I Am Number Four- a movie review

I was a huge fan of the book when it first came out. I passed it on to my brother, and he loved it too. And then I heard it was going to be a movie, and I squee'd. And then I heard it was going to star Alex Pettyfer, and I almost keeled over with glee. Surely, this was going to be the best movie of the year.
The best part was, i was going to get to see it for free.
So I recruited my friend, who has a car and is legally allowed to drive it, to come with me. We got thoroughly lost there and back, because it was on the other side of town, but we persisted, and we found ourselves at an unfamiliar cinema, lined up with a whole bunch of people who, like us, were lucky enough to score advance screening tickets. In we went, toting our (not free) popcorn and drinks, and sat down to await the movie.

It was a good movie. Personally, I thought Alex Pettyfer was a bit old for the role he was playing, and some parts were altered significantly to fit into the reduced storytelling capacities of the medium of film, but overall it was reasonably faithful to the book and had all the right elements to appeal to each member of the audience- romance, drama, action and aliens, all pieced together and scattered throughout, just like in the book. The cast members are not people I would have chosen for their roles in general, but that always seems to be the case in adaptations- nobody ever  looks just how you thought they should. And the special effects were interesting, if not particualrly unique. Overall, I do reccommend you go see it if you're a fan of the book, or any James Patterson YA novels, and I did end up enjoying it despite its flaws.

Here's the trailer, if you're interested:

The craziest facebook conversation ever thrust upon me

The person who initiated this conversation is a friend of my best friend (J). I've never actually met the friend (R) , but somehow she became convinced I was not really me, but J. What follows is unedited, except to replace names and clarify.  

T'day

10:26pm

Is this J

10:26pm

no

it's grace

but i'm J's friend

10:26pm

Grace in year

??

10:27pm

finished yr 12

why?

10:27pm

Oh ok sorry thorught u were her foR some reson

10:27pm

:P easy enough i suppose

but don't we have diffeernt names?

10:28pm

I don't know lol
Soz

10:28pm

that's okay

10:29pm

:)

[At this point, I decided just to mess with her a little, since she was already suspicious about my identity. Then the fun really began.]
 

10:29pm

actually, i am her

10:29pm

Omg

Who r u really

10:29pm

:P

10:30pm

Serious who r u

10:30pm

really i'm me

10:30pm

Ok bye
Thanks for lying

 [I am now talking with J, and we decide this is too funny to let it end here]

10:30pm

but no, i'm not J

10:31pm

Then who the fuck r u

10:31pm

i told you

i'm grace, her friend

and life partner

10:31pm

???

10:32pm

never mind

10:32pm

Can u just tell me the truth

[What probably amuses me most is that 95% of what I tell her is entirely true]

10:32pm

but i am!

i'm not her, but i'm her friend

ask her the next time you see her

10:33pm

Really then why do have a picture of her shoes

[J and I own a pair each of identical purple converse with matching laces]

10:33pm

huh?

her shoes?

where?

can you show me?
are you in her year?

10:34pm

On ur profile pics thing don't and why would I tell u my year

10:35pm

but you're in yr 9 at [school] with her right?

10:35pm

I don't know cos I Lyie

10:36pm

and her shoes?

they're mine!

we match :)

10:36pm

There yours
J

Yeh what's ebbed

Evver

10:36pm

huh?

no, really, we have the same shoes on purpose

10:37pm

Don't worry see ya tomorrow lyre

10:37pm

i don't understand!

i truly am confused

10:39pm

Stop talking to me

[around this time, I was also tag-teamed by R's friend X. This friend has a history of disliking me, since she maintains it is my fault she receives notifications about games I play, despite my telling her how to fix the problem. X asks me where I'm from, how old I am, and generally swears at me maintaining that I'm lying about my identity. I want to keep R in conversation for as long as possible, as J and I are becoming more and more amused by their general behaviour. J has decided to tell them I have hacked her Facebook, though how this would result in me not being me I have no idea. Of course, they believe it.]

10:39pm

but you started the conversation!

