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beelikej

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Aug 18, 2012 14:10

After three nights of bubble baths and theatre, I'm catching up on Tumblr, Twitter and LiveJournal. I'll tell you all about my adventures later, here's already a summary:
Day 1: traveled from Z. to LND, read The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins
Day 2: did some (book)shopping and started reading Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins
Day 3: went sightseeing ( Read more... )

rant, mmmbooks

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beelikej August 18 2012, 15:36:45 UTC

Commenting to save a twitter-response from Sean Kennedy: (aka kennsea;)

The cat surviving meant to be a further bitter irony for Katniss. The revolution began because of Prim and her desire to save her. So it didn't come across to me like phew! The animal survived!

And I totally understood why Katniss could never choose Gale. He may not have personally dropped the bomb that killed Prim but he did create it. She could never forget that.

The kids thing was bittersweet to me as well. It wasn't a traditional happy ending. It took them a long time to trust the world again and have them. And even then she was paranoid about their safety. Kind of like the kids would have the same problems that the kids of Holocaust survivors had. To me the ending is a real downer, not a happy one.

beelikej August 18 2012, 15:38:13 UTC

BeeLikeJ Tweets: I got all that and I know it's mostly my knee-jerk reaction to all animals, in stories and images, but I identified with Katniss on a lot of issues (including her initial reaction to the cat) and it was a combination of not wanting the story to end and feeling betrayed by her having to make a choice that made me disappointed (even if the problems with her changed relationship with Gale were explained).

beelikej August 18 2012, 15:42:09 UTC

And some tweeting on the film (tanisafan told me it's only part one so far)
BeeLikeJ: I'm worried that the actors don't look like the characters I imagine. Plus: is the film as gruesome? I want it to be.

Sean Kennedy: If anything I'm more worried that the ending of the last film may gloss over the bitterness of the boOks.
Definitely watch the movie. I think they did a pretty good job and the cast is great.

I wouldn't say it's as gruesome but it is much more visceral in another way because of the kids - it's a punch in the gut actually seeing them suffer.

BeeLikeJ: I also wonder if they're able to show what Katniss is really thinking while 'pretending'. *sighs*

tanisafan: For me, the best part of the movie was how good a job they did at portraying her thoughts, actually :D.

Sean Kennedy:I agree. Jennifer Lawrence is amazing.

tanisafan August 19 2012, 13:15:30 UTC

Yeah, so, I have more thoughts ( ... )

beelikej August 25 2012, 09:30:21 UTC

Right after I posted this I realized I was showing my superficial side again. *hangs head* But I was angry about the epilogue and it was easier to bitch than to explain how hurt I was by all the in depth subjects that the books covers. I apologize for that. I loved this universe very much, as grim and raw as it is. It was painful yet awesome to get lost in this trilogy for four days in a row ( ... )