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Mar 25, 2014 05:02AM
I really hope they do the epilogue justice! It felt so short to me. I mean I was happy with it, but I really hope its well done and thorough. And I wouldn't mind it being drawn out...it would be nice to seem them have some happiness since the rest of the trilogy is full of trauma
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Do u think they're gonna add drama that wasn't in the books to draw it out tho?
Do u think they're gonna add drama that wasn't in the books to draw it out tho?
No, I doubt it. I mean the “third Games”/Capitol War Zone section of the book will be action packed enough. And there is plenty of material between Peeta’s strangling scene and the Capitol war zone section. Plus the denouement of the book was fairly long. She spends all that time healing and singing and all that jazz. I mean they definitely could add more, but if they are any good (which they seem to be based off the way Catching Fire was done) they should be able to do the movies without adding a ton that wasn’t from the book.
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Oh that will be a fun scene! I wonder how they will do the propos because in the book she was super awkward and had a hard time acting and it was a big dilema until they got her doing legit stuff instead of scripted stuff. But I noticed in Catching Fire the movie she didn't have much of a problem with the cameras. In her interview with Caesar she jokes with him befroe twirling her mockingjay dress, and that wasn't her at all, Peeta was the one good on camera/good with words. Idk, not a big deal in Catching Fire but I wonder how they will handle it in Mockingjay
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Yeah that’s a good point. It showed how important Cinna’s reassurance was for her.I hope they show some bad acting too! And I like the scene where they have a mtg about the crappy propo and Haymitch leads them in discussing everyone’s favorites Katniss moments…I loved that moment because I think it was encouraging for Katniss to hear people’s reactions to the love she displayed toward various people, and as a reader it was fun to briefly relive some beautiful moments, especially the ones regarding Peeta since we are all so worried about him at this point.
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Exactly! ugh. I know. Mockingjay was such a rough book for me. Things with Peeta were so rough :(
I always look at that first scene in front of the cameras in CF before they take off on tour with annoyance because she saves Peeta from having nothing to say... She is suppose to be awkward!!!! But I do love that impromptu kiss scene :DAnyway what I hope for (and it's only sml but I loved it) right at the end when Katniss and Peeta play the game "real/not real" coz for me it really was that point where he was coming around and falling for her again, but this time he wasn't alone :D *sigh*
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I really hope that make that whole scene or game over a few scenes good. It really is an important part of them getting their relationship back, so it needs to be done right or I(and a lot of others I'm sure) will be really mad!!
Personally, Im not a fan of the Hunger Games trilogy. out of all the book the 2nd is my favorite just bcuz we got a peak of the other victors. I thought the ending was a build up and fell flat at the end. But none the less, I'll be at the movie theaters opening weekend :)
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I dont think all 75 tributes were still alive at the beginning... I got the impresion some had died over the yrs? would have to check out the book to be sure :) As Katniss says no one decent ever wins the games.
Real/not real is one of the best parts of the entire series for me. To be caught in a fragile state of mind and a broken down physical state all while having huge dramatic life altering moments unfold are no joke. A quote of part of their game in a review I read is what made me decide to read the books. It might be a backwards way of doing things, that a review for the third book got me to read the first two as well, but they were more than worth it.
But I forgot to add that I hope they leave the epilogue out of the theaters and leave that as an extended scene on the blu ray. It may be made to look cheesy and the last thing I want to hear is people complaining about a horrible ending
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I mean like 75 total in the history of the games. Naturally if the first of those was even 13 when they won their games they would be dead by the time the book began.
If you could give the Director the last scene before the curtain falls what would it be??her living with Peter playing the game real/not real?? or visiting Prim's grace with primroses? or a new world just beginning with all Districts free??
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I think for me if they end it with any other words besides "Real" I will be mad! haha
Dana wrote: "Sam wrote: "I dont think all 75 tributes were still alive at the beginning... I got the impresion some had died over the yrs? would have to check out the book to be sure :) As Katniss says no one d..."haha that threw me coz it really made me think... i'm a bit slow today :)
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Dana wrote: "No worries!! Me too!! I worked way to long today, and get to start my day tomorrow off with meetings and insanity as my staff is getting ready for Spring Break Camp! So........I'm reading and pla..."I'm at work right now feeling like I'm sleep walking coz I've been reading way too late at night. So I know how you feel haha I keep promising myself I will go to bed early tonight!! HA
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Oh, and tomorrow I for sure won't get to sleep early since I am going to see Divergent with a friend....Why do I keep doing this to myself?! haha
oh jealous! haha have a great time wont you :)
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can't wait to find out if u liked it or not. I've loving the book and like u hope they dont ruin it!!
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Dana wrote: "I agree that seeing the other victors was really awesome! It broke my heart to hear their stories, but at the same time it just added to the seriousness of the situation, and wanting to overthrown ..."I thought it made sense...Didn't Collin's explain that if the Capitol didn't kill them for being "traitors" the rebels attacked them for being part of the Capitol? They were easy targets...everyone knew who they were because of the games. I mean the victors were the ones that got screwed the worst for sure. And I also loved hearing their stories...it was heartbreaking but added so much depth to the books.
