I was more impressed with the movie than I thought I would be. I was honestly convinced that I was going to hate it and I was pleasantly surprised that I did not.
I was most upset with:
- That the Mayor's Daughter (I can't for the life of me remember her name right now) was taken out of the movie
- They did not show Woody Harrelson fall off the stage at the reaping
- They did not show Peeta's painting at the final trial in front of the game-makers before they were given their scores
- The young lady they picked to play Katniss is a beautiful actress and they did not do a good enough job of making her look dirty and dishevelled before the people from the Capital got their hands on her
- Woody Harrelson as Haymitch. Awesome actor
- The craziness of the people of the Capital
- Effie - her demeanor is exactly how I pictured it while I was reading
- The Girl on Fire - I thought they were actually going to try to make a dress/outfits that looked like flames. Sure the effects are clearly effects, but kudos for realizing that this was a fantastical costume and there is no way to create the vision everyone made in their minds while reading!
I really liked Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss -- I didn't think I would. But, I'm a bit troubled how the movie positions effeminate men as being solely in the Capitol -- as if this is somehow part of being callous and bloodthirsty people.
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