tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post4770468515755362465..comments2024-03-26T08:06:19.661-04:00Comments on The Road Less Travelled: GRAB(ook) Club: "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins loribethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09272814565916935113noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-80474695872957868022014-01-28T18:06:55.602-05:002014-01-28T18:06:55.602-05:00Late to the party, but just finished the triology ...Late to the party, but just finished the triology and knew I missed the GRAB(ook) Club discussion... So thought I would come back and join in! :)<br /><br />I have seen the first two movies now and echo others' sentiments. I almost always like the books I read better than the movie versions, but still enjoy seeing how they can be transferred to the big screen. I do recommend them, but appreciate how it can be weird to see another's interpretation of something you might have envisioned differently.<br /><br />Because of the hype, I have, for better or worse, always pictures Katniss as the woman who plays her in the movies, but I had not seen pictures of the actors who played Gale and Peeta. So I found that really interesting to see who they chose for those roles, as well as Haymitch and others. <br /><br />Thanks for sharing! :)<br /><br />I just wrote this post after finishing Mockingjay: http://bereavedandblessed.com/2014/01/withdrawl/Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04175833982955486083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-49929213097420702712013-12-13T09:07:43.406-05:002013-12-13T09:07:43.406-05:00Ha -- I was about to say the same scene. I was su...Ha -- I was about to say the same scene. I was supposed to see the movie near American Thanksgiving, but the theater was sold out. Huge disappointment. And I really only wanted to see the movie with my sister. So now I don't know if I'll actually go and see it in the theater or wait for it to come out on DVD. But I would like to see the dress change.<br /><br />For what it's worth, I didn't think the first movie was all that great. It left out a lot of the book, and I had to fill in the blanks for Josh because it was sort of like getting a synopsis of a book via movie vs. truly getting a good taste of the book.Lollipop Goldsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01020874415819057995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-22722483413180445322013-12-12T14:20:58.984-05:002013-12-12T14:20:58.984-05:00I've seen both movies and read all the books. ...I've seen both movies and read all the books. I enjoyed the first movie, although I didn't think it was fantastic. The shaky camerawork to disguise the violence annoyed me. The second movie, I think, was much better - they got the majority of the book elements in. It was a 2.5 hour movie, but I was never bored. I felt like some stuff was missing, but that it was stuff that made reading the book more enjoyable...not necessarily stuff that was vital to the plot. <br /><br />The Mockingjay dress was pretty cool and the arena set up was semi-obvious, once they showed an overview. In the book, it was hard to get the image of the theme without someone describing what it was (trying to avoid the spoilers!), but once you got a wide angle shot in the movie, you were able to see it easily. And it made the contestants seem kind of slow and stupid for not recognizing it. Anyway, first movie = OK, second movie = quite good.<br /><br />The only thing I wondered how they were going to do in the movies was how they would make the flaming outfits seem realistic. They were OK, but it was clear to me that it was CGI - something was slightly off for me. But the Mockingjay dress - that one was better than some of the other efforts.areyoukiddingmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16107214079237461141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-6377981857748399012013-12-12T09:33:47.604-05:002013-12-12T09:33:47.604-05:00I have actually seen the first movie and read the ...I have actually seen the first movie and read the series before the movie came out. I enjoyed the movie and realize that they must condense the action to fit into the proscribed time. I don't think I'll be watching the second movie simply because scenes that I thought were important were left out from the first movie and probably will be in the second. But if I were to see the movie, I'd love to see how the film depicts the Victory Tour scene in District 11.Vivianhttp://www.thebookdivasreads.comnoreply@blogger.com