Comments on: The Hunger Games Movie – My Thoughts

By: fakesteph

fakesteph — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 03:39:52 +0000

You make such a good point! I made a friend come with me who hadn't read the books and she just finished the first one and is dyyying to go buy the second and third.

And I loved seeing the gamemakers in action! The berry scene with Seneca Crane… oh man! Easily my favorite scene. I didn't expect it. (I honestly can't remember if that was in the books. Was it alluded to in Catching Fire? I haven't read them since Mockingjay came out… I should read them again.)

By: Beth S.

Beth S. — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 13:11:18 +0000

I hadn't read your thoughts until just now so it's interesting that our thoughts are so similar.

I also am a bit iffy on Peeta but a few of us were talking on Twitter and said he definitely nailed the charm, he just doesn't have the swoon. So the more I think about it, I'm actually fine with that because it's how I felt about him when I was reading the book. I've always been more of a Team Gale girl myself and I thought the awkwardness between Katniss and Peeta in the movie was pretty indicative of how it went down in the book. She was trying to survive. Whatever feelings she had for him felt more like strategy than romance – even the kiss.

And yes, I thought Woody Harrelson and Lenny Kravitz were perfection. In fact, I'm swooning over Cinna WAY MORE than Peeta! I cant' believe Kravitz is 47-years-old!

I, too, loved seeing the gamemakers work and also the the nefarious orchestration of the results of the games between Seneca and President Snow. So evil! And yet, the gamemakers were so clinical and banal in their work – what a contrast.

By: Shannon

Shannon — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 00:21:34 +0000

I loved the movie as well-saw it last night. The discrepancies between the book and the movie were not huge and didn't interfere with the story itself.

Of course I cried-and can't say why because other people might not have read it or watched it yet, but you know what I'm talking about! 🙂

Shannon
http://www.extremereadingandwriting.wordpress.com

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 08:14:32 +0000

Looking back, I wasn't comparing the movie to the book while I was watching it – it was on the drive home that my brain was analyzing it. I was completely entranced. And I walked out wishing I could just stay and watch it again right away.
And I am glad I still have a copy of THG in my possession so I can reread it. (I splurged and bought it and CF for my Nook…) If it has the same effect on my students, I suspect many will be going to buy copies because our network of sharing won't be nearly enough…

By: Melanie

Melanie — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 03:50:02 +0000

Ack, I'm so nervous about watching this movie! I hope I love it. Glad to see you did; it gives me hope. I've been thinking about THG a lot recently and, I just posted about The Hunger Games parodies.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 02:43:01 +0000

Loved the movie! I agree about casting of Peeta. He seems so young? weak? child-like? I'm not sure. But he did get the personality and sincerity of Peeta on point.