Chiro wrote:That's what the books are for. Katniss's dad had taught her how to hunt and make weapons. As for Peeta in the bakery he was an expert cake decorator who could decorate cakes to look exactly like items. Rue knew how to climb extremely well living in District 11 having to climb trees to harvest things from trees.
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As for when Rue died Katniss did have time because the plants were very close. And also the fires that were started earlier were occupying the other careers. She wasn't trying to win sympathy of district 11, Rue reminded her of her sister, being small and having the same bird like stance like they are going to take flight. This deeply hurt Katniss throughout the series and she wanted to show that Rue wasnt just another piece in their games.
The books shouldn't be used as an excuse. Films of books aren't add-ons or augmentations of the books; they're re-telling the story in a completely different way. As such, they should have the same if not a higher level of depth than the books--especially since films generally reach a larger audience than books, who wouldn't have necessarily read the books and thus wouldn't know these details.
Even if Katniss's dad taught her, weapons are still illegal, so that doesn't change anything. Peeta might have been an expert cake-decorator, but we're never told that in the film, and it'd still take hours of work to be able to disguise yourself that convincingly. (Besides, how many fancy cakes would you expect to sell in an area where people have to hunt squirrels with bows and arrows to survive?) I didn't have a problem with Rue being able to climb; it's the fact she conveniently appears out of nowhere to help with no real motive (remembering, after all, that these people have to kill each other eventually) and points out a Tracker-Jacker nest that Katniss, despite being stuck in the tree for several days, never noticed. If I were stuck in a tree for that length of time, a huge nest full of deadly insects is one of the very first things I'd take a note of.
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Even if the flowers were close by (and I don't recall seeing any in the area where Rue died) it'd still take ages to pick that many and arrange them in a pattern. And if the others have time to set a trap, they're going to want to check back regularly, so even if they were occupied, they could still afford to send one or two people to look.
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