damn this writing, i'd rather sleep.

so i finally looked up the cast of 'tomorrow when the war began'. at last they've got them all up but now i'm not quite sure what to think. i have absolutely adored john marsden's series since primary school and i remember how elle and i always said that they should turn them into movies but we were convinced they would be r rated and we'd never be able to see them, to be fair we were like 11 at the time.

and now they've put real faces to the characters i have created for myself and i can't decide if their good enough for my imagination or not

well here are the boys and i reckon chris is great but maybe that's just because i don't particularly like him and am not that invested in his physical embodiment. i've gotten used to the fact that lincoln lewis is kevin but i'm not convinced that he's manly enough - maybe that's just his character on home and away. oh well at least he's not too bad looking. now homer, i think he's turned out alright as long as he gets a haircut. he doesn't really match what i pictured but he was really not greek in my imagination so i'm ok with that. i have to say lee is my biggest disappointment but that's only because he's my fave. however i hear that chris pang, who's playing lee, is learning piano for the role which does get him some extra points.

don't like caitlin stasey as ellie. not at all really. hopefully she'll change my mind in the actual movie but for now, no. i imagined her blonder, well not really blonde but with pretty light hair at least and i just don't think caitlin's white enough. i also have to say that caitlin is the one i'm most disappointed with mainly because ellie is the most important character in the WHOLE thing and they got her wrong, well in my opinion anyway. but like i said hopefully she'll change my mind

ah, fi and robyn. you get my tick of approval. robyn is just brilliant, so close to what i pictured and fi is really good because a) that's what she's meant to look like, b)she was always going to look different to what i pictured cause i always pictured her as asian for some weird reason which she clearly wasn't and c) jes always tried to tell me she was blonde to counteract my asian argument but it never said that in the books so i'm glad she's not.

and last but not least (well least australian anyway)

corrie. rachel hurd-wood. now i can't say i like her because i have always held a deep hatred for her ever since she starred as wendy in the 2003 version of peter pan and she got to kiss jeremy sumpter but all that's not really relevant now is it?? but i think she'll be alright. i am however slightly peeved that they couldn't find an australian to play corrie but at least she should be a good actress with all her experience and whatnot etcetera and hencefore. i must also admit that i'm quite a fan of her red hair but i always pictured corrie with curls.

so there they are. hopefully the don't screw it all up too badly but i don't think they will considering john marsden wouldn't let them make the film till they came up with a good enough screenplay so if he approves it can't be too much of a massacre surely.

its meant to come out in 2010 sometime so now the countdown begins...

bye.