Book - The Ruins by Scott Smith

I saw the movie for this a few years back and then recently came in contact with the book. I highly enjoyed the movie when I had seen it in theaters so I knew I would like the book even more. The more and more I got through the book, the more and more I noticed how much changed when turning it into the movie. Here are some BIG noticeable differences:

Movie: Amy gets out alive and gets away to freedom.
Book: Amy dies first and is choked by the vine in the middle of the night.

Movie: Pablo gets shot in the head as soon as they get to the ruins.
Book: Pablo falls down and breaks his back/Gets his legs eaten by the vine/Gets choked by the vine and dies.

Movie: Matheus falls and breaks his back/Gets his legs eaten by the vine/Gets choked by the vine and dies.
Book: Matheus gets stabbed in the heart by Eric.

Movie: Stacy goes down the well and cuts her knee. She eventually goes crazy trying to cut the vine out of her body and ends up killing Eric.
Book: Stacy is the last one and kills herself with the knife. She is uninjured up until this point.

Movie: Jeff carries Amy to the bottom of the hill and distracts the Mayans while she gets away. He is killed with arrows by the Mayans.
Book: Jeff tries to make a run for it while it is dark and raining and is killed by arrows from the Mayans.

Movie: Eric gets stabbed by Stacy and dies. He is uninjured up until this point.
Book: Eric goes down the well and cuts his knee. He eventually goes crazy trying to cut the vine out of his body and ends up killing Matheus on accident.


I just don't understand why they completely flopped everyone's positions in the book? Granted it was a good movie, but it might have been even better had they just stuck with the storyline.

I give this book a 4/5 for being a "I can't put this down" kind of book:

Movie - The Possession

I am growing rather partial to possession type movies and this one was right up my alley. I didn't think at first that it would be a possession movie, but then it snuck up on me and amazed me with a great movie. This has to be one of the best possession type movies I have seen in a long time. If you like these times of movies, I suggest that you go because this one was really good. I highly enjoyed this movie and the detail and horror was terrific.




I give this movie a 4/5 stars for the great portrayal of a demon possession.

God of War - Ghost of Sparta

I was absolutely hungry for more Kratos blood and gore and this was just what I needed to satisfy it. I thought I would die after beating the trilogy because I thought that that would be the absolute end. I had totally forgotten about the two PSP games that were re-released for PS3. I highly enjoyed this game. It stayed true to the other games and filled in a few gaps that were left from the other games. You also got to meet parts of Kratos's family which were not offered in the other games. His wife and child were mentioned, but nothing regarding his actual blood family. This was a good game and it has great replay value.


Deimos

Kratos's mother

As always, God of War has never let me down. It deserves the 4/5 stars I am giving it:

Video Games - Splatterhouse

I finally got to try out this game after having it in my posession for quite some time. I have to say that I highly enjoyed every aspect of this game. It wasn't a long game and wasn't too entirely difficult to complete. The replay value is phenomenal and the trophies are not too incredibly difficult to obtain. I plan on going back in and getting them all once I've ventured through a few more games.  I did not know that this was a three part series for earlier systems. I had never heard of this game until it came out for the PS3. I must say that after attempting to play the older versions that I am amazed at how much technology has progressed throughout the years.



I rate this game a 5 out of 5 stars for epic awesomeness!