the eyes, anyway.
(I mean perky)
But Kristen Chenowith (damn me and my spelling) as Effie is inspired. I pictured her as younger, but damn.
Totally, Simon! Cheno's def. too old now but still COMPLETELY PERFECT all the same. They just need to use that technology they used on Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart in XMen 3 to age them young again on her for the part.
I love the books--I'm 1/2 way thru Mockingjay. I hope they go with unknowns. When my bookclub discussed the first two books we had some good ideas for minor characters, but I can't think of any of those now. But yes, unknown actors would be great!
Still formulating my thoughts, though I can say that I didn't come away blah or disappointed.
I always pictured Finnick Odair looking like Taylor Kitsch in my head. Mainly so I could picture TK in as little clothing as possible.
Alexander Skarsgard for Finnick please. Amen.
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