Illegitimate Princess
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- Posted: Sat, 24 Mar 2012 22:59:51 +0000
This movie felt like a rough draft to me.
Things I didn't like
1. Katniss knew about avox (cutting out tongue) in the first few minutes of the movie
2. Buttercup was NOT that cat and Liam is not Gale.
3. Rue deserved more screentime than Seneca. (see below)
4. Haymitch wasn't an alcoholic (they toned him down too much but he was still wonderful)
5. I didn't care about Prim. (she wasn't the lovable little girl from the book)
6. They could've kept Madge. (the pin story got deep in the other books:/ )
7. There wasn't a layer of dust on everything in 12. (Nor was there a chain link fence)
8. Katniss (and others in the Seam) didn't look all that hungry (she didn't gorge herself on the train)
9. In the flashbacks, Katniss was already old enough to hunt:/ she was supposed to be 11 years old.
10. Peeta didn't earn cred with the careers for finishing off that girl who started a fire in the arena.
11. The crown wasn't split into two pieces at the end.
12. The mutts were horrible. I thought they were more wolf-like.
13. Thresh didn't showdown with Cato
14. Glimmer was close to Cato instead of Clove.
15. They didn't put the berries in their mouths at the end. Actually, the whole ending with the medical hovercraft was changed.
16. Peeta never seems like he was near death. There wasn't a sense of urgency.
17. Shaky camerawork. I loved Cloverfield but this was distracting sometimes.
18. President Snow. He was too jolly looking. He was supposed to have puffy lips and look like plastic.
Things I liked
1. Effie Trinket! haha That's Mahogany! Manners! She was great<3
2. Katniss was perfect. She could convey so much with just her face.
3. Peeta was the charismatic charming guy we love.
4. The tracker jacker scene was MINT. Everything was so right and it was my favorite part of the first book.
5. Costumes! The capitol citizens looked amazing and Katniss' dress surprised me a little.
6. The capitol felt like a whole other world.
7. The control center for the Arena. It was a welcome addition/ felt like we were really going behind the scenes.
8. Flashing back to Gale when the romance bloomed onscreen. (hilarity ensued)
9. Seneca Crane looked and acted very much how I pictured him.
10. The countdown was intense and overall the movie had the same feel of the book.
11. Cesar Flickerman held the movie together.
The thing that bothered me the most was Rue. She should've had more character development and the movie didn't explain why she whistled in too much depth or how she knew about mockingjays. She didn't even get an interview. She doesn't tell Katniss about her district (which is the first she ever really learns about what goes on outside D12). So, when they flashed to D11 after her death I didn't realize where we were for a quick second. I was like that's grain... okay.. so what? Rue had no connection to Thresh and a very weak connection to her own district. People around in the theater were tearing up when she died, but everyone would have been bawling their eyes out if they had the chance to get to know her a bit before that.
Things I didn't like
1. Katniss knew about avox (cutting out tongue) in the first few minutes of the movie
2. Buttercup was NOT that cat and Liam is not Gale.
3. Rue deserved more screentime than Seneca. (see below)
4. Haymitch wasn't an alcoholic (they toned him down too much but he was still wonderful)
5. I didn't care about Prim. (she wasn't the lovable little girl from the book)
6. They could've kept Madge. (the pin story got deep in the other books:/ )
7. There wasn't a layer of dust on everything in 12. (Nor was there a chain link fence)
8. Katniss (and others in the Seam) didn't look all that hungry (she didn't gorge herself on the train)
9. In the flashbacks, Katniss was already old enough to hunt:/ she was supposed to be 11 years old.
10. Peeta didn't earn cred with the careers for finishing off that girl who started a fire in the arena.
11. The crown wasn't split into two pieces at the end.
12. The mutts were horrible. I thought they were more wolf-like.
13. Thresh didn't showdown with Cato
14. Glimmer was close to Cato instead of Clove.
15. They didn't put the berries in their mouths at the end. Actually, the whole ending with the medical hovercraft was changed.
16. Peeta never seems like he was near death. There wasn't a sense of urgency.
17. Shaky camerawork. I loved Cloverfield but this was distracting sometimes.
18. President Snow. He was too jolly looking. He was supposed to have puffy lips and look like plastic.
Things I liked
1. Effie Trinket! haha That's Mahogany! Manners! She was great<3
2. Katniss was perfect. She could convey so much with just her face.
3. Peeta was the charismatic charming guy we love.
4. The tracker jacker scene was MINT. Everything was so right and it was my favorite part of the first book.
5. Costumes! The capitol citizens looked amazing and Katniss' dress surprised me a little.
6. The capitol felt like a whole other world.
7. The control center for the Arena. It was a welcome addition/ felt like we were really going behind the scenes.
8. Flashing back to Gale when the romance bloomed onscreen. (hilarity ensued)
9. Seneca Crane looked and acted very much how I pictured him.
10. The countdown was intense and overall the movie had the same feel of the book.
11. Cesar Flickerman held the movie together.
The thing that bothered me the most was Rue. She should've had more character development and the movie didn't explain why she whistled in too much depth or how she knew about mockingjays. She didn't even get an interview. She doesn't tell Katniss about her district (which is the first she ever really learns about what goes on outside D12). So, when they flashed to D11 after her death I didn't realize where we were for a quick second. I was like that's grain... okay.. so what? Rue had no connection to Thresh and a very weak connection to her own district. People around in the theater were tearing up when she died, but everyone would have been bawling their eyes out if they had the chance to get to know her a bit before that.