Second—to respond to those whose argument is that Lawrence doesn’t look authentically “hungry” enough for the role (rather than those, like Wells, whose argument is purely aesthetic)—not everyone who starves him- or herself looks like a supermodel. If that were the case, everyone on a calorie-restricted diet would be skinny; genetics prevent most humans from achieving that look. Just as living in a world with abundant calories does not automatically make everyone fat, living in a dystopian world like Panem with sporadic food access would not automatically make everyone skinny. Some bodies, I daresay, would be even bigger than Lawrence’s.
It still really pisses me off whenever I hear/see/read anyone saying Jennifer Lawrence “isn’t skinny enough” to be Katniss. I had disagreements with a few of my best friends about it because I kind of think that’s ridiculous. She’s the best fucking Katniss and this assumption that a. all hungry/malnutritioned people are automatically bone thin and b. that it even matters when JLaw plays her spectacularly really really really really really annoys me and I was reminded of that when I stumbled across yet another comment about it, calling her “fat” or “chubby” etc. Frustration. Especially because if you finished The Hunger Games thinking the most important aspect of Katniss’ situation is the fact that she’s skinny and hungry or that the injustice of her society is solely presented through the size of her waist then you’re crazy. Not least because JLaw is skinny.
Le sigh.
“Katniss” - portrait illustration by Sam Spratt
I had an abnormal influx of requests this week for a Hunger Games piece, so I decided to take a swing at it with a fairly dark and desperate tone.
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Congratulations to Jennifer Lawrence on her Best Performance (Female) win at the MTV Movie awards, despite the fact that it left her hungry. The Hunger Games did well in general, as did Harry Potter. Huzzah!
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If I were in the Hunger Games I would use one of the parachutes and gift containers and put all kinds of poisonous berries in them and then climb trees and send them down to unsuspecting tributes. Oh, you thought you were getting a nice fruit salad? Think again. POISON.
also you could just follow the REALLY LOUD NOISES they make to find other tributes. why are they so loud?! you’re trying to be sneaky and then it’s like DING FUCKING DING HERE’S A PRESENT FOR YOU, AND THE PRESENT IS YOUR IMMINENT DEATH
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Gary Ross won’t be returning to direct the second Hunger Games film, Catching Fire. It’s Harry Potter all over again ;)
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Finally, if critics are going to pick on a 21-year-old woman for not being skinny enough for a fantasy film, why haven’t they been more consistent in their critiques of actors’ bodies? I haven’t seen much concern about Liam Hemsworth’s muscular frame, even though his character in The Hunger Games occupies the same food-strapped world as Katniss. Nor—to take an example from another recent film—did I see many reviews of Friends With Kids that took issue with the disconnect between Jennifer Westfeldt’s slim physique and her character’s constantly commented upon postpartem unfuckability. If we held actors’ physical appearance to a standard of strict realism in all movies, most Hollywood actors would be uncastable in films set in present-day America. Movie critics suspend their disbelief all the time—and when they suddenly refuse to do so for a female actor whose body looks more like an average woman’s body rather than less, it’s hard to see that as anything but sexist.
‘Jennifer Lawrence’s body: not skinny enough to play Katniss?’ by L.V. Anderson at Slate
Hunger Games Reaction
Meh.
Sound editing was great, train to the Capitol was great, Jennifer Lawrence was great, Stanley Tucci was great, Wes Bentley was great and Amandla Stenberg was great. But just… meh. Too much shaky camera, the mutts were awful, like bulldogs, I didn’t like Cato’s weird speech and I didn’t find Snow creepy; in fact, I didn’t find enough of it creepy. The violence itself in the arena was done well but…yeah. I hate to be that girl. I really do.
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This review also calls Katniss “spunky.” Sure, she and Punky Brewster can get a couple beers. What? It is also the first of what we are sure will be a DELUGE of reviews to call her PLUCKY. If these two adjectives are never used to describe Katniss again it will be too soon.
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Melissa in her Hunger Games Reviews post
Reminds me of this:
Donna: “The plucky young girl who helps me out”?!
The Doctor: No policewomen in 1926.
Donna: I’ll pluck you in a minute.
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