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Did Movie #1 do The Hunger Games justice?

I was actually quite disappointed with it. I didn't like Josh Hutcherson as Peeta, but Jennifer Lawrence was good as Katniss. The Cornucopia was a let-down... I just didn't imagine it as it was... It was an enjoyable movie but not the best.

The movie wasn't bad! It had all the important bits in it but I agree Hutcherson wasn't the best choice for Peeta! Jennifer Lawrence was good as Katniss, though!

I liked this movie, a lot actually. But the book wasn't favorite so....
I thought that they captured it quite well, even if Hutcherson wasn't perfect, no.

Yes. I said I disapproved of Josh Hutcherson as Peeta in a HG topic and was immediately flooded with comments disagreeing and often, being rude.

Aw, I'm sorry.

The movie, as a movie, was awesome. The movie, compared to the book, was sorta not as good.

Yes, I can see that.

As a movie itself, it's good, but I don't think it captured the book right for some reason.

I liked Woody Allen as Haymitch, and Liam Hemsworth was quite good as Gale.

However, the "That is Mahogany!" Line was fantastic.

Yeah :) I think Effie was portrayed well most of the time, in her oddness ;)

I thought Katniss, Rue, Effie, and Haymitch were cast really well.

I think Effie, Haymitch and Gale were the best casted. I have no problem with Jen Lawrence, in fact I think we couldn't have had a better Katniss, but I guess I was just being picky.

I was actually surprised at the unexpected way they filmed in the beginning of the movie. It rlly brought the poverty of district 12 into the movie.

I think a lot of ppl would agree with josh hutcherson not being the right peeta! Cinda, and across the screen high five. And about Cinna? DEF not what I had in mind!!!

I liked Cinna. >.<

Cinna was pretty cool...just wasn't expecting him. They sorta made him look like he was in love with katniss. Like if u hasn't read the book, someone would have to explain the whole sitch to u

I liked the movie :)
But the part where Rue dies is so sad !!

I liked Cinna, too! I think the actor captured Cinna's strong personality, but also the darker,.more subtle side to him very well.

I thought Cinna was pretty good. And i liked the game maker's (seneca) beard.

the part about rue WAS sad but did they show al the flowers? sorry, don't remember.

Yep, I totally agree, he gamemaker's beard is awesome ! :D
And i think there were some flowers in the part where Rue dies ...

Gosh Flore! Just take the words from my mouth!!! Haha Jk. I was just about to comment about Seneca crane's Supercalafradgilistic beard...

I loved Jenifer Lawrence for what she did....really awesome she is :) But the movie as a whole isn't that impressive. They missed out on many details and I think the book was a better experience :)

Ruchi wrote: "I loved Jenifer Lawrence for what she did....really awesome she is :) But the movie as a whole isn't that impressive. They missed out on many details and I think the book was a better experience :)"

As always;

The book was better, but the movie did it justice (for the most part). I was kind of upset at some of the choices, like when they left out Madge, the Cornucopia, etc, but I LOVED Jennifer and Josh together and the movie as a whole was great. Also, I liked that you got the whole point that the Capitol was being cruel and unjust without having to see heads hacked off. Finally, I loved those extra scenes with the Gamemakers and that scene with Seneca and President Snow (BTW, Donald Sutherland was the PERFECT Snow). It was chilling but brilliant, kind of like the book itself.

Yeah the movie was a bit of a let down compared to the book but I am still a hunger games fanatic. I thought they could of gotten a better actor for peeta but Jen did amazing. I get that it's hard to follow to what the book says but I think they overall did a good job. But once again the book way out scored he movie.

@lea, I totally agree they did a great job showing the cruelty of the capital

As I said b4 (i think) I had to explain the whole movie to my mom after we watched it!

I think Josh Hutcherson was perfect for Peeta. I did not picture Peeta to look like him. His acting was great though. When they were in the cave they left out some scenes that were in the book that i loved. Overall I give this movie 10 stars!

I thought Josh Hutcherson was good as Peeta, but Jennifer Lawrence and Liam Hemsworth were perfect as Katniss and Gale. Books are always better than films (except for World War Z, which my dad said was an awful book with no plot, but I thought the movie adaption was really enjoyable) because books allow more detail and backstory than films, as you can see the characters thoughts in books and become them. Overall, I thought the movie portrayed the book very well.

I loved world war z and I do not even like zombie movies.

Peeta didnt really fit josh hutcherson but i've been a fan of him for a while so im happy with it but katniss and gale were spot on! but my favorite character is HAYMITCH

Peeta was not that well cast but Katniss and Gale were awesome!!!! Haymitch was pretty cool and Rue was pretty much the girl I imagined. Overall, it was a pretty good movie and one of the best book to movie adaptations, according to me after Harry Potter.

One more thing, they missed out the part about Peeta losing his leg. I mean....he lost his leg and in the movie, he didn't!!! Pretty important if you ask me.

His leg was bitten and stabbed a lot in the film, maybe it was meant to be assumed?

Nag... It was barely a scratch in the movie. He was moments from death in the book.

I liked the movie, but it didn't capture the overall premise of the book. They got the plot mostly right, but you didn't get a full understanding of the government or characters. For example, in the book Peeta is witty and funny. In the movie he's just there. He has almost no personality. Also, you didn't see just how much Katniss struggles though the entire book. I didn't think that the movie did the book justice at all. On top of that, the media makes the series look like some stupid love story which drives me crazy, it's so much more than that.

Delaney wrote: "Did Movie #1 do The Hunger Games justice?"

Nay. It wasn't. In my opinion at least. At least I don't think any film could, besides ones including voice-overs for so much it of it imported from Katniss's inward view. They left out so much import in the movie...(i.e. the aforementioned Peeta loosing his leg, Katniss telling Peeta the whole star-crossed-lovers-deal was fake et cetera).

It was an adaptation but the book-the book was better.

the movie was great the clothes where awesome

How come you don't hear Rue's cannon fire?

Jessie wrote: "How come you don't hear Rue's cannon fire?"

I noticed that too!

The books are always better! I loved the book! I thought with the movie they did an ok job of keeping up with the story line but it wasn't the best.

The books will always be better than the movie because you get to read the detail to everything. I did love the movie because you get to see everything come to life which is amazing!

The movie was a good adaptation of the book.

I like it even though it's on the violent side.

I didn't like this movie too much. The ages of the actors bothered me (they all, except for Rue, looked too old. The scary part of the first book is that they're all kids and there's nothing you can do to stop them from dying). I also felt that it was a jarring shift from Katniss' first person perspective in the books to an outlier perspective. I didn't hear Katniss or understand so much why she did what she did. To truly understand her decisions you need to see inside her head more.

I definitely didn't enjoy the movie near as much as the book but that's pretty much how I feel for every movie based of of a book but it was a good movie overall

I enjoyed the books more than the movies. Jennifer fit great with Katniss, but I felt that Josh/Peeta was missing something. He was good I just don't think he captured everything that the book implied. I think the movie didn't capture everything from the book. It was a letdown. All three movies were; I feel that the purpose for the movies was to share the idea of the arena. I don't think the movies was for the characters at all and that's what was so upsetting. I really expected more.

The outfits that Cinna constructed though were beautiful.