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bogkeep · 1 year ago

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i saw the hunger games prequel movie last night! i haven't read the book for it but i thought it was pretty good, especially the first part. i have a lot of fond memories from the heyday of the hunger games trilogy, so it was exciting and nostalgic to have a new experience.

that said 2 hours and 37 minutes is a RIDICULOUS runtime. remember when movies used to be 90 minutes

#i think the hunger games were the first books i read on kindle #and i went to all the midnight premieres i think #i had a mockingjay from a popcorn box on my locker at school #(until it disappeared and it was a Whole Thing)#i played an extra (and also foxface) in a local cosplayer's parody videos #actually during one of the premieres i was dressed as a capitol person and drew winners for a lottery #GOOD TIMES #i havent read the prequel book bc i wasn't sure how i felt about having the Backstory Of The Antagonist #especially not if it was gonna be about some doomed romance #but as it turns out it's actually very interesting worldbuilding bc it goes to the early days of the hunger games #and also there's folk music <3 #the hunger games is a really good series actually. it knows what it's about #the YA dystopia genre has a Reputation for sure but the problem it has is bc they like the aesthetics of dystopia #and make up things to be dystopic about. which is a risky move #i think sarah z made a whole video on that it's good #i just. now that time has passed i have more of an appreciation for the hunger games and how good those books are #im having Feelings about things but im so so so exhausted i can't word things rn #it's like. it's a story about propaganda. and how the revolution sings.

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