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Better movie adaptation than most
PostedMarch 24, 2012
DarkLight
from Charlotte, NC
While the movie isn't a word for word adaptation of the book, I never expected it to be. How could it have and still fit within either a single movie and/or been a length that would have kept the modern day stunted attention span?
I felt that I was rewarded for my patience and the film delivered on all counts. With very few exceptions, the acting was spot on (the main characters are not the ones I'm 'complaining' about). I was never in either camp, for or against, for the casting of Katniss for example. I had some minor issues with some of the side characters but they are small and not worth going into any more detail.
The movie is violent but not gory, but that is the nature of the books and the world in which they are set. The movie did an _excellent_ job of portraying the truly SICK environment that the Capitol has created and continues to foster and the excesses and stark contrast between the Districts and the Capital.
I saw the movie on opening day with my daughter and got stuck in the very front row, which made for an interesting viewing experience. The more violent scenes are frantic, hectic, cameraman haydays that are very hard to keep up with from that close to the screen. As such I will be seeing the movie again with my wife and we WILL be getting a seat further back. Even with a seat as close as we had I felt immersed in the movie (no, it wasn't IMAX) and it didn't detract except for the frantic scenes.
This movie is mature, however, and I would NOT suggest taking younger children to it. The violence is one thing but I think it's more about needing to have the emotional maturity to get everything out of the movie that you can. It's not that 'The Hunger Games' isn't _just_ an action movie or an adventure movie...it isn't an action movie OR an adventure movie. The books weren't written as either of those things primarily...or at least I didn't take them that way and neither did most of the people (teens included) that I know. The books tackle issues, as the author herself has mentioned, such as severe poverty, starvation, oppression, and the effects of war among others and the struggle for self-preservation...action and adventure are side-notes and make a good movie.
All-in-all, an excellent movie that I will be seeing again and plan to purchase when it is available on Blu-Ray.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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