I saw the movie. Yes, I liked the book better. No, I don't think they skimped on the violence.
These are the arguments I heard most often. I don't think a movie can really live up to such a visual book, so what's on the screen can never be as awesome as what's in my head. I think this is where the violence came from. That and the scenery of the Capitol had to be cut for the movie because of time constraints. Still, it was pretty freaking violent.
The most alarming thing I heard is the explosion over the internet (fostered, I hope, by trolls) that Rue shouldn't have been african american in the movie, even though she was in the book. Google it because I'm not touching that silliness.
Who else saw it? Opinions?
I am one of those sad people that didn't even read all three books. I read the first one and cried. I read the second one and cried. I let Husband tell me how the third one ended because I wasn't interested in crying anymore.
ReplyDeleteI can enjoy dark, but I have to see the bright side of humanity. I have to believe that the Fox News Idiots and the "let them die" people are the minority -- or at least if they made their way past the circular arguments to figure out what they are really saying that they'd be horrified. You know, like, "Who are we letting die? My neighbor's 2 year old who was born with a hole in her heart? Fuck that!" (I also couldn't watch Battlestar Galactica for similar reasons.) That hope, that interest in helping others is the only reason we, as a species, are worth anything at all.
Sorry, I seem to be having a very melancholy day.
ReplyDeleteIt's okay, Marilou. We should probably seek out happier things more often.
ReplyDeleteWe finally saw it -- it's not as good as the book, I agree; but other than that, I liked it a lot. My kid loved it. Though she had to hide under my arm during the more violent bits!
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