Hunger Games movie question...

bride2003

I posted below that I just finished book 2 & starting book 3 & never saw the movie.  So when I saw the trailer with Jennifer Lawrence - isn't she old to play Katniss. Isn't she supposed to be like 16 or 17 in the book?  Maybe b/c I'm looking at the new trailer and the old one was was probably filmed 4 yrs ago.  Do you like her as Katniss?

And I definitely didn't picture Woody Harrelson as Haymitch - for some reason I had him as some 50 yr old fat guy.  

AmandaJLewis

I never knew who Jennifer Lawrence was prior to the Hunger Games movie. And I had no issues seeing her as Katniss in the film.  I also really liked Woody Harrelson as Haymitch. The movie is pretty decent, but of course the book provided more insig

waltsgirl102503

I like her as Katniss.   I also feel like she is "older" than her years in the book. Sure, she's only a teenager, but she's had a hard life - supporting her family.  That ages you.   I think Woody is perfect as Haymitch.  

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egpitt22

Ditto Amanda & Amber.  For me, it was one of the best book-to-movie adaptations....as I was watching, every scene was like, "Oh...this is exactly how I pictured it when I was reading!" or, things that, while reading the book, I had a hard time vi

sarahandtim

Agree with everyone else. I thought they did a really good job of handling the violence in the book too. I was nervous that it would be too much, but it was done well. I think when I was reading the books I put the fact that these are kids out of my head

lishie

I usually hate movies made out of books, with this and Harry Potter as the exceptions.

I LOVED Woody Harrelson as haymitch. I thought he was great in the movie. 

 

Re: Jennifer, I think I'm so used to actors playing much y

justme04

Personally I pictured Robert Caryle as Haymitch but maybe he was too busy with Once Upon a Time.  I don't mind her as Katniss. But I mean I'm sure one of those anorexic stick looking young actresses would have been more true to character. But she is