The Hunger Games
I know, you probably expected a Supernatural review. That will come. But it might take me a few days. I need to deal with the episode first.
So, let's talk about The Hunger Games instead, because I went to see the movie yesterday.
It's always difficult to watch a movie to a book that you know and love. There will always be details missing, scenes that are different. When I saw the trailer for The Hunger Games I was optimistic that this movie would be everything that is important about the books. It didn't disappoint.
Sure, I had my moments of 'but that was different in the book' in this one too - the biggest one probably being the origin of the Mockingjay pin. I think the solution in the movie works quite well, though - but the atmosphere was spot on, and everything that was important was there. I was actually almost surprised how close they stayed to the original story.
The two scenes that stood out to me the most where:
1) The reaping. It was haunting. This mixture of fear, and anger, and utter helplessness. And having no score just added to that.
2) Rue. Her death was the one scene that made me cry. It wasn't even that bad when she died. But the moment Katniss started collecting flowers and arranged them around her body, and then the sign, and then the scene set in District 11. That was so powerful.
There were only two things that I expected more from, but nothing that I can't look past:
1) Haymitch. He was too sober and too... obviously helpful for my taste. I also hope that the second movie will give us a lot more on how haunted and broken he is.
2) The Mutts. It was one of the most difficult scenes to read in the books for obvious reasons. In the movies they were not much more than rabid dogs.
Overall, I am very happy with what they did with this, and I'm looking forward to seeing the other movies. And the original version of this one.
So, let's talk about The Hunger Games instead, because I went to see the movie yesterday.
It's always difficult to watch a movie to a book that you know and love. There will always be details missing, scenes that are different. When I saw the trailer for The Hunger Games I was optimistic that this movie would be everything that is important about the books. It didn't disappoint.
Sure, I had my moments of 'but that was different in the book' in this one too - the biggest one probably being the origin of the Mockingjay pin. I think the solution in the movie works quite well, though - but the atmosphere was spot on, and everything that was important was there. I was actually almost surprised how close they stayed to the original story.
The two scenes that stood out to me the most where:
1) The reaping. It was haunting. This mixture of fear, and anger, and utter helplessness. And having no score just added to that.
2) Rue. Her death was the one scene that made me cry. It wasn't even that bad when she died. But the moment Katniss started collecting flowers and arranged them around her body, and then the sign, and then the scene set in District 11. That was so powerful.
There were only two things that I expected more from, but nothing that I can't look past:
1) Haymitch. He was too sober and too... obviously helpful for my taste. I also hope that the second movie will give us a lot more on how haunted and broken he is.
2) The Mutts. It was one of the most difficult scenes to read in the books for obvious reasons. In the movies they were not much more than rabid dogs.
Overall, I am very happy with what they did with this, and I'm looking forward to seeing the other movies. And the original version of this one.