'The Hunger Games': Woody Harrelson plays Haymitch with humor

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[laura_luvage]

My impression of the books has always been that Katniss was in love with Gale from the beginning but she never really admitted it to herself, her actions and thoughts to me come across as she was in love with him. Of course though the Katniss we meet at the beginning of the book doesn't really believe in love, so she doesn't really label it as such. However the first book, other than the obvious part of trying to survive and get home to Prim, is about her growing to care for Peeta, so that she can fall in love with him in book two. Love isn’t real to Katniss in book one, pretending to be in love with Peeta is a means of survival, when she tells Peeta it’s lie at the very end of book one and his reaction is when things changes. Along with what happens at the beginning of book two and the events between the two is when her opinion changes.

You can't really label Gale as the love interest, without labelling Peeta too. And this is coming from someone who would have preferred her to be with Gale.

[laura_luvage]

I agree, the love triangle isn't the focus, and really it never is the main focus. The main focus is Katniss' battle to stay alive, keep Prim safe and then the rebellion. Sadly going by the promo so far, the love triangle looks like it will be much bigger than in the books.

[mermaidprincesa]

I totally thought she was in love with Gale in the beginning, but since she didnt want love she refused to admit it.

[audreyii_fic]

Completely agree with this analysis.

[peskywhistpaw]

That's what I got out of the article, too. It worries me that Gale is called the 'love interest' while Peeta is only the 'fellow competitor.' :\

[paceisthetrick]

Well, you know that moment in the books where Katniss finds out that Peeta is in love with her... I'm thinking they want to save that OMFG moment for everyone who hasn't read the books. haha ---- like they want us all to like Katniss/Peeta, but they aren't being Promoted as a couPle

[sabaceanbabe]

I noted that, but my reaction was more, way to show your shipper bias, article writer, than to worry that the movie is going to go there. I hope it doesn't go there.

The whole story is so much more than romance or romantic triangle. And I'm still ridiculously excited to see it come alive.

[zorabet]

But he...is a love interest? It says hunting partner too, but he's also a love interest.

[zorabet]

I really don't think it is- but I DO think they're going to have to expand Gale for it. Because we have her internal thoughts, we get flashbacks and we get to see that she's thinking about Gale, even though it's not romantically. We aren't going to have her POV, most likely, so we need something to work off of in CF when it becomes a question to her, and it doesn't seem out of the blue.