So it's March Break here this week, which doesn't affect me at all since I must continue to go to work every day. But most of my nephews and nieces are off of school, including the homeschooling ones. One of my nephews read the Hunger Games books a while back and has been wanting to watch the films, so a few of us have been watching the movies this week- The Hunger Games on Monday night, Catching Fire last night, and tonight we're going to be watching Mockingjay- Part I. The plan is to continue with Part II and then watch the new prequel, The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes. Of the movie watchers, I'm the only one who hasn't read the books. I've also never seen any of the films, so I'm pretty clueless as to the plot(s) other than what I've gleaned from social media, of course. I was a little reluctant to watch the series, as I've been burned before... my sisters occasionally catch me in a weak moment and get me to agree to watch some lame rom-com or angsty young adult movie and those are usually pretty grim fare. And the last time one of them talked me into watching movies based on a series of YA novels I hadn't read, it was the Twilight films. A ghastly experience, and one I did not have the intestinal fortitude to endure; I managed to sit through the first movie, fell asleep during the second one, and skipped out on the rest. So I was understandably a little trepidatious about attending The Hunger Games watch party, but after all, I reasoned, no one will be glittering in the sun or changing into wolves, so how bad could it be? And so far, the answer is that it's not nearly as bad. I realize that's not exactly an enthusiastic endorsement... "The Hunger Games: better than Twilight"... but it's an accurate one. Not that I'm saying that's the only positive about the movies either, but I'll go into that further when I write a review when we finish the films. For now I'll just say that I'm having a much better time watching them than I thought I would.
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