It’s inevitable – an eagerly awaited movie is released and for weeks or months, the hype lingers around whether it was able to stand up to its expectations. As of recently, the Hunger Games has been the source of this “hype.” I saw the previous post evaluating components of the movie that were left out, in comparison to the book. Since release, the movie has maintained quite the following. I waited for a couple weeks to venture to the theatre…not because I didn’t want to be one of the first to see it, but rather I was not ready to deal with the masses. Overall, I thought the movie was great. I thought the book was phenomenal. Downfall to reading a book before seeing a movie based on the book, your overall expectations look slightly different.
To me, I agree that some very significant pieces were left out; all of which were pieces I would have liked to have seen. Yet, that may have made the movie four hours long. My biggest struggle with the movie lie in casting. I thought that most of those cast for the parts were a fairly good fit for what I had created in my head, while reading the books. Yet, Peeta Mellark (or Josh Hutcherson in “real” life) fell very short for me.
