The Hunger Games - Movie

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I AM GOING TO MARRY THE CRAP OUTTA THIS MOVIE!



No, but seriously. That was amazing. Stunning scenery, excellent camera-work, amazing acting especially by Jennifer, Josh and Willow. How sinister is Donald Sutherland all of the sudden? How amazing was Clove? How perfect was the casting for Foxface? HOW INCREDIBLE WAS THE EXTRA LITTLE SCENE OF SENECA CRANE'S ASSASINATION WHERE THEY SIMPLY LOCK HIM IN A ROOM WITH THE BERRIES?? OMG SNOW YOUR SENSE OF HUMOR IS SO DISTURBING I LOVE IT.

The costumes where stunning as well, but I had imagined more fire from the chariot-rides; I liked what I was given though. The extra-scenes were a nice touch - in the books we are extremely restricted to Katniss POV, and the movies had a chance to expand on that. They did it beautifully.

Faults? I would've liked more time with Rue, and the whole of the conversation between Katniss and Peeta in the cave. His 'I saw you every day after that. Every day' was incredibly sweet though, and I will not account for any high-pitched sounds of joy I might've made at the time. I am so happy they didn't go all Gale/Katniss/Peeta drama on us, but they might still drop the bomb in the second movie (and to be fair, there is a fair bit of romantic drama in Catching Fire. I'm just praying it won't be the focus). Katniss' hallucinations, the flashback and Ceasar Flickerman were things that had me jumping in my seat as well, and the Mutts where alright; they were used in the best way possible, without adding or taking too much away. I'm sort of happy they didn't go with the 'they're made out of the dead Tributes' because I disliked that in the book to be honest, and it would have been even harder to do in the movie.

So, overall? Not perfect. But nothing is. And this was as fucking close as it could possibly be. AM I GOING TO SEE IT IN THE CINEMAS AGAIN? HELL YES!!

Comments

[dougalbug.livejournal.com]

SO MUCH LOVE FOR ALL OF THIS.

[captaintish]

Yes. Yes to all of this. :D

I wanted to pause the screen at all the scenes of the Capitol so I could really get a good look at it. And the added scenes were definitely a nice bonus, since we weren't limited to a strictly Katniss-POV.

And yes, Seneca's death, scene, how sinister was that???? WOW. Snow is so completely creepy.

I was so tense during the whole Tracker Jacker scene. I'm already freaked out by bees, so seeing that whole thing happen..... eek.

And yes, I didn't feel like Rue and Katniss got enough time to develop their friendship.

As far as the Peeta/Katniss stuff, it was good, but I did worry that the nuances of how they (or at least she) are playing to the camera might not have come across to any viewers that hadn't read the book.

But yeah, it was good. I'm going to go see it again.

[inky808.livejournal.com]

akjsdlkajsd, THE ACTING. I half want to marry Jennifer because she's so amazing.

It was amazing, but there were so many things they missed; like Haymitch falling off the stage at the Reaping. That was one of my favourite parts.

Also, I thought they tried to downplay the romance too much (I think because it kept getting compared to Twilight), which is a shame, because it's quite an important theme, and unlike in Twilight, actually helps demonstrate something important.

/rant.

[secondafterpass.livejournal.com]

I just saw it yesterday. It was freakin' beautiful! And I usually am picky but this-- this movie really was fantastic. I adore the main actress-- funny that one of her first movies star as her being the tough hunter teenage daughter with a mentally absent mother with the need to protect her younger siblings. (It's called Winter's Bone. :D)

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