The Hunger Games - Part 2

[Project862006]

the race of the Rue character wasn't changed (with the exception of maybe the costumer Cinna).

The book kind of made it very apparent that Rue, Thresh, and most of Distric 11 were black.

It's somewhat racist when the readers look past the descriptions of a dark-skinned girl in a book and visualize her as a white girl instead.

cinna was never given a description of his skin tone to my recollection

just that he had dark hair and looked normal compared to the rest of the capitol

 

[Angel_Faerie]

Just idiotic when in the book it clearly says she has brown skin

Exactly. Rue is clearly black in the book and I imagined her as such when reading.

 

[Dark Sentinel]

I was listening to this podcast yesterday and the people were saying that Lenny Kravitz's character seemed to subtly be into Katniss so they should have made him gay to avoid that.

OH COME ON!!!

I didn't get that vibe at all, he CLEARLY cared for Katniss and was concerned for her..Collins has described his character such that since he is a "stylist" he has this ability to peer through the superficial and see what really matters. If anything all I got was that he was a true friend to Katniss, more so than Haymitch or even Peeta to an extent. There was a genuine emotional connection that didn't stray into any riskier territory.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

I didn't get a I wanna jump your bones sort of vibe either. People are strange.

 

[Sentinel X]

^ so it's racist now just to simply ask why the race of a character was arbitrarily changed?

Although I agree that the people this "ruined the movie" for are idiots.

She is described as having dark brown skin in the books. So how is that an arbitrary change? Either Rue is black, indian, or a dark hispanic based off her description. The author chose black which fit her original description. Where did the change happen?

 

[Project862006]

it is how it always is most people think everyone is automatically white

Cinna for example was never given a race or skin tone in the book

yet if you look at all the fan casting before lenny was cast it was all white suggestions lol

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

I only read half the book and I noticed that he wasn't described as any race really. I just didn't like Lenny K in the role because he has all the acting talent of a zombie.

 

[smashmode]

i still can not stop thinking how good Lawrence was in the movie. there was so much subtle acting .

Yeah I really liked the subtle moment she had with Peeta while he was applying the medicine on her face. It wasn't all just a game to her.

 

[smashmode]

I still can't buy Josh Hutcherson as Jennifer Lawrence's love interest............ i just can't....

Maybe it's his personality. For example, there has been strange love pairs, like Shia Lebeuf and Megan Fox, UNREALISTIC right, but in the movie it works, because how Shia's portrayed as Sam, but with Hutcherson's Peeta, there is this personality where he isn't man enough for her.

Maybe it's Jennifer Lawrence, she is too womanly to portray Katniss.....?? NOT DOGGING JENNIFER, she did incredible and definitely the best part of the movie.

But this is the only thing that bothered me, that in the movie (definitely works in the books), in a visual interpretation, Jennifer and Josh doesn't look right.

So, I don't know what it is. I can't overlook. In real life, Jennifer is 21, and Josh is 19, and they are both the same height according the IMDB. So, in pics, it looks weird since Jennifer towers Josh lol

I'm not dogging on the film but

Spoiler

out of curiosity, I looked more into the first book, and read that Katniss was pretending to be interested in Peeta........ which i was happy, but than i got more curious-er and than i read that Peeta and Katniss get's married .......... and i was like

So, if this is true, i will be weirded out throughout the next two flicks.

Is it really bothering you this much? And thanks for spoiling the entire series heh. I thought it was just going to be a first book spoiler.

ETA: YOu didn't spoil the entire series, just how some of the relationships work out in the end.

 

[jmc]

Rue character was the only other tributes who's description I vividly remember other than Katniss. Who are these numbnuts who are upset at her race despite having read the book?

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

Rue character was the only other tributes who's description I vividly remember other than Katniss. Who are these numbnuts who are upset at her race despite having read the book?

People who read at a 3rd grade level and have an strange hatred for black people.

 

[smashmode]

Question: How did Thresh know that Katniss saved Rue in the movie? And Why didn't Rue stay with Thresh for protection, as it seemed he cared for her?

