Adaptations

[williamjm]

I watched the first episode of Game of Thrones season 2 this evening. I thought it was good, although it's possibly the least eventful episode of the show so far. I think the ever-expanding cast and number of plotlines may be a bit of a problem for the show's pacing (as it has been in the last couple of books), although maybe once they've got a lot

Comments

[peadarog]

Can't disagree with any of this. I quite liked the movie of Hunger Games.

[regina_of_york]

Agreed on all counts.

I loved Hunger Games, but the camera work was annoying. The only part where I felt the shaky-cam was remotely acceptable was for the inital cornucopia bloodbath, because I admit it helps convey the violence and confusion while keeping the PG13 rating. But that sort of thing needs to be used extremely sparingly, if at all.

[williamjm]

I agree that the shaky camera is a reasonable choice for the initial cornucopia scene, but I've no idea why they thought it was a good idea for the opening scenes with Katniss going out to hunt. I think shaky camera work should be confined to action scenes, and even then only used rarely.