I felt no connection to the characters….. The books have so much amazing detail and character development. I thought it was marvelous as did my daughter. Wow, you hit on exactly the two things that I disliked about the film — the handheld camera work, and the total miscasting IMO of Peeta; I was totally distracted in every scene he was in because all I could think about is how unattractive I find him! Nor did he bring enough charm to the role to overcome the utter lack of sex appeal.
With a more attractive Peeta Hunter Parrish?? So much more fitting as Peeta!! The guy who took my ticket at the movie theatre was more Peeta-ish than the actor cast as him in the movie.
And with Josh being 21 now, it is highly unlikely to grow much taller. It did for me anyway…. Katniss was simply gorgeous and Gale was smoking hot,,,,and yes Peeta who I am on his team is too small. Now I know you love me — but, I am going to go on a limb and say — YES, one of the best parts for me was the Breaking Dawn preview — sorry, but I am an adolescent 12 year old who loves sparkles and Edward at heart. My husband just told me this morning this is what we are going to do Friday night…how fun.
You hit it on the head. I loved the film and the characters but also was dizzy from all of the shaky footage. I thought that had hired the three kids from Blair Witch to shoot the film. I would basically agree with your review. I thought, given the limitations of a 2 hour movie vs an 11hr audio book, they did a great job. Technically, I think Jennifer is too tall. I just saw the movie last night and am so not happy with the casting for Peeta.
I had the same objections-he seemed like such a weakling, too short and looked like he was 12 which added to the weakling feel and absolutely no chemistry which we all know is a pivotal part to the entire series. The movie fell flat for me because they screwed up such a key character. I can only hope others will speak up with their displeasure and the character will recast or the boy who plays the part will back out.
If he is in the 2nd movie I will likely not go to watch it. Such a shame. And one more thing- is it soooo difficult to put in blue contacts for JH??? Sorry, those details irritate me. However…they better write his character a lot stronger in the next movies. May 07, PM.
He was Amazing! I loved him playing peeta he was so good at it! Cannot wait till Catching Fire!!! May 08, AM. Catching Fire can't come soon enough! May 08, PM. When he was in the movie Journey to the Mysterious Island, i didn't like him.
In the end he ended up being pretty good and i don't think anyone else would have played Peeta as well as him! I think he is totally hawt!!! I didn't imagine Peeta to look like that But really, to be honest, I don't really imagine the look of the characters in my books. Besides the look, I thought Josh was the perfect actor for Peeta's character.
He played Peeta really well-his personality was very similar to Peeta's in the book. Jun 20, AM. I think he has a really square head no offense to anyone but he is a great actor. Jun 22, PM. Wow is all I have to say. I think he had Peeta down to the T. He really portrayed him the way Peeta is described pefectly. He looks just perfect for Peeta too. I happen to have a guy friend who wrestles and he's 5'8". Wrestling doesn't mean your taller than average or not short, you have that confused with basketball stars lol.
Jun 24, AM. Yeah, I like quite a few other people, had an issue with his face. I thought he looked weird. A little bit into the movie thought I didn't even notice anymore. Jun 25, AM. At first I was like really!!! Jul 11, AM. I still had my own Peeta in mind when I finished reading the books. Josh was nowhere, even he's quite cute.. Jul 16, AM. To be honest, I really liked peetas character in the books but in the movie he was totally not what I was expecting.
He was supposed to be muscular and cute and josh was neither. Jul 19, AM. He didn't look big or strong enough to even lift the thing. Add a reference: Book Author. Search for a book to add a reference. We take abuse seriously in our discussion boards. Only flag comments that clearly need our attention.
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Often, the anxiety over female-taller relationships spills over into portrayals of heterosexual couples in movies and TV—and sometimes it results in some creative optical-illusion work intended to make male stars appear taller than their female costars. But casually flicking aside expectations—especially gender-related ones—is nothing new for The Hunger Games.
In fact, the books contain subtle text clues that Peeta is the taller of the two. When Peeta and Katniss stand facing each other in the final moments of the first Games, for example, this passage ensues:.
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