The Hunger Games

Now that I have watched the movie, I became very motivated to read the book!

I had movie date with Marc last week at SM Mall of Asia and I almost ruined the night just because I got hungry. ^_^v After we bought our all-rime favorite Gong-Cha Wintermelon Milk Tea, the smell of the crepes called me so I went straight to the next store and ordered ultimate beef crepe. Perfecto! Sarap!  That was why we were five minutes late for the last full show. When we arrived, the balcony was almost full so we decided to sit at the orchestra. Aside from the guy who was having a phone call conversation with his client behind us – I think he is an insurance agent – and Marc’s complains (from time to time ha-ha!) that he was not able to watch the first five minutes because we were late… I find the story very interesting and entertaining. Oh, please let me add the shaky camera. Parang view ng langaw yung nakikita ko, pa ese-ese yung camera kahit na nag uusap lang ng matiwasay yung dalang bida. Tsk tsk.

The movie is very viewer-sensitive in terms of the attacking-fighting part. They were presented in a manner that no extreme blood swarming all over the scene but instead, when a boy or a girl is being attacked, the final sight would be the dead body lying on the ground after the fight scene – nothing extremely brutal.

I also adore how women empowerment is discussed in the book. The protagonist's motivation to fight for herself, for her family and for her district came from her brokenness which, for me, makes the story more heart-felt. I cried at times. One was when Katniss volunteered to replace her younger sister during the selection of "tributes" and the other was was when Rue, the little girl from District 11, was killed by a bow. I couldn’t think of any actress that could play the role of Katniss beside Jennifer Lawrence. Later I discovered that Jennifer also played the role of Mystic in Xmen series. Cool! I am looking forward to the next episode of “The Hunger Games’ trilogy. I would say I liked it better than the “Twilight” series. J

Before we went home, we had midnight snack at Starbucks MOA. The Ultimate Grilled Cheese is awesome! May bago na kaming uulit ulitin J

Ultimate Grilled Cheese