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Decent for what time/limits they had
PostedMarch 25, 2012
LTB103
from 1985
I've read all 3 books and consider myself a purist when it comes to book-to-movie adaptations. That being said, some things have to change since they can't fit everything into a movie. But I felt that a lot was left out--the tributes weren't at all depicted as starving or dehydrating as they should have been. The severity of the situation--it should've been days in the arena with no food/water, etc.--wasn't shown.
Also, they cut a lot of little things that would have been easy to include and add to the film, like Madge, Peeta and Katniss's time in the cave, and Katniss giving Peeta the sleep syrup in order to go to the feast to get his medicine. Also, the whole thing was too rushed. It felt like this book, out of all the others, could have been a 2-part movie to get a feel for the characters. The end of it was definitely too rushed through.
All in all, it stuck to a lot of things in the book, which I appreciate. The addition of Haymitch talking to sponsors and the scenes with Seneca Crane and President Snow really helped add to round out the perspectives of the movie, not just seeing it through Katniss's eyes. I'd recommed this to friends.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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