I searched the forum and didn't find a topic on this film.

Back from a midnight showing. It was pretty amazing

VERY true to the book. It did not feel like 2 hours and 22 minutes. What was cut was definitely made to streamline things and make the story flow faster. I can only imagine how long their first cut was.

It was also shot in my backyard of Charlotte and Asheville areas on North Carolina! Some friends of mine are in it as extras and even internships.

There was definitely some crying in the theater I was in--by 20+ year old guys trying to hide it and there are some very touching moments.

Some things to remember.

The movie is Rated PG-13. It's supposed to be a children's book. The book itself is rather descriptive in its violent descriptions and contains nudity of it's heroine, Katniss Everdeen. Needless to say, there is no nudity in this movie and while it is violent, it's not blatant and gory in it's depictions of it. It's based on a violent tradition in the world of the book after all. A ceremonial fight to the death of the rebellions of the Districts against the Capitol.

Anyway, some things were cut for time and streamlining. The violence and nudity I believe were cut for the mass appeal of a PG-13 film. I don't think showing either one would have hurt the film, but it would have changed it into a much more pessimistic dystopian society.

Maybe they'll go Rated R for the next 2. The violence doesn't decrease.

I liked it.

A lot.

Comments?

Klimbatize and Soldierhawk seem to the only ones with some sense in this thread. Most haven't bothered to check the source material(something other similar threads get grilled for) or have even researched it very much outside the trailer.

I've read all 3 books.

As book to film adaptations it's one of the best I've ever seen and that's saying a lot.

I could split hairs for details left out of the books, but clearly, few if any here, have bothered to pick them up

SoldierHawk wrote:

OMGOMGOMG please tell me the other two books are as good. I'm worried because I know the main selling point of the first story is the Games--and that can't continue in the next two books. Does Collins manage to stick the landing? My hope: Katniss becomes a badass rebel leader and overthrows the shit out of Snow. That man needs an arrow in the face, like now.

Catching Fire will be fine. It's interesting just how they find somewhere else to go and how it's more than a standalone story, which is certainly looks like it must be.

I haven't said it here, but I agree Katniss is a badass! That girl is a survivor. In the books she seems to make stupid choices, to further the plot, which really irritates me, since I know she's smarter than that, but nothing I can do about it.

Katniss is a heroine that is refreshing to see now. I really like her, except for my criticism above.

As for how it all ends. Read the books. I don't want to spoil anything and there's LOTS of twists and turns a long the way. I thought I knew how Catching Fire would end. I was wrong.

If you like her now you should still like her after reading the trilogy.