Books gone Movies: Pretty Little Liars

Okkk so technically not really a 'Book gone Movie', and more like a 'Book gone Tv Show' BUT it's so good and I just can't get over it I need to babble about it and omigod Toby Cavanaugh win.

Ahem.

I never read the books of PLL. I remember seeing the cover somewhere, but being me I told myself 'pff some girly story' without really reading the resume and only basing myself on the covers. BUT, as usually, my cousin got the better of me and she hooked me up to this suspense-filled-dramatic-yet-creepy-mystery show that is Pretty Little Liars. Ladies and Gentleman, the second T.V. show I watch in my life! The first one was Gossip Girl which I also before highly doubted I would ever read/watch/have anything to do with it.

I don't intend to read the books, now. I prefer the T.V. show and Toby Cavanaugh. Here's the blurb:

Aria, Emily, Spencer, Hanna and Alison have been best friends since the third grade. They go everywhere together, and think no one can come between them. If anyone is the ringleader of their group it is Alison, and the other girls cannot help but confide all their secrets to her. One night, during a sleepover, Alison goes missing. Her body is never found. The girls mourn her death, but move apart after time, assuming their secrets have disappeared with Alison too. One year later and Aria is having an affair with her teacher; Emily is questioning her sexuality; Hanna is a thief; and Spencer is flirting with her sister's fiance. They all think their secrets are safe, until they start receiving messages from a mysterious A - - who knows exactly what they are all up to, and is threatening to spill the beans....

I really love this series. Its got suspense, mystery, and very entertaining characters and it really makes you want to know who is A and all. I recommend it to Gossip Girl lovers, since the concept is quite similar, but PLL has a scarier touch to it. It's very dramatic.

I just can't wait for episode 7. What happens to Emily omigod?? D8

Go watch on Much Music, 8pm ET each Tuesday. 8D

-Beryl

Books gone Movies: Eclipse

As I ain't a fan of Twilight, and frankly think this is one of the most ridiculous and stupidityfying series ever, I don't kow what I am doing even talking about this ha ha. Yet I did go to see this movie. 'For the lolz', as everyone says.

For the sake of everyone's sanity, I won't be posting any pictures here. Really, no one needs them, and I certainly don't want them on this blog. Anyway, back to the movie.

Nothing special, considering this is Twilight we're talking about. Kristen acted a bit more competently in this adaption, Patterson was as blank as he always has been, Jacob & co were without shirts as usual. Plot wise, there wasn't anything that advanced the story. Evil vampires comes, evil vampires fight, drama in between. At the end of New Moon, Edward asked Bella to marry him. At the end of Eclipse, Bella finally says yes. As you can see, nothing happened in between that thrust the story forward. The plot basically stayed at the same place, with some fighting and drama to mask the thing. But hey, Meyer did an awful job with the books, and even the movies cannot make better out of it.

There were, though, some funny replicas. The audience laughed multiple times, there were some face palms. There were more giggles than in the two previous movies. The only entertaining thing was probably the battles, yet there isn't lots of those. All the drama and talk between Edward/Jacob that fill the rest of the movie was boring, and so for few minutes I disconnected and stared at the ceiling of the theater room.

Meh, really, don't go see it if you hate Twilight to the core. Fangirls will fangirl, and if you want to see it for the laughs, go for it. Stephenie Meyer's books aren't meant for anything better anyway.

-Beryl