The Movie

First, let me get it out there that hardly ever will a MOVIE be better than the BOOK it's based off of. That said, The Hunger Games movie was awesome!! There were parts that I didn’t expect, and a few changes that I’m interested in seeing how they’ll explain later on. But overall they did an amazing job in keeping it with the book. Now if you’ve read the books, you know they’re all in first person. So I understand that they had to condense some things and make some changes so the movie would flow along smoothly so I fully except the changes as a good thing. These books are pretty lengthy and as much as we’d all love to see every little detail, it would take up about ten hours to capture the entire thing exactly as it was in the book. And I don’t know about you, but I’m not sitting through a ten hour movie. At first, I felt a bit of disappointment just because I wish that they had included some of my favorite parts from the book, but that was me just wanting what I wanted. Once the movie was over though, I felt completely satisfied. Which is more than I can say for other books turned big screen movies. And I absolutely loved the choices they made with the actors. I really felt like they brought the characters to life and they all did much better than I had anticipated. :) I can honestly say that Kim and I had a blast and we left feeling really excited for the next film!!

Before the movie, I skipped out on tutoring so I could just head on home. I wanted to get some time in with Emery before leaving again for the night. I also thought I was going to be able to fit in a nap, but that totally didn't happen. 9 pm came around, and I headed into town. We waited in line for an hour and a half and then they let everyone in to wait the other hour in our seats. Kim and I sneaked some candy in, that we didn’t even eat, to help soften the blow to our wallets. Our theater completely screws you over in the snack department. But, I still spent the extra money to get a “Hunger Games” cup for my drink. It had to be done. Once the movie started, I was so happy that the audience was not like the audience at the Twilight movie showings. There was no screaming, no hyperventilating, and no moaning (yea, you read that right). Everyone was there to enjoy a good movie.

Overall, it was awesome! If you’re a fan of the book, or even if you've never read the book at all, I’m sure you’ll enjoy the movie. I really recommend you go watch it!