'Where's Lover Boy?'


That line in The Hunger Games, in particular, showed me how much this girl can do. When she says it and the camera cuts to her face, you see the psychotic gleam in her eyes, the pure enjoyment she's getting out of taunting Katniss. And she sort of laughs/snickers while she's saying it, adding to the threat of her character. The rest of her speech is perfect too, especially the malicious way she says "..the little girl? Rue?"

It brings home the terror of the story, too, that teens are forced to grow up in a world where some of them (like Clove) have no choice but to be a killing machine. And that's the worst part of it all--at the end of the day, they're all still just kids. Innocent. The way her attitude changes when Thresh attacks her illustrates that--suddenly screaming, crying for her companion, totally helpless. It really gets the point across.

PERFECT as Clove! I could not have been more impressed.

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When I saw that she was chose for Clove, I was overjoyed. I KNEW she would be absolutely perfect for the role. In fact, I couldn't see anyone else as Clove at all. And then when I saw the movie, I was so happy that I was right. This girl will do some great things as an actress, I can already tell. She was brilliant in The Orphan and even more so in The Hunger Games.

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I don't know if she COULD be better than in "Orphan".

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Stupid teen action novel crap. I want to see a little girl try to act like that and see if I don't pound her face into oblivion. Tired of these stupid little kids fascinated over feminist action movies. Be realistic, Hollywood is making little kids into some action stars that is truly beyond their physical capabilities.

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WTF kill?

Angry much?

Ford.
Yes?
I think I'm a sofa.
I know how you feel.

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You seem to miss the point. I was commenting on the actress' skill in portraying a mentally unhinged young woman. Keep in mind this is a fictional story geared towards young adults in which, presumably, this character has been told since she could walk that the only way she will attain satisfaction in life is to become a murderer. It is not unreasonable to assume that even a teenager could develop serious fighting skill--and a penchant for killing--if they were instructed all day, every day of their lives since they were old enough to hold a weapon. We have been told that this is how this girl has been brought up; why is it necessarily unrealistic for her to be a threat?

I think growing up with that kind of worldview has the potential to cause irreparable damage to a person's emotional capacity, and I think Fuhrman's portrayal of that damage was spot-on. Still do, even three years later. Whether or not you think the character is realistic, the actress did a wonderful job playing a seriously messed-up young woman.

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Oh geeze Fermata, reading that again killed me. Reminds me of my own version of the story, where I save most of the kids.

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REALLY???!!! Where can I read that story, please?
God is subtle, but He is not malicious. (Albert Einstein)

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