miscellaneousinsanitygrass grows, birds fly, sun shines,and brother, i hurt peopleRegistered Userregular
The stylists who work under Cinna were pretty much completely glossed over in the book. They help give a sense of average Capitol citizens and the divide between the Districts and the Capitol. I understand why they they would be skipped but it would've been nice to have at least been introduced to them.
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"shaking my head"
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Anywho, yeah. I've banned myself from the D&D thread. Actually I've banned myself from any thread that contains Ross or Drez. I'm suddenly a much happier person.
Yeah those two are just like, ruining any form of sanity in that thread.
One is convinced that if you were at all surprised by the skin color of Rue and Thresh, you're a racist.
The other is pissed that there is no explanation as to why the Capitol is evil and why the districts go along with the shit.
I enjoyed the movie! The shaky cam wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be, the only part about it that annoyed me was when they seemed to just swing the camera around randomly during action scenes.
The transfer from page to screen was handled pretty well, and having recently read the series twice, I wonder how much I filled information/emotion into anything missing from the movie. I only had two problems with the move from book to reel:
I feel the Peeta-Katniss relationship was handled a little clumsily. Without Katniss' internal monologue, I'm not sure if they got across that she didn't really "like" like Peeta. And they really downplayed his feelings of anger and betrayal when he found out the whole "love" thing was part of a cold-blooded, logical strategy between Haymitch and Katniss.
The other thing I felt wasn't pulled off well was the berries. It seemed like Katniss was a little bit too confident that it would save them both, not that she knew she couldn't kill Peeta in cold-blood and face her district and herself afterwards. That death right there was better than committing murder. The movie removed the desperation from the scene and turned it into a cunning plan. I dunno, maybe I'm remembering the book wrong.
But it was still really enjoyable.
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facetiousa wit so dryit shits sandRegistered Userregular
I enjoyed the movie! The shaky cam wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be, the only part about it that annoyed me was when they seemed to just swing the camera around randomly during action scenes.
The transfer from page to screen was handled pretty well, and having recently read the series twice, I wonder how much I filled information/emotion into anything missing from the movie. I only had two problems with the move from book to reel:
I feel the Peeta-Katniss relationship was handled a little clumsily. Without Katniss' internal monologue, I'm not sure if they got across that she didn't really "like" like Peeta. And they really downplayed his feelings of anger and betrayal when he found out the whole "love" thing was part of a cold-blooded, logical strategy between Haymitch and Katniss.
The other thing I felt wasn't pulled off well was the berries. It seemed like Katniss was a little bit too confident that it would save them both, not that she knew she couldn't kill Peeta in cold-blood and face her district and herself afterwards. That death right there was better than committing murder. The movie removed the desperation from the scene and turned it into a cunning plan. I dunno, maybe I'm remembering the book wrong.
But it was still really enjoyable.
I think the change with the final confrontation maybe worked a little better. In the book, Cato was basically a monster, right down to the end. They humanized him a bit more with his little speech, which fits a little better with the whole "they're shitty TO ALL THE DISTRICTS, even the ones they like" thing.
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miscellaneousinsanitygrass grows, birds fly, sun shines,and brother, i hurt peopleRegistered Userregular
I should be flipping my laptop at that, GG, but I think marathoning My Brother My Brother And Me episodes has inoculated (desensitised?) me against the horrors of yahoo answers
I just got reminded of something browsing the terrible D&D thread.
In the movie, holy shit, Katniss is tall as hell. Wait a minute.
Apparently, IMDb says the actress is 5'7", and so is Peeta's actor. So she's not super tall, he's just...kind of on the low end of average. Gale's is 6'3". You'd think they could've looked around for another dude who was 6'0"+ to play Peeta.
/nitpick
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StraightziHere we may reign secure, and in my choice,To reign is worth ambition though in HellRegistered Userregular
A lot of men in Hollywood are short and a lot of women are tall
That's kinda how it goes
As clearly stated, twice, by use "moocow", the character of Peeta, as written in the book, is tall.
Mm, and Katniss is supposed to be "small but strong" I think, which makes me think of less than 5ft1". Though I must admit I don't think I would have picked up on the height thing unless it'd been pointed out.
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Yeah those two are just like, ruining any form of sanity in that thread.
One is convinced that if you were at all surprised by the skin color of Rue and Thresh, you're a racist.
The other is pissed that there is no explanation as to why the Capitol is evil and why the districts go along with the shit.
Coran Attack!
The transfer from page to screen was handled pretty well, and having recently read the series twice, I wonder how much I filled information/emotion into anything missing from the movie. I only had two problems with the move from book to reel:
The other thing I felt wasn't pulled off well was the berries. It seemed like Katniss was a little bit too confident that it would save them both, not that she knew she couldn't kill Peeta in cold-blood and face her district and herself afterwards. That death right there was better than committing murder. The movie removed the desperation from the scene and turned it into a cunning plan. I dunno, maybe I'm remembering the book wrong.
But it was still really enjoyable.
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I love how I don't even need to read the thread to know who this must be.
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they kinda get into this in the second book with the birds.
Basically its mostly psychological warfare, not just physical.
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it was way better than I remember it being!
In the movie, holy shit, Katniss is tall as hell. Wait a minute.
Apparently, IMDb says the actress is 5'7", and so is Peeta's actor. So she's not super tall, he's just...kind of on the low end of average. Gale's is 6'3". You'd think they could've looked around for another dude who was 6'0"+ to play Peeta.
/nitpick
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I dunno, it just kind of stuck out that she was as tall as Peeta. Didn't really lessen my enjoyment of the movie.
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That's kinda how it goes
As clearly stated, twice, by use "moocow", the character of Peeta, as written in the book, is tall.
Probably because he wasn't from Hollywood.
Mm, and Katniss is supposed to be "small but strong" I think, which makes me think of less than 5ft1". Though I must admit I don't think I would have picked up on the height thing unless it'd been pointed out.
Wolverine is 5'3"
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Huh! I never knew Wolverine was that short. The more you know!