- In the novel, Katniss gets the Mockingjay pin from Madge. In the
film, she trades for the pin at The Hob and gives it to Prim, who gives
it back after the reaping. Madge is never seen in the film.[64]
- In the book, Peeta's eyes are described as blue by Katniss. In the film, they are dark-brown colored instead of blue.
- In the book, Katniss is visited by Peeta's father after Prim and
her mother come to visit her. In the movie, Mr. Mellark never makes an
appearance.[64]
- In the book Katniss gives Peeta sleeping syrup received from
Haymitch so she can go to the feast. In the film she waits until he
falls asleep.
- In the novel, the girl who lit the fire at night was found out by
the Career tributes and Peeta. Later then they tried to kill her but the
cannon didn't shoot immediately, so Cato sent Peeta to make sure the
bonfire girl was killed. In the film, the bonfire girl died right away.
- In the novel, the tribute girl from District 4 dies along with
Glimmer during the tracker jacker attack. In the film, she dies in the
bloodbath.
- It is never pointed out that Katniss's leaf bandages will help
withdraw the pain from the tracker jackers and in the book they are
chewed into a paste by Rue.
- In the novel, after Rue dies, Katniss received a loaf of bread she
identified as likely being from District 11, and thanked the people of
District 11 for the gift. The film didn't include this scene.
- In the novel, Katniss loses hearing in her left ear after blowing
up the pyramid of supplies and does not regain it until after she leaves
the arena. This only happens momentarily in the film.
- In the film Katniss has no struggle to find water and is shown
finding it during the first day. In the book she is almost dead from
dehydration by the time she locates it.
- In the movie, Katniss receives actual note messages from Haymitch. In the books, she simply guesses at what he is thinking.
- In the book, Katniss and Peeta are at the lake retrieving water when
Cato emerges, sprinting from the woods with the muttations chasing
behind him. Cato is wearing body armor that deflects one of Katniss's
arrows. Cato's body armor allows him to continue a lengthy melee with
the muttations after he is thrown from the cornucopia. None of this was
featured in the film.
- In the book, the muttations resemble the dead tributes making it
difficult for Katniss to kill them. They are described as so realistic
that Katniss and Peeta are unsure if the actual tributes' eyes are
present in the muttation.[64]
- In the movie, the cornucopia is a dark metal, not golden as it is described in the book.
- In the book, Clove is viciously beaten to death by Thresh with a
rock. In the film she is repeatedly smashed into a wall, presumably
resulting in a broken neck.
- It is never shown that after a tribute dies, the birds go quiet and a
Mockingjay whistles during the approach of a hovercraft. After Rue's
death, Katniss simply walks away and we don't know what happens to Rue's
body.
- In the film, we see more of President Snow than in the book, where he was only a minor character.
- When Cato falls off the horn to the muttations in the film Katniss
quickly shoots him to put him out of his misery. In the book, Katniss
and Peeta sit on the horn all night listening as Cato slowly dies. When
the sun begins to rise Katniss then decides to shoot the arrow and end
it.[64]
- In the books, we hardly know anything about Seneca Crane besides the
fact that he was killed after the Games because he didn't blow Peeta
and Katniss "sky high" when Katniss pulled out the berries. In the
movie, we see a lot of "behind the scenes" actions concerning the
Gamemaker and the people working in the room that controls all the
elements of the Arena.[64]
- In the book Peeta's damaged leg was amputated and replaced with a
"metal-and-plastic device." In the film, he doesn't receive any new
injury from the Mutts and therefore doesn't need an amputation.
- In the book, Peeta finds out on the way back to District 12 that
Katniss's feelings were a game for sponsors, and in the movie the
subject is never brought up, although it is hinted that he guesses this.
- The girl with red hair whom Katniss encounters first in the woods
and later as an Avox in the Capitol is never featured in the film.
- Darius the Peacekeeper was not a character in the film, unlike the book.
- In the book, Cato kneels down next to Clove when she is dying. In the film, there is no sign of Cato during the feast.
- In the movie, Cato realizes the true meanings of the games (on the
Cornucopia) and knows that Peeta and Katniss are supposed to win. In the
book, he shows no knowledge of the true meanings of the Hunger Games.
- In the book, Katniss and Peeta actually put the nightlock berries in
their mouths. In the movie, the game is ended before they get the
chance.
- Much of Katniss' thoughts are portrayed in the book. However, there
was no similar narration in the movie, leaving some details to
cut-scenes and character dialogue.
- In the book, Katniss and Peeta are trapped inside the cave for
several days while it is storming. They also receive numerous gifts from
sponsors. This does not happen in the film.
- There is much more intimacy between Katniss and Peeta in the book
than in the film. While the book states numerous make-out sessions
between the couple, the film only features one kiss on the lips between
the couple.
- Rue shares a lot of information about District 11 and her knowledge
about gathering berries in the book, but not the film. While this
information is hardly relevant in the first film, the information about
District 11 might prove important in "Catching Fire" and in
"Mockingjay."
- In the book, during the training in which the judges score the
tributes, Peeta goes first. However, in the film, Katniss goes first and
we never learn exactly what Peeta does for the judges.
- In the book, eleven tributes die during the bloodbath. In the film,
twelve die in the bloodbath, and thirteen die before sunset of the first
night.
- In the movie, when Katniss escapes the Cornucopia, she collides with Foxface in the woods. In the book this never happened.
- In the book Thresh was killed by Cato shortly after the feast whereas in the movie, he died being slaughtered by the mutts.
- Foxface and Thresh exchanged ranks in the movie where in Foxface should have been 4th and Thresh should have been 5th.