10:39pm

Ok bye p

10:40pm

well, i really am not J

10:41pm

Bye

10:41pm

okay, bye

but i'm still not sure who you are exactly

[I think R interprets this as a grab for information, as if I were some sort of internet pervert. You know, as if all the information I could ever want wasn't stored on her profile]

10:42pm

Get lost

10:43pm

i'm not asking you to tell me, just making a statement

and that's rude, you know

[I decided at this point that I would deal with her in the manner in which I dealt with childhood bullies- pointing out the flaws in her arguments, as well as her manners, spelling and grammar]

10:43pm

Don't care cos u r a lyier wanna kn who I am go in my profile

:P

10:44pm

i know your name, i'm simply unsure how i know you in the first place

but i don't expect you to answer

10:46pm

I'm R

I dint know

10:46pm

i know you're R

it says so

just like i'm grace

i guess through J

10:47pm

Yeh she said she haked ur fb

10:48pm

how curious

i guess we're both on at the same timeiqwVED;uikBFD;f'

10:48pm

Who me

10:48pm

the virus

10:48pm

Hmm

10:49pm

hmm?

10:49pm

What the he'll r u talking bout

?

10:50pm

oh, ignore the random letter thing, my computer just does that sometimes

10:50pm

Ok

10:50pm

viruses are awful

10:50pm

I'm gonna go bye I'm tired

10:50pm

oh, are you friends with someone named X?

10:50pm

Why

10:50pm

she was talking to me and you were mentioned

i'm not sure how i know her either

10:50pm

Oh yeh I am what did she say

10:51pm

she just said that she wanted to know how i knew you too

i just thought it was strange that you both were asking me the same questions

10:52pm

Ok i really don't know who u r
Why dint u have pics of urself of ur profile

10:52pm

because i'm insecure about my body

but there are tagged pics by other people

10:53pm

I want to see who u r

How do u know J

10:53pm

guides

we're best buddes :)

and there are pics of me tagged somewhere

i suppose if you were looking you'd be able to find them

it's all on my profile, like you said before

i'm quite fond of this one though

[link to genuine but indistinguishable picture]

10:56pm

Ok in gonna go bye

10:56pm

huh?

why?

we're having an exchange of information

10:57pm

Ok I'm tiers

D

10:58pm

tiers? why, what a terrible accident that must have been!

how does one split oneself into tiers anyway?

10:58pm

Omg ur dumb

10:59pm

me? why? unless you meant tears...

10:59pm

I ment tierd

10:59pm

then i suppose you could construe my reaction as 'dumb', but it was really an honest mistake

tiered? past tense?

you mean you're no longer in tiers?  [badum-dum]

11:00pm

I dint care

[When all else fails, confuse people with intrinsic vocabulary]

11:00pm

what?

i'm not sure i can discern your meaning

11:01pm

I don't care
Tell someone that cares

11:01pm

oh, i understand now

thanks for clearing that up!

:)

what an awful misunderstanding we had there

11:02pm

Ur gay

11:02pm

excuse me?

11:03pm

What

11:03pm

i actually find such use of the term offensive

no need to be rude

11:04pm

Well stop acting dumb

11:04pm

i'm not acting 'dumb', as you put it

11:04pm

I'm going ur a Waste of time

11:04pm

again, i'm offended

first you begin a conversation, accuse me of being somebody else, and you insult me!

11:05pm

I'm so deleting u as a friend

R has gone ashore.11:05pm

11:05pm

if that's the way you feel, you can do what you wish 

Your chat message wasn't sent because Ruby is offline.

[I then sent this as a message to her inbox, and she returns, still thinking I'm J playing an extravagant joke]

Ruby be on board11:06pm

11:06pm

Ok whatever I'm sorry ok

Bye bye see u tomorrow   

11:08pm

well, i won't but i'm sure you''l see J

Ruby has gone ashore.11:08pm
 

This conversation lasted over half an hour, and she still believes I'm J. 
So far, she has not followed through in her defriending.