I have finished reading the three English novels in the Hunger Games series. For those who watch movies, I will not spoil what will happen in the third movie. However, the third movie will also be shot in two parts, so it is estimated that everyone will also Wait enough. The biggest difference between the novel and the movie is that the novel is presented from the first point of view of the heroine Katniss, and the movie cannot do this, so how to show the rich psychological description of Katniss in the novel through the lens is the biggest challenge of the movie. The richest psychological description of a person is the description of the person's feelings.
As a link between the previous and the next, Catching Fire mainly shows the changes after Katniss became the winner by rebelling against Capital, and the suffocating century extreme game that triggered the final change of Katniss. Maybe the term "rebellion" isn't quite so accurate, because Katniss doesn't realize her actions are rebellion, she's just doing it to survive. It wasn't until Haymitch made clear the stakes that Katniss realized that she had put her loved ones at great risk. Katniss in the novel is actually a very independent and self-isolating girl, or a girl who chooses ruthlessness as her protective color, because she shoulders the responsibility for the survival of the entire family, she can only devote her emotions to her sister Primrose. And in the forest that provides her living conditions, Gale, as a hunting companion who also needs to support her family, is like family to Katniss. In this regard, Haymitch is very similar to her. After facing so many tributes that he was unable to save, Haymitch chose strong alcohol and drunkenness to escape, or as his protective color. So we can see a very natural chemistry between Katniss and Heymitch. After Katniss understood the consequences of her actions, she chose not to resist, but how to protect her loved ones, because that was the only sustenance for her life.
Speaking of love here, Katniss's love is one of the novel's best threads. We know that there are two kinds of "love", just like in Vampire Dairy, when Rebecca asked Elena after becoming a vampire: "Do you love Stefan?", Elena answered Yes, and Rebecca asked: "Do you in live with Stefan? ', Elena answered No. Many feelings can be said to be "love", but the word "love" is by no means a substitute for "love". Before participating in The Hunger Games, Katniss's love for Prim, her mother, the forest, and Gale was the same, in her psychological description, she never thought about love, she thought love was too much for her It's extravagant, because the children born after marriage still can't escape the fate of drawing lots and starving (note that Haymitch also has no love). Peeta's appearance was completely unexpected by Katniss. The warmth that Peeta, who once saved his life with bread when he was a child, and publicly confessed his love for him for the first time, and even promised his life in the arena, was something Katniss could not resist, although psychologically Katniss felt the warmth. Still don't believe the feeling, but she will find security in Peeta's arm wrap, and electric shock in her kiss with Peeta. This is something she can't deceive herself. But Katniss is still not ready to accept the feeling of love, while Peeta is wholehearted love, so Peeta has fallen into a very embarrassing position in Katniss's heart, Peeta does not need Katniss's protection as her mother and Prim do, Peeta also Not a tacit partner who empathizes with himself like Gale, and Katniss has only these two kinds of people in his heart for the time being, but after all this, Peeta is indispensable, so Katniss temporarily describes Peeta as a "friend" .
That's where The Hunger Games 2 begins, and Peeta, knowing that it's all about acting, promises to keep doing it when he needs to, but says he doesn't want to see Katniss any other time. So at the beginning of the movie, before starting the Victory Tour, the two barely communicated. Although Katniss didn't want this, she chose to wait because she was not good at expressing and dealing with such feelings. At the same time, she also saw how Gale felt after seeing what she had done with Peeta. She rethought the possibility of her relationship with Gale if she opened the door to love, but she didn't have an answer. Gale kissed her again at this time, making her even more uncertain. The description of the novel is that Katniss does not wish to lose either Gale or Peeta. SNOW's visit and the violence she saw in Rue's area made Katniss determined to protect her loved ones by obeying Capital's instructions, and she even offered to marry. After Peeta and Katniss got back together on the train, Katniss still had nightmares every night, but with Peeta by her side, she could finally fall asleep in Peeta's arms.
Regarding Gale and Peeta, we can notice the biggest difference between them is that Peeta is kind and selfless, he in the area of rue decided to give a month's reward to the families of the dead tribute, he thinks that the people of Capital are apart from the president Not aware of their oppression, their innocence, etc.; while Gale is full of hatred, he always wants to make everyone in Capital pay, always thinking of an uprising at any cost. In this movie Katniss actually had to choose between the two of them. After Gale was whipped, he went to Katniss's house. Katniss guarded him for one night. At that time, Katniss made a simple empathy and imagined that if Gale was chosen and another girl who loved him was chosen, after all this happened , she must also feel very jealous, so the idea that Gale is her own, maybe not a choice, but a tendency. And Peeta saw this tendency when he walked in the next day, or at least Katniss thought Peeta thought so.
"This killer is not too cold" Leon said in it: How can you know the feeling of being in love if you have never been in love? This question is also a good one to ask Katniss. When Katniss would rather give up on his mother, Prim and Gale for the time being in the extreme tournament of the century, and wholeheartedly decide to ensure that Peeta returns alive this time, is this just a repayment for Peeta's behavior last time? At least we can see it's a trust, a trust Katniss has only ever had with Gale - that Peeta will keep her mom and Prim safe and alive. Here I really like the director's clever design in the movie: in the arena, when Peeta was injured and stopped breathing after hitting the energy field, Katniss's performance was extremely sad - this is not from the show, Finnick said in the original text The: You do love him. Finnick had told Katniss that he knew a lot of secrets during his appearance, and hinted that he knew the secret of Katniss and Peeta pretending to be in love, and what Finnick said after seeing the scene was: You really love him. What Finnick is referring to is love. In the movie, the director said with the help of President Snow's granddaughter. The little granddaughter said after seeing the above scene: Someday, I wish to love someone that much! I hope that one day I can love someone as deeply as she does. Because it is the first point of view in the novel, such a description is completely impossible. Perhaps here, the director's idea is the same as mine - Katniss's feelings for Peeta are more than simple love. At the same time, when Peeta said the words to Katniss on the beach of the arena, when he dedicated his life completely to Katniss again, when Katniss took the initiative to kiss Peeta, it was not for the camera, but sincere.
Another thing that needs to be said that can't be fully expressed in the movie is how Katniss felt at Kiss. There are quite a few kisses between Katniss and Gale and Katniss and Peeta in this play. But in the three Hunger Games novels, "the kind of kiss that makes you want more" that Katniss described in his heart wants you to get more kisses, that is, the kind of electric shock kiss only happened three times, the first The second is a kiss with Peeta in the cave in the first part, the second is the one above with a kiss with Peeta on the beach, and the third is in the third part, I won't spoil it, but I can tell you The subject is still Peeta.
In the last shot of the whole film, when Katniss heard that Peeta was taken by Capital and the 12th district was bombed, even though Gale was still around, her mother and Prim were safe, but her expression changed from sadness to Capital. 's anger. Although I think this shot is very far-fetched, in the original text this transition was gradual, and the director turned it into an instant. However, it is guessed that the director also expressed that Peeta is no longer the uncertain identity of the "friend" in Katniss's heart.
The reason why The Hunger Games is so successful in North America is that it is different from other youth novels such as Twilight, which only focus on the complex emotions of men and women, and contains more cultural, political, freedom, family, and social thinking. That's what's most fascinating about the novel, not a tangled triangle. The relationship of time, I can only talk about the simplest emotional part. But I recommend friends who really like this series of movies. If you have time, you must read novels. English is the best, because this is a rare novel.
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