No Game just a Hunger
It's funny how things come together. I have been blasted with a super hype gun beaming "The Hunger Games" into my brain to the point where I might actually recognize the young star of the film. I don't know her name but I'd be able to say "Aren't you the girl from the hunger games?". I'm not out to blast the film or the book. Both I'm sure are as well done as has been reported on every media info outlet in the world, it is a buzz. Yes I find buzzing an annoyance none the less the storyline is almost secondary to this post and while popularity is an issue Milla Jovovich as Joan of Arc in the 1999 film The Messenger the popularity of it in particular is not an issue. What intrigues me is the comparison of this story and the real life story of Joan of Arc. This is where things come together! I happened to be visiting my friend Diane, a wonderful French Canadian woman, on her TV was a movie called "The Messenger". At firs...