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Question: Is it wrong that I now want to read her (Vicki Pettersson) books because she looks like a cross between Miranda Richardson and Barbara Gordon?
So, I just spent the last couple days reading The Hunger ... and I liked the movie more.
Let me explain ...
1. The movie has French HBIC Catherine Deneuve in it.
After reading the novel, I now know that 90% of Miriam Blaylock's utter and complete sexiness came from Deneuve and her classy French accent. I hope they never remake this movie, but if they do the only person I can think of right now who could come close to being an okay Miriam in the wake of Deneuve would be
Eva Green. My evidence for this is the picture above in conjuction with The Dreamers and Casino Royale. Eva is not as legendary as Deneuve, but the woman can act and she is classy and mysterious as fuck. She could probably trick me into eternal damnation by arching her eyebrow.
Also, Miriam was kind of stupid in the book. For someone that old, I'd expect that she would have been smarter than to go into a hospital and let them take blood and tissues samples and run an MRI on her. Like, goddamn woman, I know that you're running out of time and Sarah is dreamy as fuck, but honestly, couldn't you have pretended to bump into her at a coffee shop or something. I liked the movies approach to getting them to meet better.
2. OMG there was too much Tom Haver and John in the book. Like Miriam I kind of wanted to kill Tom everytime he made an appearance. I thought he was an ass so I totally wasn't invested in his epic!love with Sarah. And once John wasn't able to Sleep anymore he just became a waste of space and I wanted him to die already.
3. This scene doesn't fucking exist in the book.
The fate Miriam's companions are in store for is horrible, but Sarah gets transformed anyway, so they could have at least gotten to do it like they did in the movie. Turning by being bitten during sex is just so much better than Turning by intravenous blood transfusion. Like if Sarah's going to be damned anyway, at least let her get some first!
4. Miriam's relationship with Alice kind of creeped me out in the book. When Alice was first introduced after 'sleeping over' at the house, I thought that she was like 18/19 or something like that because of the way it was written, despite Alice being lik 13 in the movie. When I read that she was 13 in the book too, I became really creeped out and remained that way. Yes, the author mentioned more than once that Alice would continue to age naturally until the age of 25 or so, and the inference we can take from that is that Miriam wouldn't touch Alice sexually until she matured at least that far. However, the way 13 year old Alice was written to be in competition with John for Miriam's affection, and the way she kept on talking about how Miriam "loved her" was kind of creepy.
In the movie, Denueve had a nice kind of detachment which showed how Miriam was fond of Alice, without giving it a creepy sexual undertone.
5. The movie was just stylish as hell. I loved it's over-the-top 80s-ness. Sarah's apartment with it's different coloured flourscent lights for every room was amazing. Miriam's wardrobe (and John's) was to die for. The movie was just shot beautifully. It was stunning to look at.
That being said, the book wasn't bad at all. I liked it, I just liked the movie better. What I did like about the book was that it explained what Miriam was more, and that it delved into her past lives and loves which the movie didn't have time to address except for in brief tableau shots of the past.
There were some nice GoGA parts between Sarah and Miriam in the book as well. I enjoyed the breast exam Sarah gave Miriam before attaching electrode to her head, lol. And I enjoyed that Miriam's response was to smirk and like drag Sarah's head down until Sarah was sucking on her titty even more. Miriam sneaking into Sarah's room to fondle her was also pretty fun, as was the fact that Miriam got the sleeping Sarah so turned on that Sarah had to go to the washroom and masturbate while thinking about a mysterious dream woman. And I kid you not, at one point, Miriam picks Sarah up and let's her start riding her leg! Although, she then stops because she's worried that Sarah is going to 'get her dress wet' O.o ... uh, I'll be in my bunk.
[Bored teenager]So, in conclusion, both versions of The Hunger were good (and gay) but I liked the movie more better than the book.[/Bored teenager]
And final question of the post ... does it make me a bad person that I just bought The Hours to read, because I thought that scene between Virginia and Nessie in the movie was hot, and I want to see if there's more Woolfcest in the novel? Cause that's why I bought it.
fandomsecrets ?It's okay, be honest. We're all friends here.