J wrote: "But I forgot to add that I hope they leave the epilogue out of the theaters and leave that as an extended scene on the blu ray. It may be made to look cheesy and the last thing I want to hear is pe..."People are going to complain no matter what. I don't care if people think its cheesy...if the epilogue isn't included in the movie I'll flip out! I waited all this time for Peeta and Katniss to be together, have kids, and start living the life of peace and joy that they so desperatly deserve after all the horrors they went through...if I don't get that I don't know what I'll do!
Dana wrote: "I hope they do not ruin it either!! But, we shall see... I will be back from the movie pretty late, but will be on here IMMEDIATELY letting everyone know how it was for sure!!!!! :D"haha, please do! Can't wait to get your thoughts on it!
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oh yeah I totally agree with you. I also WISH that more had lived. Gosh...they went through so much more than the average citizens (who were already struggling as it is.) I was just saying that it made sense that most of them died. It sucks.
Ya know...I wonder if they introduced Snow's granddaughter in the movie Catching Fire so that at the end of Mockingjay when they decide to do "one last games" involving the children/grandchild of Capitol members including Snow's grand daughter we have already been introduced to her. That part was so crazy to me in the book. I was pretty disapointed...I sided with Peeta and Annie on that issue for sure :(
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Yeah, I think by showing her it will make it a little more intense.
I for sure sided with Peeta and Annie. I was sad when Katniss votes yes as well, since I thought she would stick with Peeta. However, I could not have been happier at all after her arrow his whats her face instead of Snow! It made me soooo happy!! haha
Dana wrote: "For sure. It is just one more item on the list of things that are totally "not fair" in this book series! haha I mean...the things make sense and make the books what they far... but its still not ..."Totally agreed! Wanna talk about “not fair”? Don’t even get me started on Finnick! Good God! Suzanne Collins why are you so evil?! Why do you hurt our souls like this?! I mean…its so sweet and beautiful that Annie had a son to comfort/remind her…but she was also messed up…like she needed Finnick! That poor kid…ARGhhhhhhhhhhh
Dana wrote: "Marika wrote: "Ya know...I wonder if they introduced Snow's granddaughter in the movie Catching Fire so that at the end of Mockingjay when they decide to do "one last games" involving the children/..."Shooting Coin instead of Snow was just fantastic. More awesome points for Katniss. I mean…thank God Katniss took care of that issue-waiting-to-happen. Coin probs would have been another Napoleon Bonaparte in my opinion…
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Wow....reading my comment and your comment just has me thinking how great these books are. We are THIS upset about a fictional character and the world they live in. These books are just so awesome to get that kind of response from readers! After I read them I am a mess for days...no other book has quite gotten that response from me....
I totally agree...I read a decent amount of books but only a few leave me thinking about them/worked up about them for days, even fewer for months/years (like the Hunger Games!) Now that is the mark of a good story...when they stay with you! Even though I've re-read the trilogy a few times I'm still a mess at certain points!
do you ever read fan fiction? I really don't but if someone knew of a good fan fiction where Finnick doesn't die I'd be SO down for reading that!!
I need a non gay way of saying Finnick didn't look like what I expected
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This cracked me up!!!!!!!!! So.....how I have to know....what did you think he would look like? Did you not like the way he looked in the movie? Oh...and I am still laughing right now as I type this...by the way!! ;)
Dana wrote: "I don't really read fan fictions, just because I have enough to read already... But, I think it could be interesting to see a version where he did not die. Maybe they will change it for the movie s..."that would be so awesome...i'd be ok with them changing that part of the story for sure!!
I feel so bad for the actor that played finnick because ppl are SO cruel and all over the internet complaining about how he's "not attractive enough."ummm...doesn't that put us at the same, or similar, level as the Capitol? Using and abusing Finnick and his looks. Come on now.
(BTW, J, I wasn't attcking you for what you said at all...it just reminded me of some terrible things I've seen people write about the actor)
Lol, after I type this I'm gonna have to get some sort of avatar that convinces people I'm straight but it isn't about his looks. He just doesn't have the swag or appearance of god given physical talent and rough edges of hard work. I figured a cross between Leonidas and Jason Statham, with a little bit of Aztec warrior for the tan and constant love making in the Capitol.
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Wasn't he from the sailing and fishing district? He didn't look like a tough fisherman to me, but enough of that. Maybe he knew jake from never land?
Maybe it was just me but in the book when Katniss finds out Coin's intension to do one final games she looks over at Haymitch. They have this internal "mind" agreement, that u find out after, she made the decision to kill Coin! IF she didn't say yes to one final games, and be in agreement with Coin, she would not have given permission for Katniss to shoot Snow and then not would not have given her the oportunity to kill Coin instead. In my mind they agreed that if Katniss didn't do something it would never end... the Games, the War... Peace would never be obtainable because it would always be "them" and "us".Am I making something of a "glace" because I really didn't want her to agree to another of the Games with the Capital's children? Or did someone else see this?
