The Hunger Games

[katikat]

You know, the whole movie left with me with a bad aftertaste in my mouth. Oh, not that it's not good, don't get me wrong. Just the way the society was portrayed in it... The way some of the kids were so excited to kill each other... The way they turned on each other... It gave me the shivers. Creepy.

Jennifer Lawrence was excellent as Katniss. I know that her casting caused a controversy in the fandom but I don't care one iota. If Suzanne Collins herself liked Jen in the part, everybody else can go and screw a donkey, to be honest. It's her work and she can cast whomever she damn well pleases! And, AFAIK, she was actually involved a LOT in the movie! Sometimes I feel like fans become way too entitled, convinced that they have the God given right to make demands. The only right a fan has is either to watch or not to watch, to buy or not to buy. That's where their rights begin and end.

I'm not sure what to think of the ending. Did Katniss actually fall in love with Peeta or was she just playing her part? I would like to think that she did end up having feelings for him but... When she saw her boyfriend... I actually felt sorry for Peeta. He had been in love with her for ages and she never even noticed him.

I also adored the OST. I think that The Civil Wars' Kingdom Come is the best song of all, it pretty much embodies the whole movie. And it fits the ending perfectly too. They won just another day, their lives won't be any better, children will still keep dying. Yes, they survived but nothing really changed. I have had the song on repeat for a long time now. I think I need to find more songs by this group, they are wonderful, exactly the type of music I love.

Strangely, this movie made me want to read some XMFC fanfics with a kick-ass Raven. Huh...