So my verdict: though it's cliche, but I'm still going to say it, it's NOT AS GOOD AS THE BOOK!! But, it's already kind of expected, so far I think the only movie that does justice to it's book is Lord of the Rings? Though I didn't read the books, but, well, no one could deny that the movie was splendid.
Book
Anyway back to Hunger Games, the books were awesome, for a slow reader like me who takes an entire month for a book, finished all 3 in less than 2 weeks, with assignments!! *bangga* (I know a lot of you out there would have done it in 1 day, but I'm a slow reader!! give me credits...)
The first one was the best, but it sort of slowly went downhill in the other 2, and the 3rd was a little...... how should I put it, different. It's sort of like the twilight series with the last book seeming like another author wrote it as the plot is just so different from the others (just an example, not comparing the 2 stories) and Katniss, the female lead, got pretty annoying as she suddenly became so useless as opposed to her strong character in the first 2, and it seemed like she and her sister, Prim, switched personalities as Prim became so strong and matured, kind of a waste she died at the end :(
Story is fast paced and plot is continuous, allowing you no time to even think of putting the book down. Many said that it's copying the Japanese novel/movie "Battle Royale", but I didn't watch the movie or read the book so I can't comment much. I guess I could try watching the movie to see how similar it is.
It's somewhat predictable at times, and I think the contestants died too quickly in the arena, was kinda expecting the games to last longer, and I would actually love to see what happens if the last survivors in the arena were people Katniss was attached too, how was she going to face them? But somehow they got conveniently killed off by some other contestants or some disasters. The love triangle developement was pretty weak as well, even after I finished the book it still felt like Katniss was just playing with Peeta's feelings, and I had no idea who she actually liked more, it's like she's just using both of them. Would love to see the 3 of them settle the triangle (I just love drama), but the author also conveniently posted Gale to some other district so in a way she only had Peeta left =.=
The ending's quite dark, everyone got killed off *sigh* but despite the dark ending I still think it's fine as it's realistic, I mean, I don't think there's ever going to be a happy ending when it comes to war does it? Of course, I would love to read an ending where everyone lived happily ever after, but that's not how things work.
Overall, still love the book, and it just made it's way into my list of all time favourite books ;)
Movie
As for the movie, other than not doing the book justice, I still think that it's not properly done. There were many loose ends around and I think people that did not read the book might not fully understand what they're trying to do, or why certain things are happening. The scenes were scattered and messy, and definitely hated the shaky camera effect. I know they're trying to add to the war effect, but it gets annoying at times. A little too much close ups too.
The movie was flat in a way, many parts that should make an impact on you certainly did nothing. I would have expected more drama at certain point, e.g. when Katniss volunteered for her sister. It was really REALLY flat and seemed like just another scene. And I certainly would not understand why the crowd did the 3 finger salute if I hadn't read the book. The plot just sort of happen, and passes, leaving you with no feeling at all.
Kind of disappointed. I've already expected the movie to miss out parts of the book as I know they can't cram an entire 400+ page book into a 2.5 hour movie, so I could pardon them on that part, but they should have at least made an effort in making the movie a little more impactful and dramatic. It is cinematics afterall, it should be dramatic.
However, it's still worth the watch, and if you've read the book I think no matter how bad the comments are for the movie you'll still watch it, that's what I would do anyway :P
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