I know, I'm a slowpoke, but I need to talk about it. The movie was great, definitely the best movie I've seen this year, and it was pretty close to the book, but as a proper nerd and Ravenclaw, I need to rant about the differences. Spoiler -Pretty much the entire beginning was shortened and cut, I didn't like that. What bothered me the most was the change of how Katniss got the mockingjay pin, that actually pissed me off. -They really butchered the Peeta and loaf of bread scene. -Prim's actress was seriously terrible. -It bothers me that Rue is black. And I know that sounds racist, but that's not my issue, my issue is that it was a really important point that Rue looked like Prim, and she didn't. Also, I think Cinna being black worked out pretty well. So I'm not racist. -They cut out the part where District 11 sent Katniss the bread and that was a really sweet moment, that bothered me. -They didn't really portray Katniss's rebellion to the Capitol after Rue's death, and that pissed me off because it was really important. -They didn't show that Katniss didn't actually love Peeta, even at the end. That was also really important. -The dogs! They completely ruined that! I mean, I guess that might have affected the PG-13 ratings, but come on! That was for me THE SCENE that showed how completely effed up the Capitol really is. -Not really a change, but I really think Peeta and Gale's actors should have been switched. -On the subject of actors, Foxface really should have had a fox face. -They didn't really show the Katniss being deaf in one ear thing, which kind of bothered me And that's all I can really rant about right now, even though there's probably more I could think of but I need to go to bed :V Movie was still excellent though, really glad I saw it. Oh and Effie Trinket was absolutely perfect, best casting choice ever.
There were 2 things in this film that greatly bothered me but I still absolutely adored it. Spoiler First, the actor who plays President Snow... I imiagined Snow to be lean, clean shaven, badly tanned with rubbery like skin, he was still old but his appearance was creepy and horrible, instead he looks more like Santa. Second, the amount of camera shaking, I thought it was a nice effect and at points it was probably quite essential like in the fighting scenes but it also meant that you couldn't see what was gonig on. I do agree with you, at the end with Snow forcing the gamemaker to kill himself I felt that wasn't very clear. I also thought they could have done the bread scene better but I'm glad it stuck closely to the book. I thought they needed to emphasise how corrupt the Capitol actually is so I agree with you. Apart from that, it was an exceptional film that I would reccomend to anyone.
