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The new Hunger Games has been released, the film stars Jennifer
Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen and Josh Hutcherson as Peter Mettlack. If you’re a
fan of the Hunger Games you will know that the film is an adaptation of the trilogy
written by Suzanne Collins. Since the new film is out, I thought I’d share with
you my own thoughts on the first book vs the film.
Now I’m not a big reader, I prefer books that capture your
attention from the start and this book certainly did. As you read through the
book, the words create their own interpretations in your mind of how the
surroundings should look and feel such as the capital, characters and their
voices and personality. Through reading the book, I was constantly pushed to
use my imagination of colours, textures and sounds. The book itself captured
more emotion for me as I felt the passion and pain throughout the pages. Toward
the end of the book, I felt that the element of suspense captured me well,
encouraging me to read further. However, I did feel that the ending was very
abrupt yet the excitement of the book itself encouraged me to read on.
After months of refusing to watch the film, as I didn’t
want it to blur my interpretation of the book I had to admit defeat at some
point. I feel that the film is a great interpretation of the book, through the
use of characters, locations and styling. I felt that Jennifer Lawrence who plays
Katniss was a great choice by the directors as she captures the spirit of the
character well. I did however; feel that the use of characters within the
capital was over theatrical which contradicted the story for me personally. I
really enjoyed the choice of costume and styling within the film, the graphics
weren’t too bad either! I would definitely encourage everyone to read both the
book and see the film as the essence of the story is alive but with different
interpretations.
The Hunger Games Book 7/10 The
Hunger Games Film 6/10
What did you think of the film/trilogy? Do you prefer films or books?
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