I have an admission to make. I have not seen Hunger Games. Honestly. I haven’t. It’s been out more than a week. A very good friend of mine has seen it already. Twice. And is thinking of going again. I haven’t seen it. I haven’t seen it and… I don’t particularly want to.
Have I lost my geek cred?
I read the book, the whole trilogy in fact, though it was sort of touch and go here and there. I don’t usually put down books I’ve started unless I really, really hate them. I even read all of Wise Man’s Fear and, I have to say, that was an accomplishment for me. So I did read Hunger Games and its sister books. They were okay. A little slick. A little shallow. A little Mary Sue. But okay.
I thought as I read the first one “Well, this would make a better movie than it does a book.” And yet I still haven’t gone to see it. I can’t work up the interest. Even though it’s proof that America will go see an action movie with a female lead.
I’m going to be drummed out of the nerd girl club.
I’m so ashamed.
wikipedia entry for the movie
wikipedia entry for the book
Author Suzanne Collins’ website
No! It just means you are not a lemming geek! I saw it and it made me appreciate the book more which I suppose is a plus. I think you could safely wait to see it on Netflix and you would be all right with Geek Card intact.
You totally haven’t lost your cred. I have NO interest in seeing it either. You merely have good taste 🙂
Cami
Hurrah! Support from my geek gal cohorts. I have not yet been shunned. 🙂
deb