While we’re discussing movies at the Pub, it seemed a good time to mention that quite a number of books–ranging from the popular to the obscure to the classic–are being made into movies. We all know about The Hobbit and The Hunger Games; maybe we’ve also heard about upcoming adaptations of Les Miserables (book to musical to movie) and The Great Gatsby. Young adult book blogger Rebecca has the most complete list I could find at a glance; the Huffington Post features a slideshow piece of their own top ten picks. From The Lorax to Anna Karenina, The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones to Great Expectations, this should be an interesting year for the movies. Whether the results are very good or very awful, book-loving movie-goers should have plenty to talk about.
A girl after our own heart: Given the suggestion to make a Top Ten list about any book-related subject, Briana from the review blog Pages Unbound lists the Top Ten Books Relating to J.R.R. Tolkien. Some of them look quite fantastic.
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No one will probably be surprised that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 was completely snubbed by the Oscars for any major awards. Sure, it was nominated in Art Direction, Makeup, and Visual Effects, which is kind of like receiving a “Thank You for Participating” Award.
Even Peter Jackson’s abominable re-tellings of The Lord of the Rings finally got some Oscar love when the third and final movie rolled around. But nothing for Harry Potter after 8 movies, over a decade of entertainment, and a gajillion dollars in revenue for Hollywood.
So, what do you all think of the lack of major nominations for Deathly Hallows 2? Why didn’t it get any love from the Academy? Here’s the full list of categories and nominees. Feel free to chime in with your thoughts!
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Happy Friday the 13th!! Hope you’re not superstitious. I know I plan to have black cats crossing my path all day long as I have 5 of them. 
Here’s a blast of various stories and links with a few probably not so pithy comments by me. Enjoy!
First up, Daniel Radcliffe will be hosting Saturday Night Live for the first time this weekend. From the story I read apparently he can be funny. So, if you like that sort of thing, be sure to check him out.
In other Potter news, the President of China has declared a culture war against Harry Potter, along with people and things like Lady Gaga and The Transformers films, as being destructive to Chinese culture and unity. Now, while I agree that Lady Gaga and The Transformers would eat away at the cultural foundations of any nation, I wouldn’t say the same for Harry Potter. Hu Jintao, the President, has called for the Communist Party to respond with some culture of its own, forgetting, as the article aptly points out, that government cannot really produce “culture” on demand. Check out the full article for all the details. (H/T to Carrie-Ann Biondi for the previous two links.)
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Around the Common Room: 27 January 2012
by Jenna St. Hilaire on January 27, 2012
While we’re discussing movies at the Pub, it seemed a good time to mention that quite a number of books–ranging from the popular to the obscure to the classic–are being made into movies. We all know about The Hobbit and The Hunger Games; maybe we’ve also heard about upcoming adaptations of Les Miserables (book to musical to movie) and The Great Gatsby. Young adult book blogger Rebecca has the most complete list I could find at a glance; the Huffington Post features a slideshow piece of their own top ten picks. From The Lorax to Anna Karenina, The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones to Great Expectations, this should be an interesting year for the movies. Whether the results are very good or very awful, book-loving movie-goers should have plenty to talk about.
A girl after our own heart: Given the suggestion to make a Top Ten list about any book-related subject, Briana from the review blog Pages Unbound lists the Top Ten Books Relating to J.R.R. Tolkien. Some of them look quite fantastic.
[Continue Reading…]
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