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Monday’s Musings -Red Light Good, Green Light Bad

June 4, 2012 by unwasted words

We all fear the dreaded book to movie adaptation. There has been a lot of chatter about the on again off again relationship between City of Bones and Hollywood. Honestly for me the possible shelving of this project by the current filmmakers was not a bad thing. This is partially due to the casting. I despise the casting so far for either of the lead characters and am very disappointed in the whole Twilight strategy in finding a male lead. […]

Categories: Features, Monday's Musings • Tags: Cassandra Clare, City of Bones, City of Bones Movie, Features, Monday's Musings, movie

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The Value of Reviews

February 6, 2012 by unwasted words

While some people are just out to be nasty, I believe most reviewers are just voicing their experiences in a fair, informative, and entertaining way. As a consumer I rely on reviews to fill in the blanks of vague summaries or to give me a honest alternative perspective. Those things in mind, I write my own reviews to fit what I have found helpful, broad non-spoiler summary, positive/negative assessment. But not all my notes are just for consumers, I try […]

Categories: Features, Monday's Musings • Tags: Adult, book to film, Janet Evanovich, movie, mystery, One for the Money, romantic comedy, Stephanie Plum

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Monday’s Musings -At the Movies

January 30, 2012 by unwasted words

The dreaded book adaptation to film. Now, theoretically no movie will ever be able to top the originally written word, but we all hold out hope that the visual will merge with our imagination. Or at least come close. Today’s book to movie critqiue is One For the Money, it did a lot of things right. The movie had a great cast. Normally casting is a real sore point. I, like others have very particular ideas about character representatives. I […]

Categories: Features, Monday's Musings • Tags: Adult, book to film, Janet Evanovich, movie, mystery, One for the Money, romantic comedy, Stephanie Plum

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