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So yeah. After months of excruciating pain from excitement that can’t be stopped, the day has finally come for me to see the movie version of my favorite book. But you see, what hurts more is that before this, I had to wait two days (and yes, the movie was already out here in our country on the 21st night) before I watch because the it’s our final exams week. Can you imagine the terror I went through?! I had to cover my ears when I go back to the dorm so that I won’t hear my other dorm mates talking about it. Duh, who would want to want such spoilers? Not me, for sure.
I only had one option. I would watch it on Friday after my last exam. But the problem was, I have no one to go with. I couldn’t stand watching a movie without someone who I can express and shout with while at it!
Just then, le wild text appears on my phone the night before. It was my friend Albert who is planning to go all the way from San Carlos to here in Bacolod (about a 3-hour bus ride ) to watch the movie. Last week they already finished their exams so he had to go home (yeah, we’re from the same city and no, there are no movie theaters from where we came from, far from civilization much?) early and thought that he would miss watching the Hunger Games. Well,m he eventually made some excuses so that his dad would let him watch the movie here. He asked me if we could watch it together and my problem was solved. I couldn’t wait to watch and right after I took my last exam, I immediately rushed (well, what do you expect?) to the mall.
And so we met up. At first I thought that it was gonna be all awkward because our friendship just grew from texting each other. It was actually our first time to actually hang out together. Not to mention, I look like his ex. Well, not really. It turned out fine. The way we talk was just the same way as we texted – full of nonsense and jokes.
We paid our tickets first and he showed me that they look like credit cards now which was actually cool. The tickets are now cards which the machine eventually sucks in. Everything’s automatic nowadays. We bought some snacks and sit back, relaxed and enjoyed watching the book unfold on the silver screen.
The movie started of with some words flashing on the screen. Then there was the Game Maker and President Snow, oooh, he gives me the creeps! Then there was Katniss and the whole movie started off in sequence according to the book. Since Suzanne Collins was one of the Screen Play Writers, you can never expect less. The movie was the closest thing a movie could ever be from its book. It’s as if, it brought your imagination to life and you are watching it on replay from when you were only reading it. And darn, a vivid memory it was. So much better even that what I imagined.
District 12 was the District 12 described in every possible way, from the ashes on the neighborhood because of mining as their main industry to the looks on the people where hunger in every angle was portrayed.
Then there were the characters. Jennifer Lawrence must have had Katniss written all over her when she auditioned for the role. She was perfect for it! The way she speaks has a certain edge to it that you can really feel that she is Katniss, the Girl on fire! Not to mention her beauty and her amazing physique. Then there was Gale, I admit he didn’t have a lot of screen time yet form this movie because that was what it was really wiritten from the book although I know that he will get a lot of it when the sequel will release (I’s excited as hell for Catching Fire!). It’s funny though that everytime, just when things are getting sweet between Peeta and katniss during the games, his reaction is shown, but I get that it’s part of the movie portraying a certain love triangle between Katniss, Gale and the Boy with the Bread. Which brings us down to Peeta. He’s really cute, I admit. At first I was, not at ease with the Jennifer Lawrence and him paring up for this movie because he was a bit short (I know, judgmental me) but man, they actually look cute together, especially when you can see that no matter what happens in the games, you know that Peeta will never turn his back on Katniss. And that sincerity in his eyes made me think that, he deserved the role.
The rest of the supporting characters even made the movie more epic. Prim is so cute and innocent in every way. Haymitch may not be the old ( by old I mean about 50+) fat and drunkard guy I had in mind but what they portrayed was a lot better. He was Haymitch, nothing more, nothing less. I mean, even by the way he delivered his painful jokes made it more of impressing. And of course, Effie Trinket was there complete with the flamboyant clothes and make-up, she was truly from the Capital.
And so the Capital, the Capital was the modern world of the future! It was awesome how they pictured it out. The people with all their colors made it even more stunning.
Oh yeah, the movie was far more greater than I ever imagined

Then the scene where Rue died flushed the tears right out of my eyes with the rest of almost half of the audience. Indeed. That really was something to move as all to tears. Like it was the highlight of the movie even.
The raw emotions of losing someone you just met yet treasure so much was felt by everyone.

The excitement from the Hunger Games are still rushing through my veins. It is a movie beyond the limits of movie stereotyping. It has everything a movie-goer (and even those who are not that fond with movies) can ever ask for – great visual fx, quality actors, a lesson to learn, love and a lot more. It somehow reflects the world today. I wonder when we will ever say to ‘them’ that we are not a piece of their games?