 

[dark_b]

its not enough that she is a good actor. she also has to be entertaining and charismatic. grrrrr rrrr

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5Pr29nu-54
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1RYNwFdgf8

 

[Project862006]

maybe these same readers thought fox face was blonde lol

 

[gugumugats]

Question: How did Thresh know that Katniss saved Rue in the movie? And Why didn't Rue stay with Thresh for protection, as it seemed he cared for her?

1st question: I don't remember how it occurred in the book, but Thresh may have overheard Clove's taunting during the Clove/Katniss struggle.

2nd question: They were separated from the very beginning of the game and may have not seen each other since. The same kind of applies with Katniss/Peeta for part of the Games.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

its not enough that she is a good actor. she also has to be entertaining and charismatic. grrrrr rrrr

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5Pr29nu-54
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1RYNwFdgf8

She's mine! Back off buddy because I saw her first.

 

[smashmode]

1st question: I don't remember how it occurred in the book, but Thresh may have overheard Clove's taunting during the Clove/Katniss struggle.

2nd question: They were separated from the very beginning of the game and may have not seen each other since. The same kind of applies with Katniss/Peeta for part of the Games.

Yeah I think I remember that in your first response. Thanks. and your 2nd makes sense too

 

[dark_b]

She's mine! Back off buddy because I saw her first.

ISS i think i got this

always nice to see a girl at her twenties acting goofy and enjoying it. you know Megan Fox not everyone can be as ''glamour'' and fake as you. t:

 

[Project862006]

2 of my fav young actresses were actually in a movie together

Jen and Chloe singing from The Poker House

 

[gugumugats]

I only read half the book and I noticed that he wasn't described as any race really. I just didn't like Lenny K in the role because he has all the acting talent of a zombie.

Yeah, that was some horrible acting by Lenny K. I don't remember him acting that badly in Precious.

 

[Octoberist]

I forgot how the film skipped on the girl servant who got her tongue cut out. But I understand because the girl's backstory was told through the pros. unless her backstory was explained by Cinna or Haymitch.

 

[Drizzle]

In an unusual move, ABC Family has acquired the cable rights to The Hunger Games, which it will air in 2014:

http://www.deadline.com/2012/03/abc-family-acquires-the-hunger-games/

The deal also includes the second movie, Catching Fire. Guess ABC Family/Disney wants to add another franchise to their 'collection' alongside HP.

I love how ABC Family thinks this is relevant. Fans of the movie won't care because they will already own the movie by that point and anyone else who was interested in seeing it will have seen it already via Netflix or some type of on demand service.

 

[Angel_Faerie]

Not necessarily. I own all of the Twilight movies released thus far, and I still like to occasionally watch the first movie when it comes on FX. Same with the Harry Potter movies.

 

[Octoberist]

Yeah, that was some horrible acting by Lenny K. I don't remember him acting that badly in Precious.

I think he lacked the warmth Cinna should have had though I still liked his performance.

 

[Raiden]

I still can't buy Josh Hutcherson as Jennifer Lawrence's love interest............ i just can't....

Maybe it's his personality. For example, there has been strange love pairs, like Shia Lebeuf and Megan Fox, UNREALISTIC right, but in the movie it works, because how Shia's portrayed as Sam, but with Hutcherson's Peeta, there is this personality where he isn't man enough for her.

Maybe it's Jennifer Lawrence, she is too womanly to portray Katniss.....?? NOT DOGGING JENNIFER, she did incredible and definitely the best part of the movie.

But this is the only thing that bothered me, that in the movie (definitely works in the books), in a visual interpretation, Jennifer and Josh doesn't look right.

So, I don't know what it is. I can't overlook. In real life, Jennifer is 21, and Josh is 19, and they are both the same height according the IMDB. So, in pics, it looks weird since Jennifer towers Josh lol

I'm not dogging on the film but

Spoiler

out of curiosity, I looked more into the first book, and read that Katniss was pretending to be interested in Peeta........ which i was happy, but than i got more curious-er and than i read that Peeta and Katniss get's married .......... and i was like

So, if this is true, i will be weirded out throughout the next two flicks.

I have a problem of Josh being so short...