ABSOLUTE BANGER WHAT OHMYGOD. man, this was such a good book-to-movie adaptation UGH. the direction, the cinematography, the sound design—it was so on point and i LOVED it. the direction finds a visual way of presenting the narrative from katniss point of view and that makes it seem like the book has literally come to life on the screen. this is when, perhaps, YES i prefer this movie over the book definitely. and BAKERY™ (i.e. my dumb ship name for katniss and peeta) WERE ADORABLE. their chemistry is off the charts and all their interactions were making me compelled to bite my hand to not squeal coz it's the dead of the night and my parents are sleeping. also, i had no idea how LOADED this cast was like JACK QUAID FROM THE BOYS?????? HE EXISTED DURING THIS TIME??? (i kept calling him jack harlow in the beginning. that is not his name) and i heard a familiar song in the credits and was absolutely flabbergasted to find out that it was early era tswift like GURL i do NOT recognise ur voice. all-in-all, YES. 10 outta 10. this is an instance of cinematic brilliance.
