"May the odds be ever in your favour!"

Hello!
We watched the Hunger Games with a rather large group of friends on Friday.
This won't be a review of the film, but just my opinion.
I liked it. It was a successful interpretation of the book, but I think the book was so much better.
I liked the camera and filming, I liked Jennifer Lawrence and her acting, I could keep going on because the list is long.
Something that crushed my hopes and dreams was how some of the characters looked, because that was just not how I saw them when I was reading the book. Haymitch, Gale, Peeta, and Rue too. In the book Katniss said Rue reminded her of Prim, so I thought Rue was a tiny blonde girl. I think they did an awesome job on the people of the Capitol and Effie—although they did miss her pink and orange hair. Oh and Cinna was just like I imagined him.
I was also bothered by how they changed some of the scenes, like how Katniss got the mockingjay pin (Ezgi said she didn't mind, but for some reason it bothers me), some other scenes, and then the last scene in the arena. In the book scene, there are more than 3 dogs—about 13-16—and they all look like one of the tributes that died earlier on. I remember very clearly Katniss describing one of the dogs which reminded her of Glimmer—green eyes and blonde fur. I think Thresh (the male tribute of District 11) died in that scene. And also, Peeta's leg was in extremely bad condition. So bad that after the games they had to replace his leg with a metal one. In the book every single scene was more intense. The book was from Katniss' perspective and there was almost no dialogue except between Katniss and Peeta or the Carriers during the Games. It was all Katniss' thoughts and descriptions. That way you learn so much more about everything in the book. Because of that, Rue's death is sadder in the book.
I think that was all that made me think the movie was great, but not perfect.

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I finished most of my homework today. I'm happy about that.

I realized the Wrath of the Titans was out. I want to see it with friends who like Greek mythology, but one of them doesn't seem to like me anymore—he's been acting different and keeping his distance from me—and I'm going to Istanbul next week, so I bet they'll see it without me.
Oh well, I guess.

I'm sad I'm going to miss every single English class next week. I really enjoy reading Julius Caesar. And I'm probably going to miss the act I'm most excited about. Fffff.

I went shopping. I don't do that very often, and I don't enjoy it either. But I got some new stuff (pants mostly).

And I met some really cool people. I think I want to hang out with them more. :)

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