OMG, can you spell AWESOME??.....YES, Hunger Games!!!!!! It was an amazingly awesome movie!!! From the beginning to the end!! There was drama and romance and action and even a little bit of comedy!!! I don't think they could have cast better actors in their respective roles. Woody Harrelson as Haymitch was completely brilliant he brought a comedic value to the character that was so beyond unexpected it knocked me off my seat. I remember him from Will and Grace and I loved him in there, yes he’s been in other movies and stuff but that is what my brain remembers him in, seeing as I'm bored and rewatching all the seasons of Will and Grace (I should do a post on that don't you think??). And who’d of thought that Elizabeth Banks could be so unrecognisable??? I mean seriously!!! I was sitting there for part of the movie obsessively trying to figure out who Effie was in real life, and then a few days later I remembered and all I had in my head was Zack and Miri Make a Porno!!!! I knew the main characters of course, Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss, Josh Hutcherson as Peeta and Liam Hemsworth as Gale but then there are the lesser characters who played their parts brilliantly like Stanley Tucci (the gay dude from Burlesque) as Caesar and Lenny Kravits as Cinna and the best casting ever was President Snow played by Donald Sutherland (The old white haired dude from; so many movies his got a Wikipedia page specially dedicated to his filmography, but to name the one I remember; Fierce People). And don't even get me started on the character of the Rue played by Amandla Stenberg, the awesome little badass girl from Colombiana.
But enough about the casting and the actors let’s get the main differences between the book and the movie. And just to recap the story goes a little something like this: In the near future there are 12 districts and each year a boy and girl tribute is selected from the districts and forced to take part in the Hunger Games. A game where there is only one winner and the only way to win is to kill off your competition, please refer to my previous blog post for more information on the book. Ok>>>back to my judging the movie... I have only one critique...The fighting scene when the Games start. Why in all that is good and awesome did they put the sound off???? Please can someone from that editing room call me!!! Gary (director), what were you thinking when you told the special effects dudes and dudets to put the sound off??? Yes, it kinda makes the scene more dramatic and puts you on the edge of your seat with the feeling of being too scared to even make a sound either; but I still wanted to hear the screams of pain and the sound of war raging on!! I feel it would’ve been way cooler (excuse the lack of a better term) for us to hear the gruesome fight scene in the beginning of the Games. The book describes it so well and in such grotesque detail and I would have loved to see the nastiness (if I may) in the film. Oh and can we just talk about the horrible adaptation of their coming out/opening ceremony outfits??? Me thinks the clothes was on fire for a reason and that was so that if could die a horrible sad unfashionable death. Other than that slightly short critique I loved the feel of the movie, the romance was not over done and they managed to get some comedic scenes in there mostly with Haymitch and Effie. The sad depressing scenes in the beginning of the film were perfect, even the selection scene was brilliantly done. Overall the movie was a success, what with the whole world going crazy and everyone comparing the opening week sales to Breaking Dawn.
I am very excited to hear that the second movie will be directed by Francis Lawrence (no relation to Jennifer Lawrence), he's done movies such as Water for Elephants and I Am Legend and directed many music videos including Beyoncè, Run the World and Britney Spears, Slave For You. It will be interesting to see what he brings to the film and how he changes the feel and ness of the film. Catching Fire is said to start filming in the summer of 2012 which is soon and be released late in the year 2013. But let us not be worried about that right now because between now and then there are still a bijillion and one other MUST SEE movies coming out!!! To name one THE AVENGERS!!!!!!!! So goobye, and may the odds be ever in your favour!!!!
