Miss Raquel reviews The Hunger Games

[formergothardite]

This is going to be two parts because she just has so much to say.

She starts off with:

This post isn’t about convincing you if The Hunger Games is right or wrong. I know (as God’s Daughter) that I should set a good example to my fellow believers and that’s what I hope to accomplish here:)

Yes, she is God's daughter and the rest of us are God's minions. We need to listen to her wisdom.

She also believes that the Hunger Games are very close to reality:

The Hunger Games isn't some fantasy, sci-fi, this-could-never-happen-in-a-million-years type of book. In fact, I believe it is very close to reality.

What reality is she living in?

Besides having the same hairstyle, she and Katniss are a lot alike(at least in the first book, after that she turns all feminist):

we're close in age. And we both have a younger sister who is 12. And if my younger sister's name was drawn at the reaping, she wouldn't be the one leaving the district in that train. I would be.

Katniss finds it very hard to forgive.

So do I.

She's a fighter.

'Besides, it isn't my nature to go down without a fight, even when things seem insurmountable.'

That's me.

I hate owing people...anything. And when I do, I feel just awful.

'I feel like I owe him something, and I hate owing people.'

There we go.

I can be easily impressed at times. And when I meet a kindred spirit, they are automatically my new best friend.

'Kind people have a way of working their way inside me and rooting there.'

Yeah, something like that.

Peeta is a gentleman and I really don't know the point of listing the actor's height. But she does.

Gale is a player (with the girls) so she doesn't like him that much.

She just loves Effie:

::sighs:: Aw, Effie. What can I say about her? She's bubbly, prompt, and has a new wig for every occasion. Fresh and fun and lively. Keeps everyone on their toes...and especially tries her best with Haymitch - who she really does not care for, in the least. ;)

I thought she was a shallow, self-centered person who didn't see that watching children fight to the death was a bad thing (at least in the first book). This character is the one that reminds me the most of Miss Raquel.

And Cinna is really legit.

http://god-sdaughter.blogspot.com/

[lilwriter85]

I find it annoying when Miss Raquel has to think of herself as the characters in movies. I laughed when she said that Skeeter from The Help was like her. Her review of The Hunger Games is annoying like her other reviews.

[O Latin]

She also believes that the Hunger Games are very close to reality:

The Hunger Games isn't some fantasy, sci-fi, this-could-never-happen-in-a-million-years type of book. In fact, I believe it is very close to reality.

What reality is she living in?

I'll give her that one, because isn't that one of the primary purposes of futuristic dystopia, to make the reader go, "Wow, that could be us if we're not careful."

I get all these young fundies mixed up sometimes, is she one who has super-fundie parents? Maybe she looks for similarities between herself and these cool female characters because she wants to be like them, but she's trapped in her current lifestyle.

[formergothardite]

No, her parents don't seem that fundie and she really isn't fundie at all. She just blogs about how modest and godly she is and how she speaks for God. Her parents don't really seem to value education for any of their children that much because she once listed the positives to homeschooling and one of them is that she doesn't have to do pesky things like Literature because she reads. She also once had a drama filled melt-down where she threw herself on her bed sobbing and then had her parents go sit down and have a talk with another teen's parents because that teen had mentioned that Miss Raquel might like a guy.

I think they are less fundie and more shallow and self-centered all in the name of God.

[kaetrin]

Well, duh, she's totally like Katniss. Isn't Katniss boy-crazy, chattering, obsessed with plastering "glamorous" pictures of herself all over the internet, and incapable of confronting someone who spreads a rumor about her?

[dairyfreelife]

Her reviews aren't real reviews and I wish someone would tell her that. Based on what her mother says about her daughter and how her parents reacted to someone saying Raquel liked a boy, she does not have anyone telling her that's she not as great as she thinks. Most of us learn this from others and life. The fact that she constantly refers to herself as the female characters and thinks about the "chivalry" of the characters and attractiveness of the actors instead of the book/movie itself says a lot. A movie review is supposed to talk about the movie. You don't talk about whether you like the actor/actress. You talk about your opinion of the movie and discuss it without giving away what happens (aka the ending). She doesn't allow any negative comments about her so all of them on her blog praise her writing. Also says a lot if you can't take criticism because you don't want to hear that you might be making a mistake.

