It’s been kind of a struggle for me to read much these past couple of weeks. I’ve been pretty busy with school, preparing for midterms and presentations, and I’ve also been helping my husband edit a book he’s written.
And I went to the opening of The Hunger Games, so I’ve been trying to catch up on sleep. I guess my body thinks it’s too old for midnight showings.
Words cannot express how much I loved The Hunger Games trilogy, so I was extremely excited, and nervous, about seeing the movie. The only book adaptations that I’ve actually liked have been The Help, Julie & Julia, The Devil Wears Prada and Eat, Pray, Love (the Harry Potter movies were okay, but the Twilight movies were pretty bad…of course, look at the books – the writing isn’t great). I really didn’t want The Hunger Games to disappoint me.
Like the Harry Potter movies, The Hunger Games was good, but not great. They had to leave out a lot in order to make it 140 minutes. They also made a few changes, but they didn’t really bother me.
They did a great job with casting (Elizabeth Banks and Woody Harrelson were perfect for their roles) and extra little details that aren’t really shown in the books. The scenes with Seneca Crane added a mysterious element to the movie. Also, showing how the Capitol was able to manipulate the games was pretty cool.
I don’t know if I’ll see it in theatre again, the camera work was a little shaky and gave this girl a little motion sickness. However, I did like it enough that I’ll probably end up buying it when it comes out on DVD.
Novel Meanderings 