ohhh look at that: after almost a whole month, i have completed both the hunger games books and movies (except ofc the prequel). review time: not my favourite entry. i mean, it's a good movie, but if i ranked the four it would be 1&3>2>4. i think in part, this low ranking is owed to the shoddy movie-watching experience. someday i hope to marathon all the movies and change my view. anyways, let's talk abt the movie itself. gale pissed me off—glad katniss kicked him out of her life in the end. now i've finally understood the prim reaper nickname. prim's death itself felt kinda underwhelming to me, but the initial parachute explosion scene prior to it was just as chill-inducing as it should've been. i agree that the last two or so chapters were more abt katniss' own viewpoint than any external happenings, and the filmmakers tried their best to translate internal dialogue onscreen. the scene from district 2 where the injured soldier holds katniss at gunpoint was almost exactly like i imagined it so kudos to that coz it was a damn good scene and it made me happy. finnick and annie's wedding too almost matched my vision w the bard music and dancing lol. and ofc, how could i forget the ending w peeta and that absolutely adorable kid of his—almost contracted baby fever from that cute interaction. he'd be such a good dad. i must say though, the execution scene gave the perfect subtext of what was happening. it felt like the victor's parade of the hunger games with coin in snow's pedestal. it actually was a capitol 2.0 situation. so kudos for that. i'm glad this film series saw the light. it's a good franchise. over and out.
