Yup. Those are the Hunger Games all right.

[kattahj]

I just got back from The Hunger Games, mere days after re-reading the book for work, and I'm not disappointed. I love the books lots, and this was very recognizably The Hunger Games, in a way that was as satisfying as it could ever have been with a PG-13 rating.

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[go_back_chief]

Have you read this one?

http://www.weirdscience.se/?p=15026#comments

I thought it was funny, and also interesting on a meta-level. (Was your theatre filled with teenagers laughing at the wrong places, too?)

I found it interesting that his motivation was more ambiguous than in the book - there, he's clearly in love and Katniss is just as clearly Not Thinking About That; here, the level of acting vs. genuine emotion for both of them is much harder to peg.I haven't seen the movie yet (only two days left!) but I thought Peeta's feelings were pretty ambiguous in the (first) book, as well. Right up until the end where it becomes obvious, I wasn't sure how to peg him, what was real and what was fake. Which, of course, made him interesting. In the book, that ambiguity came from Katniss POV: she doubts him (right up to the end) so I did, too. But since the movie presumably doesn't have such tight Katniss-POV, I suppose they let him act ambiguously instead, to create

[kattahj]

Jesus, I'm really happy I didn't have THAT audience. A couple of kids going in said, "Everyone here seems to be an adult!" Which, I would have pegged several of the people around them as late-teens, but yeah, a 15 rating wouldn't have made a dent in the audience at all. IDK if that was the reason, but beyond sobs at Rue's death and applause at the end, there weren't many audible reactions.

I haven't seen the movie yet (only two days left!) but I thought Peeta's feelings were pretty ambiguous in the (first) book, as well.

Huh - I winced a bit reading it the first time, since he was so very clearly not faking it, and I figured the only reason Katniss hadn't figured that out was because she didn't want to face what that meant about her actions.

[buymeaclue]

I really need to watch Winter's Bone soon, because after this and XMFC Jennifer Lawrence is quickly moving up to be one of my favourite young actresses.

Wandered over from love2loveher's comments and would heartily recommend this. Aside from being a gorgeous film, Winter's Bone is the reason I never had a lick of worry about Lawrence as Katniss; it's essentially the same character as straight-up book!Katniss.

[kattahj]

It really does seem like a film I'd want to see. Thanks for reinforcing that idea!