Question: Is it wrong that I now want to read her (Vicki Pettersson) books because she looks like a cross between Miranda Richardson and Barbara Gordon?
So, I just spent the last couple days reading The Hunger ... and I liked the movie more.
Let me explain ...
1. The movie has French HBIC Catherine Deneuve in it.
After reading the novel, I now know that 90% of Miriam Blaylock's utter and complete sexiness came from Deneuve and her classy French accent. I hope they never remake this movie, but if they do the only person I can think of right now who could come close to being an okay Miriam in the wake of Deneuve would be
Eva Green. My evidence for this is the picture above in conjuction with The Dreamers and Casino Royale. Eva is not as legendary as Deneuve, but the woman can act and she is classy and mysterious as fuck. She could probably trick me into eternal damnation by arching her eyebrow.
Also, Miriam was kind of stupid in the book. For someone that old, I'd expect that she would have been smarter than to go into a hospital and let them take blood and tissues samples and run an MRI on her. Like, goddamn woman, I know that you're running out of time and Sarah is dreamy as fuck, but honestly, couldn't you have pretended to bump into her at a coffee shop or something. I liked the movies approach to getting them to meet better.
2. OMG there was too much Tom Haver and John in the book. Like Miriam I kind of wanted to kill Tom everytime he made an appearance. I thought he was an ass so I totally wasn't invested in his epic!love with Sarah. And once John wasn't able to Sleep anymore he just became a waste of space and I wanted him to die already.
3. This scene doesn't fucking exist in the book.
The fate Miriam's companions are in store for is horrible, but Sarah gets transformed anyway, so they could have at least gotten to do it like they did in the movie. Turning by being bitten during sex is just so much better than Turning by intravenous blood transfusion. Like if Sarah's going to be damned anyway, at least let her get some first!
4. Miriam's relationship with Alice kind of creeped me out in the book. When Alice was first introduced after 'sleeping over' at the house, I thought that she was like 18/19 or something like that because of the way it was written, despite Alice being lik 13 in the movie. When I read that she was 13 in the book too, I became really creeped out and remained that way. Yes, the author mentioned more than once that Alice would continue to age naturally until the age of 25 or so, and the inference we can take from that is that Miriam wouldn't touch Alice sexually until she matured at least that far. However, the way 13 year old Alice was written to be in competition with John for Miriam's affection, and the way she kept on talking about how Miriam "loved her" was kind of creepy.
In the movie, Denueve had a nice kind of detachment which showed how Miriam was fond of Alice, without giving it a creepy sexual undertone.
5. The movie was just stylish as hell. I loved it's over-the-top 80s-ness. Sarah's apartment with it's different coloured flourscent lights for every room was amazing. Miriam's wardrobe (and John's) was to die for. The movie was just shot beautifully. It was stunning to look at.
That being said, the book wasn't bad at all. I liked it, I just liked the movie better. What I did like about the book was that it explained what Miriam was more, and that it delved into her past lives and loves which the movie didn't have time to address except for in brief tableau shots of the past.
There were some nice GoGA parts between Sarah and Miriam in the book as well. I enjoyed the breast exam Sarah gave Miriam before attaching electrode to her head, lol. And I enjoyed that Miriam's response was to smirk and like drag Sarah's head down until Sarah was sucking on her titty even more. Miriam sneaking into Sarah's room to fondle her was also pretty fun, as was the fact that Miriam got the sleeping Sarah so turned on that Sarah had to go to the washroom and masturbate while thinking about a mysterious dream woman. And I kid you not, at one point, Miriam picks Sarah up and let's her start riding her leg! Although, she then stops because she's worried that Sarah is going to 'get her dress wet' O.o ... uh, I'll be in my bunk.
[Bored teenager]So, in conclusion, both versions of The Hunger were good (and gay) but I liked the movie more better than the book.[/Bored teenager]
And final question of the post ... does it make me a bad person that I just bought The Hours to read, because I thought that scene between Virginia and Nessie in the movie was hot, and I want to see if there's more Woolfcest in the novel? Cause that's why I bought it.