[meow139]

I'll give her that one, because isn't that one of the primary purposes of futuristic dystopia, to make the reader go, "Wow, that could be us if we're not careful."

I get all these young fundies mixed up sometimes, is she one who has super-fundie parents? Maybe she looks for similarities between herself and these cool female characters because she wants to be like them, but she's trapped in her current lifestyle.

She's basically a ModeSlut. she think wearing long dresses is conservative, but men get as big a boner as a girl in a short dress.

[TXDuck]

I feel like she's completely missed the point of the character Effie. Sure she ushered children to a gruesome death and saw nothing wrong with this, but she was cheerful and prompt. Well, then that's fine. The whole thing made me googly eyed.

[Deleted03]

What I love is how she says she hated Katniss at first read... yet she thinks she's so close to her!

ha!

That girl has no idea what a feminist is, what a player is, or what it means to love someone. Yeah not reading any reviews from her.

[Artemis]

If she wrote a book she would be such a Mary Sue.

I wonder if in ten years time she will look back on this constant self exposure and wish she had kept her mouth shut. She just does not know what she is talkng about - and the extent to which she sees herself through a romantic haze is really sad.

You know, no knight in shining armour is ever going to have such a good opinion of her as she has of herself. No matter how lovely the man, she is going to find him a total disappointment because he will never treat her with the tenderness and acute sensitivity and worshipping ardour with which she treats herself.

She is such a narcissist it's practically pathological. She is no Katniss that's for certain.

[masagoroll]

It really makes me mad that she compares herself to Katniss, because I love Katniss and find Raquel intolerable!

How is Katniss "too feminist" in the later books? How is Gale a player? WTF? She is so ridiculous.

I would be amazingly stunned if Raquel ever said/wrote one insightful thing!

[Deleted03]

It really makes me mad that she compares herself to Katniss, because I love Katniss and find Raquel intolerable!

How is Katniss "too feminist" in the later books? How is Gale a player? WTF? She is so ridiculous.

I would be amazingly stunned if Raquel ever said/wrote one insightful thing!

totally OT but I love your avatar, been meaning to say something for a while :P Waitress is a good movie :P

[kb2]

I think they are less fundie and more shallow and self-centered all in the name of God.

Aren't all fundies just shallow and self-centered in the name of God?

I wonder if in ten years time she will look back on this constant self exposure and wish she had kept her mouth shut. She just does not know what she is talkng about - and the extent to which she sees herself through a romantic haze is really sad.

I hope she grows up in the next decade. There would be a lot of headdesking in her future.

[crazyforkate]

Aw, I think it's kind of cute. I remember getting excited like that over new movies...last fall. But a film reviewer she ain't. Why is she talking about Peeta's favourite colour? How is this at all relevant? Will she ever figure out that movies are more than wearing pretty costumes and aligning with her values? Oh, and did you know she doesn't like the villain?

Maybe that's a bit harsh, but she can't really call what she's doing "reviews". More like descriptions. Ah, to be 12 17 again!

Some very mean part of me really wants to send her Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (or similarly inappropriate film) and see what she makes of that!

[Deleted03]

Aw, I think it's kind of cute. I remember getting excited like that over new movies...last fall. But a film reviewer she ain't. Why is she talking about Peeta's favourite colour? How is this at all relevant? Will she ever figure out that movies are more than wearing pretty costumes and aligning with her values? Oh, and did you know she doesn't like the villain?

Maybe that's a bit harsh, but she can't really call what she's doing "reviews". More like descriptions. Ah, to be 12 17 again!

