Just yesterday, I saw Catching Fire with my friend Monica. While she cried through pretty much the entire movie, I didn't let out a tear. Please, don't think I'm a heartless person. I loved Catching Fire, and there were times during the movie when I did want to cry (but not bad enough so that tears would spill).
This movie was such as a success because it stuck to the script! By "script," I mean the book. When I watched the movie, it was like reading the book again.
So many funny and dramatic scenes were caught perfectly in the film that were in the novel, too. I'd say the funniest part was the elevator scene with Joana. Katniss' face had me laughing out loud. Another funny part was when Katniss went in for her evaluation. She took a mannequin, hanged it, wrote "Seneca Crane" on it, and bowed before them in a "what? what now?" attitude. It was the same bow from Hunger Games when she shot the arrow through the apple in the pig! A dramatic part that really touched my heart was Katniss' speech to Rue's family. It was so sad. Also, Katniss saw Cinna die right in front of her seconds before she entered the beach-themed area. That was horrible and hard to swallow.
There were some other things in the book that I had forgotten that were made fresh again by the watching the movie (it's been a year and a half since I read Catching Fire). While I was watching the movie, I always thought Plutarch was a bad guy. I mean, wasn't it his idea to have the masses destroy Katniss instead of Snow himself? He even suggested advertising brutal floggings and Katniss wedding to make it seem like she was against them and one of the Capitol. So, he aired a video of Gale being flogged, but there was a five second delay which showed Katniss coming in to help him. At the end of the movie, when I found out Plutarch is part of the Revolution against Snow, I realized then that it wasn't a "five-second dealy." Everything he said and did made sense: he was double-crossing Snow! Props to the actors for playing their part well.
I enjoyed watching it, but it also made me think. If Plutarch used public announcements to control what people thought, then isn't our government doing that now? Isn't that why people are fat? It's because of all those fast-food commercials, isn't it?!
If it starts now with fast-food commercials, who's to say it won't get any worse?
Don't let this worry you or boggle your mind, it's just food-for-thought.
Anyways, go see Catching Fire, but make sure you read the book, first!
This movie was such as a success because it stuck to the script! By "script," I mean the book. When I watched the movie, it was like reading the book again.
So many funny and dramatic scenes were caught perfectly in the film that were in the novel, too. I'd say the funniest part was the elevator scene with Joana. Katniss' face had me laughing out loud. Another funny part was when Katniss went in for her evaluation. She took a mannequin, hanged it, wrote "Seneca Crane" on it, and bowed before them in a "what? what now?" attitude. It was the same bow from Hunger Games when she shot the arrow through the apple in the pig! A dramatic part that really touched my heart was Katniss' speech to Rue's family. It was so sad. Also, Katniss saw Cinna die right in front of her seconds before she entered the beach-themed area. That was horrible and hard to swallow.
There were some other things in the book that I had forgotten that were made fresh again by the watching the movie (it's been a year and a half since I read Catching Fire). While I was watching the movie, I always thought Plutarch was a bad guy. I mean, wasn't it his idea to have the masses destroy Katniss instead of Snow himself? He even suggested advertising brutal floggings and Katniss wedding to make it seem like she was against them and one of the Capitol. So, he aired a video of Gale being flogged, but there was a five second delay which showed Katniss coming in to help him. At the end of the movie, when I found out Plutarch is part of the Revolution against Snow, I realized then that it wasn't a "five-second dealy." Everything he said and did made sense: he was double-crossing Snow! Props to the actors for playing their part well.
I enjoyed watching it, but it also made me think. If Plutarch used public announcements to control what people thought, then isn't our government doing that now? Isn't that why people are fat? It's because of all those fast-food commercials, isn't it?!
If it starts now with fast-food commercials, who's to say it won't get any worse?
Don't let this worry you or boggle your mind, it's just food-for-thought.
Anyways, go see Catching Fire, but make sure you read the book, first!