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There’s A Rebuttal For That – Complaint #15

Does having all of Peeta make him less important?


Complaint #15 – Leaving Peeta with his terrible leg, bleeding to death and Katniss running and pounding on the glass door was WAY too important to keep from the movie.

TFGeekGirl, TheFandom.Net – As emotional as that was in the book, there’s a few issues they probably had to consider, and I’m only speculating here.  First off, there was a lot, and I mean a lot, of situations in the book that I felt were very important to the storyline as far as character development, this being one of them.  But we have to accept that really good character development can only be established in a well written novel.  An author has more freedom to write as much as they want to.  This is not so when it comes to developing a book into a movie.  Sometimes scenes have to be sacrificed.  As powerful as it was to know that Peeta had lost his leg in the book, when you think about it, it wasn’t really needed to move the story along.  Nowhere in the rest of the books is it necessary for Peeta to have a fake leg.  Secondly, aside from Finnick carrying Peeta because his fake leg keeps tripping him up in Catching Fire, it’s hardly mentioned anywhere else.  There’s still enough action and suspense where they can forego the idea of Finnick carrying Peeta.  And there’s still enough romance that can be involved in the sequels to still establish how Katniss really feels for him.
Also, in a recent interview with makeup designer Ve Neill, she stated that the leg was not going to be addressed, so it seems that Suzanne and Gary had already written that out.  I believe the reason they did so was partially because of having to add in more time to the already lengthy film.  When you think about it, having Peeta’s leg injury the same as in the book would’ve probably led to at least 15 more minutes to the film, especially when you include her “running and pounding on the glass door”.
Now I can’t say it would not have been better if they included that, and I, too, would’ve liked to see it on screen, but I just think it isn’t as important to the overall storyline as you (and many others) may think. That being said, I’m in the minority on this argument, obviously, as you will find no other rebuttals about it.

 

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By Nat, the Geek Girl

Southern California native who likes movies, books (Shadowhunter Chronicles, NA, YA fantasy, Red Rising series), TV shows (The Sandman), and San Diego Comic-Con. I also like to write, but don't get to do much of that aside from on here. I fell into the BTS rabbit hole, and I refuse to leave.

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