The Real Reason We Watch Twilight

Dear reader,

So I've recently become a fan of Stephen King's work, having read Misery, The Shining, Carrie and a collection of his short stories. And can I just say, they are phenomenal pieces of writing: the man is a genius. Slightly psychotic, I might add, but they say that a genius is just a mad-man with an audience, and to come up with stories like that I don't see how you couldn't be genius. I'm babbling, it's not important. The point is, read The Shining before you watch the film. Seriously, you'd be doing yourself a favour. I practically cried in frustration when I saw how they butchered the plot-line and characters in the film. Real shame.

And this got me thinking: how many of us can actually, truly, honestly say that the films made of books come even vaguely close to the beauty of  the original novel? NONE. For the simple reason being that it was written as a book, not for the screen. You miss out on the way our favourite character is first described, the way the scene is set with the author's beautiful wording, the way suspense is created with cliffhangers and dramatic dot-dot-dots. You miss the girl's thoughts and feelings when she finally gets the kiss, the hero's adrenaline and panic as he goes forth to battle the dragon. There's an entire world in words, and it's almost impossible to recreate that with actors and a soundtrack.

Damn son

So, in a way, you could argue that it's unfair of me to take a stab at the directors and producers of these films, because of course it's not going to compare to the original book. How do you squeeze four hundred odd words into an hour and a half, what do you cut out, what do you keep? I tell you, I wouldn't like to be on that committee. And there are the few exceptions, look at how successful the Harry Potter films became, despite Radcliffe's hair in the fourth one (WHAT where they thinking?!). And I don't know what you guys thought of the screen editions of The Hunger Games but I really don't think they could have done it much better.

Then there's Twilight, where the only reasons we watch it are for our eleven year old self and Taylor Lautner's torso.

Comment away and hit the follow button for more, hope to see you all back soon!

Keep reading,

Liv.

Top 5 Fictional Places I Would Like to Visit - TAG TIME

Dear reader,

So now that I'm making an appearance back on the blogosphere, I thought it only fitting to check out some new blogs and see what everyone's up to. Exciting stuff, I know. I stumbled, quite fortunately, upon this blog: I Solemnly Swear I Am Up To No Good and in doing so, stumbled upon a fabulous tag after which this post is named (doing a lot of stumbling lately, must be the icy pavements). So without further ado, let's cut to it.

1. Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory. Um, yes please. Who wouldn't?! Picture it: the waterfall, the river, basically everything you touch and see is edible.  Plus, I've always wanted to dance with an Oompa Loompa, they seem to have it all figured out.
   
2. The Overlook Hotel. Okay this one's a little out of the ordinary; the haunted hotel from The Shining? But it's like the modern day Dracula's castle: you know it's bad business, but it's a cool place all the same. Plus it's in the moutnains: BONUS. Might even pop into Room 217. 
   
3. Belle's Library. I may have stolen this one from the blog I mentioned earlier, but really I'm just agreeing with her. I mean look at it!! Beautiful... Belle, even. *ba dum tiss*
   
   
   
4. Hogwarts. You can't not include Hogwarts, it's every nerd's dream do get the letter of admission, pack your bags, find an owl and head on over to platform 9 and three quarters (which I have actually visited, twas a cool day). But yeah Hogwarts, what a place. 
   

   

   told ya

5. Atlantis. Right, as much as I'd love to be a mermaid (SOMEDAY I SWEAR) I'm not referring to The Little Mermaid here, I'm actually talking about one of my favourite Disney films from when I was little. Milo's adventure had me absolutely hooked, truth is I just want to follow his footsteps. 
   

So there you have it: my top five places. Obviously I want to go everywhere, and feel guilty at betraying Alsan and also not including Treasure Planet, not to mention Downton Abbey (although I'm fairly certain that's a real place and wouldn't count), but what you gunna do. I would encourage you all to dive back into your childhoods and consider the top five fictional places you'd visit if given the opportunity. I really enjoyed this tag, might do a few more with a similar basis, any suggestions are more than welcome. 

That's all folks!

Keep reading,

Liv. 

New Blooooog!

Dear reader,

So here's the thing about having a blog; you tend to forget its there. Not that anyone really cares if you write or not, there's too much shit going on in the world for any of us to give a damn about some sixteen year-old keeping up a website for her thoughts (do they?).

But I've forgotten how much I love writing, so I'm back. Not only that, but as of today I've formed a new blog as well! I know, strenuous activity from someone who hasn't been on Blogger for the last year or so.

But yeah, the blog is called A Day in the Life and the basic idea is that I create a character and give them a back-story. For example, the first post is The Widow where I thought about a young woman who recently lost her husband, and what it must be like to go through something like that. So, me being me, I have discovered yet another way to avoid revising for these god-awful prelims next month. Go motivation.

I'd love for you guys to give it a wee look, to see if it's something you're interested in following. Link is here or you should be able to find it under a list of my blogs. And hey, if you have an idea for a character whose story you'd like to see me write, leave a comment! I'd love to hear what you come up with, and I'd be more than happy to brainstorm a few ideas for them.

See ya soon lads,

Keep reading!

Liv.