So yes, I was one of the millions of teenagers seeing the Hunger games last week.
I didn't bother to go to the midnight premiere, instead I went early Saturday morning, when tickets were only six dollars instead of 7.25 or 10 something, and I went with my friend Peggy.
The main thing that turned me off from the books was the fact that they were written in first person. Katniss isn't an extremely interesting person--her thoughts are dry and typical, and the fact that the narration obviously stops if she dies means you already know she's going to [LE POINTLESS SPOILER ALERT] win.
I felt like the idea had potential but was badly executed. So I was looking forward to the movie. It's kind of hard to do a movie in first person, and as I expected, all the narrative problems were cured in the movie.
In the books, I felt like Collins was being too nice to Katniss--everything just happened to go in a good direction for her and it had nothing to do with her own ability. I still kind of felt that in the movie, but not as much. However, I still kind of felt like everyone liked her too much.
I felt like I understood more of the reasoning behind others' actions in the movie (once again, because it's not just Katniss and her thoughts).
Even though I still find Katniss a pretty boring person, seeing her from the outside made me realize why she's the hero of the story--not because she's anything fantastic, but she's the spark to the eventual flame that [LE ACTUAL SPOILER ALERT] burns away the corrupt Capitol government. One girl on fire isn't anything noteworthy, but once other things catch, the blaze can be unstoppable.
In conclusion, the movie is violent and in that way concerning except for the fact that the characters are fictional. It might serve as a warning to what we might become if we continue to consider others' pain as "entertainment." While the movie is okay as far as production and stuff goes (I guess, I'm not an expert or anything), I don't think it's going onto my list of favorites.
I like knee socks. This blog has nothing to do with knee socks, except when it does. This was mangapasta from 2009-2013. It's been archived now... sorta?
No comments:
Post a Comment
com·ment [kom-ent]
noun
1. a remark, observation, or criticism
4. a note in explanation, expansion, or criticism of a passage in a book, article, or the like; annotation.
5. explanatory or critical matter added to a text.
(from dictionary.com)