The Hunger Games is a good enough movie.
The world building in early portion is well done and engaging, but by the time
get to the actual games of the title, things fall apart. At that point you have
a lone girl running around the woods, trying not to die, not talking to anyone,
that’s only so interesting. Suzanne Collins’ novel gets away with this, the
first-person point-of-view makes you privy to the innermost thoughts of heroine
Katniss Everdeen, portrayed by Jennifer Lawrence. In the film she spends a fair
amount of time gazing into the distance. If you’ve read the book, you know
she’s thinking about Gale (Liam Hemsworth) or Peeta (Josh Hutcherson) or her
sister Prim (Willow Shields), but if not, you have no idea.
