KATNISS EVERDEEN

[harborshore]

So I saw the Hunger Games.



I have quibbles, and they mostly involve the fact that for the first ten minutes or so, the boys were way too clean-cut to live in a mining district and also, what, three black people in District 12, what gives? The mining district itself was stunningly realized, though. This is, all in all, a very visual movie.

And. Oh man. Man. Jennifer Lawrence is--she's so good. She owns this role and makes the movie. And Katniss is so great. Rue broke my heart. I came out floating. Katniss Everdeen, I am such--she's a great character. She's a character I want to put together with two or three other archers, Hawkeye and Cissie of DCU especially. Because unstoppable badassness.

Also, the Hunger Games is made to be a movie--seeing it on screen brings home the very overt civilization critique of the book. It's not subtle on the page, and it's even less subtle in the movie--and I'm okay with it not being layered. I read a review that said the only media critique happens early, when Gale wishes that everyone would stop watching, but oh, man, no. The critique is in the way that it's all meant to be a show, in every calculated interview and the audience cheering for the kids who will die.

Also Katniss. KATNISS.



LOL incoherent. OH WELL. Hi, I liked it.

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[absenteye.livejournal.com]

Hey, me too! :D My thoughts are OH MAN JENNIFER LAWRENCE!!!, basically. And I agree, it's a very visual movie which is lovely because you get to experience that aspect of the story in a new way, but sometimes I thought it kind of hindered the emotional impact, sort of? IDK IDK, TOO MANY THOUGHTS. Basically it boils down to me loving the book too hard to ever really be fully satisfied with the movie (on account of how powerful Katniss' POV is, probably), but I knew that going in and I still enjoyed it immensely.

ALSO THE CASTING. It was great! No character stuck out as wrong to me, even if they weren't always how I'd imagined them! And I adored Effie, and Haymitch was great! Also JENNIFER LAWRENCE!!! Have you seen Winter's Bone? She was great in Winter's Bone! Like so great idek what to do with myself!

AND RUE WAS SO PERFECT AND I CRIED SO HARD WHEN SHE DIED AND I LOVED HOW BROKEN KATNISS WAS AFTER THAT SCENE, JUST UGH. AMAZING.

I could probably go on for like five more hours but I WILL NOT because I love you, and also because sleep. :D?

[harborshore.livejournal.com]

THIIIIS. All of this. I had some issues with both Peeta and Gale looking like all-American healthy and well-fed boys, but they DID well, especially Peeta, so it doesn't bother me very much.

I haven't seen Winter's Bone because I didn't think I could handle it! But she is the MOST amazing always.

RUE. Fuck. :(((((((((((((((((

HI ILU.

[ivyenglish.livejournal.com]

the audience cheering for the kids who will die

I'm assuming you mean the fictional Capitol audience but maybe not, but at the midnight show I went to, about two-thirds of the theater audience cheered and clapped when Clove died and then again when Cato died and it was pretty goddamn unsettling, like HELLO THE POINT YOU ARE EPICALLY MISSING IT.

but omg YES EVERYTHING YOU SAID. KATNISS. JENNIFER LAWRENCE. KATNISS.

[harborshore.livejournal.com]

FOR REAL I meant the Capitol audience (there's an interesting and scary discussion to be had about the point when you go from questioning something to implicitly endorsing it, but I do think the Hunger Games manages to walk that line really really well). My audience was mostly quiet and absorbed, though they did cheer when Katniss nailed the apple to the wall, which, you know. Appropriate reaction.

Jennifer Lawrence makes this movie, in many ways, I think. She just--wow. I'm so impressed.