Yup. Had me bawling like a wee babe, this one. A little disappointing to realize that no matter what the actual movie does, this fan film of a scene from The Hunger Games will probably be more moving than anything Hollywood could produce. After all, I can’t imagine that the actual film will spend this appropriate amount of time on Rue’s death. I could do without the Linkin Park song, but even that sort of works. Of course, I never would have found this without the Huffington Post’s piece on Book Videos: 19 of the Best and the Worst. They’ve a fair amount of children’s stuff, but also some amazing pieces like this one from Steven Johnson’s Where Good Ideas Come From:
I could call this next video A Bunch of White Guys Making Origami, but I’ll restrain myself. In any case, it is rather neat. Particularly when you get into the medical applications of the form.
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Truth be told, I just like how that one fellow says the word “elephant”. Thanks to bookshelves of doom for the link.
Next up, one of my favorite books of the year. It’s good old Milo: Sticky Notes and Brain Freeze. This gives you a very mild sense of the book itself. Probably the rock joke conveys the feel best. Just sayin’.
The Hunger Games trailer was incredible. Thanks very much for sharing! Except–now I’m wondering if I can really make it through a movie, it will be so visceral.
But Bets, they stuck that terrible awful no good very bad rock song over the beginning of that faux Hunger Games thing.
*sigh* Well, yes Dan. But for a homemade video I ain’t complainin’.
Aw man, made me cry too. And I’m with Kate – the entire movie – like that – would just tear me up!
I loved the girl playing Katniss – I thought she was perfect!
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Absolutely sobbing. That was a very well done scene. One of the hardest parts of the book for me to get through, and I thought that the video did a fine job of telling the story.