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You Can't Carry It With You If You Want To Survive
I saw The Hunger Games tonight and it was
very well done. I really loved the way that the film widened the world and showed how the Games were constructed and what the Capitol's pov regarding them was. I loved all the details they added, from Haymitch wining and dining to Seneca Crane. Goddamn, Seneca Crane. That scene where he is locked in the room with the berries was chilling. In general, all the increased worldbuilding made the movie stronger and really set-up the forthcoming rebellion.
I think the strongest parts were the beginning in District 12, with all the excellent unsteady camera work (on that subject, the use of sound and silence was phenomenal) and the end in the area.
Effie absolutely stole the show whenever she was on, with her fantastically snappish, "That's mahogany!" and her fucked-up line about the careers not getting dessert (which I bet they don't - they have to look perfect for the cameras, of course.) I adored her Reaping Day outfit (and I am actually going to attempt an Effie-inspired manicure at some point, with a dark pink dusted with gold.
Which leads me to the things I didn't like: the film really dragged in the middle during the prep for the games, and Katniss's outfits (the flaming cloaks, the girl on fire dress, the dress at the post-games interview) were TERRIBLE. Cinna did not make it work.
Also, every time we cut to Gale reacting to Katniss and Peeta being STAR CROSSED LOVERS, the audience (including me) cackled, which totally reminded me of this comic:
Oh, and just for the record: Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss was perfect, the actor for Peeta wasn't terrible, and that little moment where he touched the end of her braid right before taking the berries SLAYED me.
very well done. I really loved the way that the film widened the world and showed how the Games were constructed and what the Capitol's pov regarding them was. I loved all the details they added, from Haymitch wining and dining to Seneca Crane. Goddamn, Seneca Crane. That scene where he is locked in the room with the berries was chilling. In general, all the increased worldbuilding made the movie stronger and really set-up the forthcoming rebellion.
I think the strongest parts were the beginning in District 12, with all the excellent unsteady camera work (on that subject, the use of sound and silence was phenomenal) and the end in the area.
Effie absolutely stole the show whenever she was on, with her fantastically snappish, "That's mahogany!" and her fucked-up line about the careers not getting dessert (which I bet they don't - they have to look perfect for the cameras, of course.) I adored her Reaping Day outfit (and I am actually going to attempt an Effie-inspired manicure at some point, with a dark pink dusted with gold.
Which leads me to the things I didn't like: the film really dragged in the middle during the prep for the games, and Katniss's outfits (the flaming cloaks, the girl on fire dress, the dress at the post-games interview) were TERRIBLE. Cinna did not make it work.
Also, every time we cut to Gale reacting to Katniss and Peeta being STAR CROSSED LOVERS, the audience (including me) cackled, which totally reminded me of this comic:
Oh, and just for the record: Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss was perfect, the actor for Peeta wasn't terrible, and that little moment where he touched the end of her braid right before taking the berries SLAYED me.
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The fire was cool I thought, and the worst was the dress at the very end, but they were selling the innocent/so in love thing so meh. It was ok I guess.
I thought the fire just looked faker than fake, and the dress at the end didn't make her look young, it make her look like a demented ballarina.
*surprised. Also the dogs were lame, yeah, but I think it could have gone very very wrong if they had tried to do the tributes' faces. Can you imagine what that would actually look like?
Yeah, that was something I was really glad they changed.
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You know a dress is bad when Jennifer Lawrence doesn't look stunning, too.
I probs wouldn't have noticed so much if they didn't have to sell Cinna as some sort of fashion genius.