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The Latest Spectacle
Mar. 26th, 2012 03:17 pmSaw The Hunger Games last night. I thought the film was about as faithful an adaptation of the book as one could hope for, given the constraints of perspective, running time, and the movie business. Worth watching if you like dystopian fiction.
There's a good round-up on the adaptation choices here. BoingBoing has a good review, and OverthinkingIt discusses the movie and the books.
It is worth noting that the movie (as the book) plays the scenario dead-straight, unlike similar stories like Battle Royale which color their over-the-top scenarios with grim irony and dark humor. The movie even more so than the book because of the lack of internal monologue. Actually, the movie seems very precisely calculated to avoid irony in it's presentation to the greatest extent possible, just as precisely as it avoids receiving that R rating.
There's a good round-up on the adaptation choices here. BoingBoing has a good review, and OverthinkingIt discusses the movie and the books.
It is worth noting that the movie (as the book) plays the scenario dead-straight, unlike similar stories like Battle Royale which color their over-the-top scenarios with grim irony and dark humor. The movie even more so than the book because of the lack of internal monologue. Actually, the movie seems very precisely calculated to avoid irony in it's presentation to the greatest extent possible, just as precisely as it avoids receiving that R rating.