Some very mean part of me really wants to send her Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (or similarly inappropriate film) and see what she makes of that!

argh don't! I did not know there was so much violence and sexual abuse, I was shocked watching the first movie. I'm never going to read those books! There's a reason I like fantasy books.... seems far away enough that I can take the violence.

[Kitty]

This post isn’t about convincing you if The Hunger Games is right or wrong. I know (as God’s Daughter) that I should set a good example to my fellow believers and that’s what I hope to accomplish here:)

:roll: :roll: :roll:

::sighs:: Aw, Effie. What can I say about her? She's bubbly, prompt, and has a new wig for every occasion. Fresh and fun and lively. Keeps everyone on their toes...and especially tries her best with Haymitch - who she really does not care for, in the least.

Uh, what? :? Did she even read the book? Effie is superbly shallow, and is desperate to get promoted to a better District. She's not fresh or fun, she's just played along with Capitol fashion trends for a long time, and doesn't care about the Hunger Games or the fact she's escorting kids to their own deaths.

[crazyforkate]

argh don't! I did not know there was so much violence and sexual abuse, I was shocked watching the first movie. I'm never going to read those books! There's a reason I like fantasy books.... seems far away enough that I can take the violence.

Not to worry, I was totally kidding. I would never send a stranger anything.

[alphaeta08]

Uh, what? :? Did she even read the book? Effie is superbly shallow, and is desperate to get promoted to a better District. She's not fresh or fun, she's just played along with Capitol fashion trends for a long time, and doesn't care about the Hunger Games or the fact she's escorting kids to their own deaths.

Seriously, I haven't read the books/seen the movie, but even I know that Effie isn't "fresh" or "fun." It only took Wikipedia to tell me that. Kids like this should write their deep thoughts down in an actual journal, then wait 24 hours before sharing them with the Internet.

[Daenerys]

The mother put on her own blog that Miss Raquel is an 'EXTREMELY talented writer' (not my emphasis) so I doubt there's much hope. I'd hate to see what her mother would view as 'bad' writing...

[OohLaLa]

Aw poor Donald Sutherland. No rambling descriptions of how "perfect for the role" he is, or "acted scary so well." He doesn't even get a legit! She just doesn't like him... Ahh, these reviews are have such depth and insight. And Effie?? WTF. She's a shallow, selfish, horrible product of the capitol.

[Dinorah]

Her "reviews" look like she's never read a movie review in her life, not even once. That you're not supposed to give away a movie's ending doesn't mean that you don't have to have to talk about the plit at all.

And obviously the actors' appearances and outfits interest her far more than anything else in the movies' contents.

[spragger]

Aw poor Donald Sutherland. No rambling descriptions of how "perfect for the role" he is, or "acted scary so well." He doesn't even get a legit! She just doesn't like him... Ahh, these reviews are have such depth and insight. And Effie?? WTF. She's a shallow, selfish, horrible product of the capitol.

I was not impressed at all by Sutherland in this role. He looked like Santa's evil cousin or something. President Snow is supposed to be all plasticy from one-too-many procedures, etc.

I just envision him Ho-Ho-Hoing himself to death in the last film.

Edited to hide possible spoiler.

[Cran]

She's so predictable. She is similar to all good movie heroines because SHE is a heroine! At leat in her mind.

It's ok and wanted by the makers that viewers do identify with the main character, and are inspired by it, but she is totally uncritical and attribute all good traits to herself. Phantasies of being all-powerful in the disguise of a godly girl.

Now excuse me, I'm going back to dream about being empress of the Galatic Empire.

[lilwriter85]

I was not impressed at all by Sutherland in this role. He looked like Santa's evil cousin or something. President Snow is supposed to be all plasticy from one-too-many procedures, etc.

I just envision him Ho-Ho-Hoing himself to death in the last film.

Edited to hide possible spoiler.

I agree with you on Sutherland. One of my friends who saw the movie also didn't like him.

[lilwriter85]

I wish Miss Raquel would watch and review The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. I wonder how she would say that she is like Liz Salander lol. Is she allowed to see R rated movies?