Books into Movies ... anyone read The Hunger Games

[lizbud]

They let out so much back story, and while the acting was fine, so much was toned down for the movie. I expected Cinna, for example, to be much more flamboyant, Effie Trinket doesn't even get her name introduced, I don't think, it doesn't mention the herbs Katniss collects for her mother, or that her mother does any healing of people ...

I've not read the book, but have read quite a few reviews of the movie and they are generally good. I understand quite a bit was left
out of the movie for brevity & censors issues(blood & violence). They wanted the movie rated to include the younger teen audience.
The movie as it is is 2 1/2 hours long, isn't it?

[Karen]

I've not read the book, but have read quite a few reviews of the movie and they are generally good. I understand quite a bit was left
out of the movie for brevity & censors issues(blood & violence). They wanted the movie rated to include the younger teen audience.
The movie as it is is 2 1/2 hours long, isn't it?

Some of it I knew would be left out for censorship reasons, in terms of the blood and gore, which is expected. But they cut out a lot of the background which, in the book, gave depth to the characters, and helped you understand them. You don't get any real idea, for example, how desperate the lives of Katniss and her family are, or why she's so protective of her sister ...