Comments | ecstaticdance: Doughy Sons of Bread Makers and Other Distopic Ponderings

ecstaticdance

Doughy Sons of Bread Makers and Other Distopic Ponderings

Apr 03, 2012 19:21

I went to see Hunger Games last weekend! It was good. Not perfect, but I recommend it. I look forward to seeing how they develop the next couple of books.

( Film spoilers under the cut )

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Comments 3

ez_as_pi April 4 2012, 02:36:53 UTC

It must have been difficult to translate a first-person book to screen. I re-read before the movie and after, it was SO much in her thoughts, as you said.

I wish the next one wasn't so far away :)

ecstaticdance April 4 2012, 16:01:58 UTC

Exactly. To all of it. The books were very much the story of Katniss's journey through a changing nation. The first movie feels more like the (beginning of the) journey of a nation as seen through the eyes of one person who happened to find herself at the center of that upheaval. It's a subtle difference, but I think for me it's going to be an important one to accept in order to fully appreciate the movies.

bren7 April 10 2012, 03:44:31 UTC

I always thought Peeta was kinda boring in the first book. It wasnt until the second one he became interesting to me. I think that there was so much it was hard to convey because of the way the books where written. For a book to movie translation they did very well. Hopefully they keep it up for the next 2 books.