A few of the very little things that I noticed
I noticed that Katniss broke the bag of apples with 2 arrows instead of three, like she did in the book. And a lot of other things, like how she never used the night-vision glasses, and didn't she use a belt to tie herself onto the tree instead of rope? Also, she didn't get a sleeping bag in the backpack in the movie, when she did in the book. She never picked up the plastic either, nor did she seem very distracted by Peeta at the start of the games, which was a big reason of why she only got a backpack and plastic in the book. I guess they substituted that by having her stand still for awhile. Although it seems strange that no one went for her until she grabbed the bag. In the book it said that Cato hated Katniss ever since she out-scored him. If this was the case, as soon as he grabbed that machete, Cato should have barreled straight for Katniss, instead of killing the boy from 4. Katniss didn't throw the knife into the wall of the train car either, nor did Haymitch punch Peeta in the jaw. Also it was night in the movie when the muttations appeared, yet it was mid-afternoon in the book. Also, Rue's hand was supposed to poke out from a bush, yet she said "Pssst" and only Katniss was supposed to make a sawing motion, not both of them. Katniss didn't retrieve the arrows that were shot at her, only one was supposed to be shot at her, and Glimmer would have hit Katniss if she (Katniss) hadn't have moved. The book also said that the tracker jackers were larger than regular wasps, yet they were very small. Also, Katniss was supposed to fall in a (fake) pit of small orange bubbles during the hallucination scene. The force field/grid being visible kind of ruined the reason that Haymitch won his Games. After Rue teaches Katniss the whistle, Katniss tries to give her pin to Rue, who then shows Katniss her necklace. This was never shown in the movie. It also said that Katniss decorated Rue's body and hair with flowers. In the movie she only placed the bouquet in Rue's hands and moved them so that the flowers covered the wound. The book also said that Peeta's face was in the mud when Katniss found him, yet his face looked like part of the rocks in the movie. In the book the Cornucopia was gold, but in the movie it was grey-ish. Rue didn't say "Oh wow, I've never had a whole leg to myself before!" when she had the groosling, which made Katniss realize how good her life really is compared to other districts, like 11, in the book. Peeta didn't stab the mutts when they grabbed his leg, and he didn't draw the "X" in blood on Cato's hand, and I don't think it ever said in the book that Cato was drooling blood. Also, their wasn't a mutt that jumped onto the Cornucopia, and Katniss, Peeta and Cato weren't on the tail in of the Cornucopia in the movie. In the book it said that Rue taught Katniss a four-note whistle. In the movie she says "Ahhh ahhhh ahh ah" instead of whistling (yes I tried to put a tune into words). I'm a mother fucking nerd.
Posted Mar 25, 2012, 1:44 AM UTC