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Strong Adaptation
PostedMarch 26, 2012
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from San Antonio, TX
My movie going experience had some added "special effects" as I was worried about sitting through the duration of the film and stopped eating or drinking anything about 5 hours before the showing. It definitely fit with the theme to be sitting in the theatre waiting for the show to start with people all around me eating very fragrant foods. The film is a strong adaptation of the book which I read 2 weeks ago in preparation for the premiere. Does it contain all of the book--of course not. If you didn't manage to read the book in 2 hours and 20 minutes, then it isn't realistic to expect the movie to contain all the details. I really would have only changed 3 things: cast younger look-alikes for the scene with the bread, made the cave scene longer so that the differences in Katniss and Peeta's feelings was more defined and emphasized Katniss and Peeta trying to fill up on food from the time they step onto the train until the Games begin. I thought the violence was handled very well to get the PG-13 rating. I tried playing the start of the Games back in my head comparing it to your typical mad-slasher horror movie and realized how much more gore would have been shown if there wasn't any other content upon which to base the film. I've seen some complaints about the shaky camera shots and maybe it was over-used but there were certainly times when it perfectly portrayed the level of panic that running for your life through an unknown forest would entail. The acting top to bottom was superb. Jennifer Lawrence deserves another Oscar nod for this film although I'll be surprised if the Academy has the guts to give it to her for a blockbuster movie with science fiction/fantasy overtones. The way she delivers exactly what Katniss is feeling in the seconds before entering the arena without saying a word was worth the IMAX admission price. Finally, for those who haven't read the books here's a new suggestion: see the movie, then read the first book of the trilogy, then see the movie again. You will have a stronger sense of suspense. Among my hopes for the next film: that the after effects of being in the arena are not downplayed as they are the parallel to the Post-Tramatic Stress Disorder that our Gulf War veterans live with every day.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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