The poison fog pic scene inCatching Firestill nark me because there ’s no mode THE Katniss Everdeen would ever wait to touch mysterious murkiness to jazz if she should run ( hello , she ’s chic ! )
It’s wild to think that the last time aHunger Gamesfilm came out was eight years ago! I’ve seen and read the entire series:The Hunger Games, The Hunger Games:Catching Fire, The Hunger Games Mockingjay Part 1, and The Hunger Games Mockingjay Part 2 dozens of times and I always find something new to love (Also, yes, I still cry at Rue’s death).
With the upcoming release ofThe Hunger GamesprequelThe Ballad of Songbirds and Snakesin November, it’s the perfect time to rewind and pick apart six moments that were better inTheHunger Gamesfilms and six that were better in the books, so let’s get started!
1.BETTER IN THE MOVIE:The start of the games/Cinna’s deathinThe Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Cut to Katniss entering the Games — the cinematography in this scene is chef’s kiss as the camera spins around Katniss to convey her feeling of disorientation.
2.BETTER IN THE BOOK: WhenThresh saves Katniss’s lifeinThe Hunger Games
In the book, Thresh and Katniss discuss her actions involving Rue’s death and he contemplates letting her go, which makes the moment more emotional and heartfelt.
" ' We teamed up . Blew up the supplies . I judge to save up her , I did . But he got there first ' I say . possibly if he love I helped Rue , he wo n’t pick out some ho-hum sadistic end for me . ' And you killed him ? ' he require . ' Yes I killed him . And buried her in flowers , ' I say . ' And I let the cat out of the bag her to kip . ' Conflictingemotionscross Thresh ’s face . He lowers the rock and stop at me , almost accusingly . ' Just this one fourth dimension , I let you go . For the little young woman . You and me , we ’re even then . No more owed . You realize ? ' "
3.BETTER IN THE MOVIE:The victory tourinThe Hunger Games: Catching Fire
In the movie, Katniss gets dragged away by guards as she pleads for the man’s life (again, shoutout to JLaw’s acting)
The main difference between the book and the film is that in the film, Katniss watches as the man is executed for his rebellious actions.
4.BETTER IN THE BOOK:The poison fog sceneinThe Hunger Games: Catching Fire
5.BETTER IN THE MOVIE:Peacekeepers punishing GaleinThe Hunger Games: Catching Fire
This causes him to be sent to the square for lashings because the Peacekeeper wants REVENGE. (In the book, Gale is punished for getting caught poaching a wild turkey, which is way less exciting).
Katniss stands in front of Gale to protect him from the Peacekeeper but gets threatened with a gun (in the book it was just a whip), which proves she is willing to die to protect Gale.
6.BETTER IN THE BOOK:Boggs’s death/black waveinThe Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2
7.BETTER IN THE MOVIE: The"If we burn, you burn with us"speech inThe Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
Katniss’s speech directed at President Snow is the best monologue inThe Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1.This close-up shot of her with flames in the background is mesmerizing as she says the iconic line: “Fire is catching, and if we burn, you burn with us.”
8.BETTER IN THE BOOK: The"I volunteer as tribute"moment inThe Hunger Games
In the book , this is the starting time of the complex friendly relationship between Haymitch and Katniss , but in the movie we are rob of this interaction .
9.BETTER IN THE MOVIE:Destroying the arenainThe Hunger Games: Catching Fire
This shot of Katniss being electrocuted on the ground in a spotlight makes her look peaceful, even though the whole world is crumbling around her (this whole scene was way harder to follow in the book).
And, the best shot of the entire series — Katniss being lifted out of the arena by the rebels in slow motion, with explosions all around her. So sad, yet so beautiful.
10.BETTER IN THE BOOK:Saying goodbyeto Prim inThe Hunger Games
In the book, Peeta’s father is an angel and promises to look after Prim for Katniss:
" Someone else enters the room , and when I look up , I ’m surprised to see it ’s the baker , Peeta Mellark ’s father . I ca n’t believe he ’s get to visit me . After all , I ’ll be trying to bolt down his son soon . Why has he get along to see me ? "
The book ’s variation shows how many the great unwashed truly deal about Katniss and her family .
11.BETTER IN THE MOVIE:Rue’s deathinThe Hunger Games.This moment still breaks me, but shoutout toAmandla Stenbergfor her amazing acting as Rue at just 14?!
In the movie, after Rue dies and Katniss raises her three fingers towards the camera, there is an added scene (not in the book) of Rue’s home district watching on the monitor. The crowd raises their fingers in solidarity with Katniss.
This protest scene of Rue’s district fighting the Peacekeepers in the film after her death is proof that there is becoming less and less public support for the Games.
12.And finally, BETTER IN THE BOOK: WhenKatniss attacks PeetainThe Hunger Games
" After the anthem , the tribute lodge back into the Training Center lobby and onto the elevators . I ensure to slew into a car that does not control Peeta . My elevator stops to deposit four tributes before I am alone and then regain the door opening on the twelfth floor . Peeta has only just stepped from his car when I slam my palm into his breast . He loses his balance and crashes into an ugly urn filled with fake flowers . The urn steer and shatters into 100 of tiny piece . Peeta lands in the shards , and blood forthwith feed from his hand . ' What was that for ? " he says , shocked . "
In the playscript , Katniss went OFF on Peeta , making that military man bleed .
