*Fans self* Dearies, this one's a doozy. It even took your beloved Momma for a whirl. It was everything a fan of the Hunger Games could as for, and more. There was... unf. I can't even. *sighs* Let me try again.
Being blessed with another sequel in the same season is truly spectacular. Never have I ever seen a book adaptation so true to its source, not even in the days of Harry Potter. This series has the luxury of an incredibly devoted fanbase in such a short period of time with less to work with than the aforementioned gem of ours days, J. K. Rowling's beloved Harry Potter books. What I mean by this is they don't have the curse of having too much source material. To squeeze out 2 1/2 hours of bloody fun you have to use everything you're given.
Granted a truly powerful and awesome part of the book was sadly cast aside. I'll let you moviecentric fans live on in bliss and I'll allow the readers of our trilogy to be as surprised as I was. It was a great little chunk and it wasn't in the final cut.
Onto the actual movie itself: beautiful imagery as usual, less shaky cam than the first, and an overall feeling of dread. Perfect for a series about a dystopian future where we sacrifice our young ones to fight to the death. The focus was taken off the drama of the romance between Gale, Katniss, and Peeta, and it really focused on how wrong society is, even now. How a young woman blatantly throwing around F bombs on live TV is censored when a 12 year old being butchered is played on loop for millions of people to see. Think of the last time you heard someone say FUCK on TV and then remember the last time you saw brain matter or intestines splattered on a hot city street.
Definite go see. If you can ignore the teenagers only interested in the romance of it all (I assume their Twihards looking for a new outlet), you'll definitely enjoy yourself. Do 3D if you can!
xoxo, Momma Love
