![]() “What? You’re making that up!” I exclaim. “He said, ‘See that little girl? I wanted to marry her mother, but she ran off with a coal miner,’” Peeta says. My father pointed you out when we were waiting to line up,” Peeta says. You had on a red plaid dress and your hair…it was in two braids instead of one. “You said at the interview you’d had a crush on me forever. The film could also have used the dialogue below (from Chapter 22, in the cave), which would then make clear the steadfastness of Peeta’s character as well as his love for Katniss: However, the film could have paid more careful attention to Buttercup (see the excerpt here to know more about the cat), who, in the end, would be Prim’s gift to Katniss. For example, I understand that Peeta’s leg did not have to be amputated in the film the author herself seems to have forgotten this detail in the later books anyway. I understand that many details need to be omitted otherwise, we’d have a miniseries. The film could have been more careful about the details.However, here are the top 3 things I believe this film could have done better (or hope that the film adaptations of the other two books would do): The film manages to keep the action flowing there doesn’t seem to be any dull moments.The film contrasts very well the poverty and oppression in the districts on one hand and the sickening extravagance and apathy in the Capitol on the other.The film manages to portray the violence in the book without being too gory (cf.I’m also giving the Hunger Games film the same rating for the following reasons.įirst would be the top 3 things I appreciate about the film, which are: In an earlier post, I gave the Hunger Games book 3 stars out of 5. This is my first time to blog about a film, and the reason I’m doing this is that I’d like to analyze in the future other film adaptations of my favorite fantasy book series (e.g., LOTR, the Chronicles of Narnia, A Song of Ice and Fire).
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