This is a list of male characters that I thought I was in love with while reading the book, or the series, but looking back on it I'm not as in love with them as I once thought.  This doesn't mean I don't like these characters, as I'll explain my feelings toward them in the later part of this post.  

***Remember these are all my own opinions, and I don't mean offence to anyone in anyway.  This post is just meant to be fun.***

Augustus Waters (The Fault In Our Stars)- Don't get me wrong, I loved him while I was reading the book.  I felt all the feels that everyone else does, but after finishing the book.  We grew apart.  Other characters came into my life.  I moved on.  We'll always be friends, we just aren't meant for each other.

Tobias Eaton (Divergent)- Four... Four old pall.  I thought I had a crush on you, in the first book.  You were the mysterious, kick butt guy.  You stole my heart withing pages, and then when Insurgent came around... You weren't who I thought you were.  You changed, I changed.  We just didn't click anymore.  And that's that.

Stefan Salvatore (The Vampire Diaries)- When I began reading the Vampire Diaries back in 2011 I was completely team Stefan.  I thought he was the cat's meow.  I shipped Stelena all the way.  By the time the spin off series The Return came, Stefan became whiny and weak in a lot of senses, and because of this, and other factors, I haven't been able to finish the series.

Ezra Fitz (Pretty Little Liars)- In the beginning I was all for Aria and Ezra, but as the series went on and things happened he really got on my nerves.  Since the beginning of the first book when Noel was first introduced I wanted him and Aria to get together.  But she was just so consumed with Ezra that she didn't really see anyone else.  And I found Ezra a bit sleazy throughout the series...

Daniel Grigori (Fallen)- This was my first angel novel and OMIGOSH he's a fallen angel! That is so sexy! Ahhh! But seriously he was only cool for like the first book.  He became a tad bit selfish, whiny, and too mushy gushy "I love you so much Luce, we can't be together but you can never be with anyone else. I need you so much but I'm going to put myself first in this relationship. Kay?" Give me a break.  I like Cam so much better than you.  At least his character has some depth and he has the whole bad boy thing going on.

Eli Stock (Along for the Ride)- I've never felt the emotional connection to Eli that I did to Sarah Dessen's other characters, not saying that I didn't like him because I did very much, he just didn't compare to Wes or Owen from her other novels.  He was one of the first male love interests that I read about back in 2011 and the world of reading and contemporary was new to me, so he'll always be special to me in that way, but I love him more like a brother nowadays. 

Sam Roth (Shiver)- In the first installment of the Shiver Trilogy I thought Sam was cute.  I read this way, way back in the sixth grade maybe... So like 2010... ish? So I didn't know much about male characters and just how sexy they can be.  Sam was cute, and sweet and I really did like him.  But then Cole St.Clair happened.  He still sits on my list of crushes.  He completely blew Sam out of the water.  He was the bad boy rock star.  I have a thing for the bad boys, and Sam just couldn't keep up.

Peeta Mellark (The Hunger Games)-  And then we have Peeta.  The sweet, caring, boy with the bread.  I wanted to love him throughout the novel because everyone else seemed to love him.  I was never able to reach that level of emotional connection with him that I've felt with my favorite characters.  Peeta was a nice guy, but not the right guy for me.  But that's okay, he's got lots of fangirls all over the world who love him.

Have you ever heard of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator? If you haven't, I provide some links. If you have, I make some predictions as to what personality types Bella, Edward, Katniss, Peeta, Gale, Tris, Four, Rose, Dimitri, Adrian, and Sydney are. Do you agree with them? Do you do something similar?

BOOK:

Once again, I get to say this: "This is one of those films I have been meaning to watch since it come out and I cannot believe I only now got around to watching it". I feel like that is pretty much my mantra these days when it comes to these new "blockbuster" type of films. 

 

Now that I read the book again and it was in my fresh memory, I finally decided to give this one a go. I was pretty skeptic about it - other recent YA film adaptations I have seen (Beautiful Creatures, Twilight films) have been horrible, so I was not so sure this one would impress me either. But now that I have seen it, I have to say I was positively surprised. Of course it is not as good as the books, but still it managed to be entertaining and I think well embodied the most important relationships and events of the novel.

 

What I liked most about the film was the world building and the visuals. The scenes from District 12 were a lot more haunting than I imagined the district to look while reading the novel - the soundtrack, the very toned down colors and the way the film was cut added to this effect, making the environment very hostile and militaristic - for some reason I almost got vibes of like a concentration camp type of setting, with the similar outfits, the "branding" of the youth (taking the blood) and the very propagandist video clip shown to the people before the reaping. The distinction between The District and Capitol was also well established through the glamour, but also through the technology available at Capitol. The scenes from the game center were among my favorite - it was great to see also this side to the story even though it is not given to the reader in the book.

 

Jennifer Lawrence makes a great Katniss. She is gorgeous, there is no denying that, but I think she was still able to look a bit "savage" or dirty or however you want to say it. She is able to tone down her gorgeousness and look like someone who does not take a bath every day, who hunts and occasionally eats raw meat, someone who cares more about her well being than her looks. I really do no have anything negative to say about Jennifer Lawrence and I am happy that she was cast as Katniss because even though she might not perfectly fit the description of Katniss from the novel, it is nice to have someone likable to play such a likable character.

 

 

 

Liam Hemsworth is okay as Gale even though he is not at all like I imagined Gale to look like. If I was asked who I think looks like Gale then, I don't think I could even answer. And that is mostly due to the fact that I am so in love with Peeta that I do not really give that much attention to Gale. I know some people do not like him at all as Peeta (I think Iina has also said that she is not really happy with the casting) but I think Josh Hutcherson is pretty much perfect, despite the fact that he is shorter than Jennifer Lawrence and does not perfectly fit the description of Peeta given in the novel (the height thing seems like a big issue for some people). I find Peeta to me more adorable than hot, more like the guy-next-door, the guy who secretly has a crush on you, than some sexy hunk everyone drools over. That is how I see Gale. Just out of interest, I did some research on this and found several lists which listed people that could have been better as Peeta. I found the following names of several lists: Freddie Stroma (he was in Harry Potter), Kellan Lutz (Emmett from Twilight Saga), Zac Efron, Hunter Parrish (I think he was in Weeds) and Alex Pettyfer. Okay, so let me break this down:

 

- Cannot really say much about Freddie Stroma - I have seen him in Harry Potter and then in this modern Cinderella remake which also had Lucy Hale from Pretty Little Liars. He is hot for sure, but I cannot really imagine him as Peeta.

- Kellan Lutz - Thank the Gods he was not cast as Peeta. His head is like a square and he is way too muscular in my opinion to play Peeta. He is like Conan the Barbarian or something - Peeta is strong but he still needs to be somewhat vulnerable and in need to help.

- Zac Efron - I do like Zac, but naahh...

- Hunter Parrish - Cannot say anything about him

- Alex Pettyfer - Looks too snobbish

 

So, I don't know was it the fact that I kept imagining Josh Hutcherson while re-reading the book or what, but I think he is perfect. Just perfect. (And I feel somewhat weird lusting over him because he is younger than me). 

 

Other things I really liked about the movie: Stanley Tucci (I really have a soft spot for this man. He is perfect in Easy A), Woody Harrelson (I think he was perfect Haymitch - a drunk, but manages to be charming if needed) and Lenny Kravitz (for real, I cannot believe I am saying this, but he was, after Hutcherson and Lawrence, my favorite from this film. AND A PERFECT CINNA). 

 

So, to summarize: I really liked the film and I am looking forward to seeing the next one. I still have not watched the trailer for it, and I won't before I have read Catching Fire.