- At the end of the film, it is implied that Seneca committed suicide
by eating the nightlock berries. In Catching Fire, however, it is
implied that he was hanged.
- In the film, Katniss frees Rue from the net that Marvel trapped her
in and hugs her. Marvel then appears and throws a spear at Rue, after
which Katniss shoots him in the heart. In the book, Katniss does not
have time to rescue Rue and only sees her a second before Rue is
speared, then shoots Marvel in the neck.
These details may seem insignificant to you, but in my opinion it's what made the book great. The other thing is, it went WAY too fast. I think that the Arena scenes account for at least half the movie, I personally don't think it's enough. I don't care if the movie took 4 hours or even 5 to finish. Because honestly, it would be worth it. Everything was too fast, Rue's death, the Feast, ESPECIALLY the cave scene, and Katniss's relationship with Rue. Also, I HATE (with passion) how the target audience was made up of tweens and young teenage girls. WHAT THE FUCK???? I apologize, but STILL!!! The themes displayed in the book are WAAAY to complex for the target audience, including me. Yeah, and there's this whole controversy thing going on about the book being too violent and crap. Well here's my solution: DON'T GIVE IT TO MIDDLESCHOOL KIDS TO READ THEN!!!!! Jesus Christ, it just half ruins everything for me to even hear about kids as young as 12 and 13 reading such a book. After finishing it I was just in shock at what I just read. How much of a masterpiece it was and how it left me puzzled. You know why? Because I didn't understand them, because I'm too young to comprehend. I don't know war, rebellion, love, betrayal, sacrifice, and even bravery. And it saddens me that the target audience was that age group. What hurts me even more, is that this was their ONE chance at a movie about the book. At minimum they're going to have to wait 20 years to make a reboot if they go through with the trilogy. Just this whole idea of how they had one shot, and they rushed it, targeted the wrong audience, skipped MAJOR details, and messed up many things just disappoints me. But then, I remembered some of the good things that I saw in the movie. For example, when Cato realized what the Games were for was just genius. How someone from the Careers group realized that he was just trained to become a killing machine for 18 years of his life and how Katniss needs to win instead of him. But even then he still wanted to take Peeta with him as a one last kill, which just added another psychological level to it. Which is the most complicated thing about the movie, the rest was A-B-C. There were a lot of things that could've been done better, and very few things were done successfully. You guys came here to hear my opinion, and you got loads of it. If you don't like it, your problem not mine :) So let's move onto our next topic!!!
Before I move onto the artist of the post I'd like to take a little time to talk about relationships. So lately, some of you at NT may have noticed that I have been spending time with a certain girl. Her name is Diana (I ain't giving a last name for obvious reasons) and we've been going out for almost a month now. The reason I'm bringing this up isn't to show off my new relationship status, but to tell you what I have learned from the past month. I'm the farthest thing from a relationship expert, but maybe some of the stuff I've learned will help you guys. Here's a picture of her by the way:
(PICTURE HAS BEEN REMOVED FOR PERSONAL REASONS)
The reason I put in a picture is for the first lesson. This might be cheesy, but whatever.
#1: It shouldn't matter to you what he/she looks like. What matters is what's on the inside. If at the end of the day, they make you laugh and smile and enjoy every second you spend with them. Then in the end they're worth it all. This seems like a common sense kind of thing, but you'd be surprised how hard it is to learn sometimes.My girl is short if you put her up against my height. She's around 4-5 feet and I'm 6 feet something. Her height doesn't matter to me, it's kind of cute actually
:P
#2: Do whatever you can to make them happy. Even if their day is already good, make it even better!!! Happiness never hurt anybody!
#3: Give them a present once in a while. It doesn't have to be your anniversary or a special holiday, just give them a gift once in a while. It'll make their day no matter how bad it is.
#4: If you have ANY problems, whether it's with your significant other or somebody else, don't hesitate to tell your special someone. It's their duty to help you out no matter what it takes at any point in time. If they're special, they'll be there for you.
#5: Let them hang out with friends once in a while. You probably already spend enough time as it is with them, they have other people to talk to too you know. Who knows, maybe they'll be talking about you while they're there
;)
There are a bunch of rules that I could add on, but I think you guys should come up with some yourself and post them into the comments!!! It's interesting to see what you guy would come up with. Anyways, I think this is all I'm going to say about this topic for now. I think you guys should expect Diana to pop up in my next posts, she IS my girlfriend after all :) And I'm really happy to have her, plus she's SUPER smart and retarded just like me! Except I'm not smart.......I'm more artsy! Oh and Diana doesn't like pictures of herself for some reason, and I just happen to be a photographer, good combination right? I'll be trying really hard to get pictures of her, I'll find a way to convince her.
Oh, SCRATCH THAT! I just found a guy that is ALMOST like Dub FX but he's not
:P He uses a loopstation of course, in fact it's almost the exact same one as Dub FX. The guy has an amazing voice, I'm pretty sure he's Australian. Those damn Aussies have ALL the fun
:/ Anyways, I posted his video on the right here----------------------------------------------------->
Whether he's good or not is up to you guys, but to me this guy is AMAZING. Not only is his music thought out VERY well, but the lyrics are incredible. Unfortunately I don't have enough time to go on talking about him forever so I have to bid you farewell
:/
It's been hard sitting down and writing these posts for you guys lately. I've been kind of pressuring myself with deadlines I can't meet, which is REALLY stupid but I do it anyways for some reason. So I guess the way I'll do it from now on is just write a post whenever I feel like it or whenever I have an idea that I want to share.
Which is hopefully going to be happening sooner than I think it will. Until next time: Read it, Learn it, Live it, Love it, and Post it!
Cheers, MarkL
