I went with varadia and genarti to see Hunger Games today. Okay, I told them they were going to go see the movie with me this weekend, and they both went :D! because they are good friends.

I haven't read the books, but the internet had told me much about it, so I knew what to expect. What really shocked me is that I cried the entire first half hour of the movie. Man, I felt those buttons get pushed.



Hunger Games was filmed around my hometown and where I went to university. There were multiple moments where I went "yeah, I know exactly where you are right now". And, I just. I cried. I can't really put into words the why. I was poor growing up, but never like that. It wasn't like that, but I could see a lot of the things from my own childhood. The flea market where everyone is worn down. I could see the exact reproduction Depression-era images along side a lot of things that... that haven't changed, that is hard to put into words for someone that didn't grow up in the rural south.

When the characters traveled to the Capital and are seeing all the technology and wealth for the first time, I lost it a bit again. I remember when I was young, sitting on other family's tables and being confused but the things they had, never having experience with certain electronics or which order to use the forks or what to do with certain foods.

I shocked myself. I didn't expect to have that reaction at all, but. Yeah. varadia kept looking at me and when the Reaping finished, she touched my arm to make sure I was okay because I just kept crying. All I could mutter was that "I grew up there" and bless her for being an awesome friend, she understood. I felt stupid for it, but that's what happened.

I liked the movie. I was a little perplexed by the love story since I knew in the books it was all manufactured, but it didn't... well, it didn't work for me on screen. I think this was more because I didn't read the book than anything else. The costume and make up design was really just awesome, making everyone in the Capital alien without being entirely alien. I now want to turn multiple people into Capital citizens for Dragon*Con cosplay. They can pose with ALL the Katniss-es.

Anyone that that said they weren't moved when the one character died because of skin color on twitter is a giant fucking racist. I cried again when that happened. That kid-- Seriously. How could you not feel something?

As much as I said that I honestly thought Katniss was not white, Jennifer Lawrence was just awesome. I believed her as a strong 16 year old trapped in this situation. She was strong and a survivor but still a kid that just needed to cry at some point.

It was a good movie. It was upsetting but good. I think they did a great job adapting the book. I have no idea how the other two will turn out, but that was a good movie. I'm downloading the soundtrack (the Beyond one, not the score) right now because I was impressed with it.