Thoughts on The Giver script

My thoughts on the script for The Giver. Spoilers for the book and movie.

( My thoughts )

Because I am obsessive...

All right, my efforts to discover the secrets of the blank page have thus far yielded no fruits, but I refuse to give up! gyhahaha. **claps hands over ears and yells, "lalalalala-not-listening!" whilst others explain in calm, soothing tones that it's just a piece of paper** Seriously, the other night I actually broke out the hair dryer in an attempt to see if the heat would reveal any hidden messages ala National Treasure, a movie which I surprisingly didn't dislike. I mean, I loath Nicholas Cage (I do cut him some slack for Adaptation, but ugh. Still not a fan.), but I was able to ignore him. And, really, I actually enjoyed the movie. Of course, there were some good moments to make fun of, of which we naturally took advantage. I loved how every evil guy was foreign- and they were all like different nationalities. ...But I digress.

The hairdryer thing was useless. And I succeeded only in blowing a huge stack of my manuscript, which in my genius I had decided not to staple, all over the place. Yet, I will persevere. **cue melodramatic music and semi-transparent flapping American flag backdrop** I will not little things like ruined manuscripts or reality stand in my way! I will shed light on the mysterious blank paper and gain the knowledge there written! I will triumph!!

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...ahem... Yes.

Quasi-appropriate Quote:
"What's difficult we do at once. The impossible takes a little longer." - H. Wouk

Just Jack!

I'll admit I was both super excited and exceedingly nervous when I found out they were making another All the King's Men movie. The book was pretty tedious (at least for my 10th grade self) to get through in the begining...and middle, but the ending was so awesome. I remember jumping up when a certain revelation was made concerning ( semi-spoilers )

. And Sean Penn is in the movie! Yay! (I have faith in his ability to pull off Willie.) And Kate Winslet! Yay! And Anthony Hopkins! Yay! And Jude Law... Huh? Now, I don't have a problem with Law in general, but I just couldn't see him playing Jack. And I hoped they weren't gonna change him into some kind of token-hot-hero. (Hero should probably be in quotes, but it threw off my dashy - things.) But this picture has kinda relieved some of my fears. He looks at least semi-dumpy. From USA today: