The Hunger Games Movie Review

M: Anyone who has read us consistently knows that all three of us are big fans of The Hunger Games book, and have been eagerly anticipating the movie.

E: Huge fans.  I found the series when the third in the trilogy (Mockingjay) came out and devoured them all.  Then I gave them to Mrs. M for her birthday, and M read them instead.

M: Not instead, just first.  Mrs M devoured them at almost the same time.  Get it straight.

E: Fine, whatever.  We spread the love to Mr E., our parents, C, her roommates, talked about it with Mr. E’s brother and nieces, with friends old and new…  Seriously, if you haven’t read the books, do it!  Do it now!

M: E and I, together with a bunch of friends, went and saw it on opening weekend.  C, unfortunately, could not make the several hour trip up to watch it with us.  We had a great time, and to avoid burying the lead, we all greatly enjoyed the movie.  That doesn’t mean we didn’t have our issues, which we’ll get into, but the important thing is that the issues that we did have are more nit-picky, and come from wanting the movie to be as good as the book, which is pretty much impossible.

August Movie Preview

M: Usually any weekend after the first week of August is akin to January or February, a time for studios to dump out the dregs that they have collected over the year, except that in August some people actually go see them, even if they stink.  This year it seems to be the month of the remake or reboot or other form of movie, script or idea recycling.

E: Er, which makes it different from the rest of 2011 how?

C: In no way at all.  So let’s get to the quibbling.

Music Review: Mumford and Sons

M: Let me start out by saying two things: first, that this will not be a technical “review”, analyzing the music or trying to come up with a witty phrase like “I’ve seen the future of rock and roll, and it’s name is Bruce Springsteen”, and second, that I completely understand that no one reads out music posts.  To all you folks who pop in here to read E‘s reviews of The Good Wife, I know this isn’t what you come here for, and to our closest friends and family who will read this out of a sense of obligation, bear with me as I share with you about the first band that has REALLY piqued my interest in a long, long time.

Chatter: James McAvoy, Scarlett Johansson and Zombies

M: As you may or may not know, my sisters are both HUGE Jane Austen fans. Me? Let’s just say there are a few authors ahead of her on my list.  However, today we came across some news about a movie project based on a book… based on a book by Jane Austen.   That’s right, Seth Grahame-Smith’s send up, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.  What follows is the quibbling discussion that ensued.

Fall TV Preview 2010: Saturday/Sunday

M: Saturdays is a vast wasteland in the TV universe where networks throw up reruns of what people may have missed during the week or college football (which I am a fan of, but E and C would rather watch paint dry).  Sundays are somewhat more populated, so we combined them.  Without further ado:

Titles in blue are new this season.

Each * means one Quibbling Sibling will be tuning in.

Underlining means we’ll be providing a weekly review!

If you missed, or need to look back at any of the other days, they are here: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday.