Overall good, but still left unsatisfied
First let me just say kudos to the movie for sticking to the book. I especially liked the way they portrayed the games and the ending, however some parts of the movie left rushed.
Now let's talk about the character portrayal. We saw some really good performance from Viola Davis, Dinklage and the actor who played Sejanus was exceptionally good! However, our dear President Snow failed to evoke the intricate emotions we felt when reading the book. In my opinion, the actor who played him wasn't able to showcase the complicated emotions Snow goes through in the book. As for our songbird, Lucy Gray, I didn't see her in the movie at all. The actress who played Lucy Gray was very very pretty and she has a great voice, but her performance on this was abysmal. Her accent was awful and confusing, and her acting felt so insincere. I connected so well with the book Lucy Gray but on screen, I didn't feel the same with her. Her singing was great, but even still, I wished they had made it feel more like a real person singing instead of a musical performance from a pop star. Even the Hanging Tree song - when Jennifer Lawrence sung in the movies I felt chills on the back of my neck. It was so raw and evokes the emotions you felt in the book. In this new movie, it was sung on a higher note and it just didn't feel the same.
Also, I was confused about some of the dialogues on the movie. It left like 2023 language was being used and towards the ending you get the feeling that you're watching a 2023 movie instead of a movie set on a dystopian era at a dystopian place called Panem. Compared to the original series, this movie did not transport me to a different world. Perhaps, I'm nitpicking too much...
Overall, this movie was a mixed bag of emotions. Though peppered with commendable moments/performance, the movie failed to whisk me away to the world of Panem and didn't leave me dejected and longing for more like the book did.
Now let's talk about the character portrayal. We saw some really good performance from Viola Davis, Dinklage and the actor who played Sejanus was exceptionally good! However, our dear President Snow failed to evoke the intricate emotions we felt when reading the book. In my opinion, the actor who played him wasn't able to showcase the complicated emotions Snow goes through in the book. As for our songbird, Lucy Gray, I didn't see her in the movie at all. The actress who played Lucy Gray was very very pretty and she has a great voice, but her performance on this was abysmal. Her accent was awful and confusing, and her acting felt so insincere. I connected so well with the book Lucy Gray but on screen, I didn't feel the same with her. Her singing was great, but even still, I wished they had made it feel more like a real person singing instead of a musical performance from a pop star. Even the Hanging Tree song - when Jennifer Lawrence sung in the movies I felt chills on the back of my neck. It was so raw and evokes the emotions you felt in the book. In this new movie, it was sung on a higher note and it just didn't feel the same.
Also, I was confused about some of the dialogues on the movie. It left like 2023 language was being used and towards the ending you get the feeling that you're watching a 2023 movie instead of a movie set on a dystopian era at a dystopian place called Panem. Compared to the original series, this movie did not transport me to a different world. Perhaps, I'm nitpicking too much...
Overall, this movie was a mixed bag of emotions. Though peppered with commendable moments/performance, the movie failed to whisk me away to the world of Panem and didn't leave me dejected and longing for more like the book did.
- Lovegood13
- Dec 13, 2023