Heart Full of Ink

[vovat]

I finished reading Inkheart a few days ago. I think it was sort of like The Neverending Story in reverse, in that, instead of someone from our world getting sucked into that of a book, it has people from books being called into our world (although there is some of the other as well). They ARE both German books, and The Neverending Story is actually quoted in Inkheart, so I doubt the connection was entirely accidental. I liked the part where it mentioned that Meggie and Mortimer would read anywhere, and sometimes ended up being late for things because of it, because I could identify with it. The distaste for dog-eared pages is another thing I agreed with. I'll admit that I'm not always the most careful book-handler--I'm prone to some accidental smudging, and a lot of my older paperbacks ended up hopelessly crumpled due to spending so much time in my book bag--but I don't INTENTIONALLY damage books, and dog-earing seems to me to be doing just that.

The Inkheart movie is supposed to be coming out next year, and I guess I'll see it, although I have no idea whether it'll be any good. It's been some time since I last went to the movies. I think the only time this year was when bethje and I saw Prince Caspian. I do want to see The Dark Knight, but I don't know when I'll have the chance. And is that animated Clone Wars supposed to be any good?

Anyway, speaking of Batman, here's a quiz result:

Your results:
You are The Joker

The Joker 53% Riddler 43% Mr. Freeze 37% Poison Ivy 33% Venom 28% Lex Luthor 25% Green Goblin 25% Dark Phoenix 22% Two-Face 21% Magneto 19% Dr. Doom 19% Catwoman 17% Mystique 13% Apocalypse 11% Juggernaut 9% Kingpin 9%

The Clown Prince of Crime. You are a brilliant mastermind but are criminally insane. You love to joke around while accomplishing the task at hand.

Click here to take the Super Villain Personality Test


I don't think that's very accurate, but then, I guess I wasn't cut out to be a villain. Or a hero either, for that matter.


And continuing the theme of movies based on books, here's a survey that I got from bec_87rb:

Copy the list below. Mark in bold the movie titles for which you read the book. Italicize the ones that you've watched. Tag 5 people to perpetuate the meme. Or don't. I didn't.

1. Jurassic Park
2. War of the Worlds
3. The Lost World: Jurassic Park
4. I, Robot
5. Contact
6. Congo - I think I saw part of it, anyway. That was the one with the talking ape, right?
7. Cocoon
8. The Stepford Wives - I only saw the original movie. I believe Beth saw the remake, but not the original.
9. The Time Machine
10. Starship Troopers
11. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Both the recent theatrical release and the BBC TV version
12. K-PAX
13. 2010
14. The Running Man
15. Sphere
16. The Mothman Prophecies
17. Dreamcatcher
18. Blade Runner
19. Dune
20. The Island of Dr. Moreau
21. Invasion of the Body Snatchers
22. The Iron Giant
23. Battlefield Earth
24. The Incredible Shrinking Woman
25. Fire in the Sky
26. Altered States
27. Timeline
28. The Postman
29. Freejack
30. Solaris
31. Memoirs of an Invisible Man
32. The Thing
33. The Thirteenth Floor
34. Lifeforce
35. Deadly Friend - This was a book? I did not know that.
36. The Puppet Masters
37. 1984 - I'm pretty sure I've mentioned several times how I twice started reading this, but never finished.
38. A Scanner Darkly
39. Creator
40. Monkey Shines
41. Solo (Weapon)
42. The Handmaid's Tale
43. Communion
44. Carnosaur
45. From Beyond
46. Watchers
47. Nightflyers
48. The Body Snatchers

Comments

[rockinlibrarian.livejournal.com]

I've heard from a lot of people who went to see Clone Wars expecting it to be bad who said that they were pleasantly surprised and actually enjoyed it. I suppose it would be different if you went in expecting it to be on the same level as Empire Strikes Back or something.

I wondered why there were so many more famous book/movie combinations that were left off the list, then I realized they were all sci fi or at least speculative fiction. It would be cool if somebody compiled a more cross-genre list too. But I'm sure that would be very long. It's a cool concept though, and a great twist on the highlight-the-ones-you-know meme!

[vovat.livejournal.com]

I wish there had been more fantasy-type stuff on the list, as I've both read and seen more of that. Oh, well. Maybe someone else can make another meme like that.