In fact, gale has a bigger role in mockingjay part 1. I love a great adaptation, but i also believe that getting the best movie from a good book rarely means sticking slavishly to the source material. The film version of the hunger games does a great job at establishing the relationship between its heroine, katniss, and her younger sister, prim. Everyone wants to be the next kindle, and theres no shortage of opinions on whether the ipad is a better book reader. Despite these changes, mockingjay part 2 is surpassingly loyal to the source material in both incident and tone, more so than any of the other films in the series, and it gets to hold the candle of being the only one of the big three ya adaptations the other two being harry potter and twilight to present its climactic action, winddown, and resolution mostly unaltered. Mexico university, and they gave me their honest opinion on the book vs. Is jennifer lawrence intentionally tripping at major events to garner more attention. I liked most of the changes that were made because it gave me a better perspective on what was going on in the game as a whole, behind the scenes and in the districts of panem. I liked the first book, the hunger games, a lot better than the movie even though i enjoyed the movie. Divergent is a great book and so is hunger games, but the third divergent book, allegiant, is voted number one.
Film, i feel i should preface it with my personal feelings on adaptations. The hunger games bookmovie beat sheet comparison save the. Peetagale debate doesnt really survive the jump to the big screen. Mar 25, 2012 the film version of the hunger games does a great job at establishing the relationship between its heroine, katniss, and her younger sister, prim. Lawrence could have stuck with katniss and kept the film within district. Mockingjay is the most polarizing novel in the hunger games saga. Jun 23, 2015 a movie coming out for a book i havent read usually just means its time to read the book. So ive read the first two books, but mockingjay is sitting on my shelf, unread, waiting for the last movie to come out. It was based with a genetically crafted poison that acted as a hallucinogen which enabled the capitol to tamper with the memories that the client was remembering.
I havent reread the book for about a year so i noticed some but not all of those details. This is basically just a survey i set up to get information for my speech this year. The following contains major spoilers for both the book mockingjay and the movie. The 5 biggest differences between the mockingjay book. The movie captured the mood and tone that the reaping day was very depressing. There are generally a lot of differences that stem from the fact that in the book only things katniss sees or knows about are ever told. Charlie and the chocolate factory 3k sub special duration. The hunger games movie was slightly altered to incorporate and express the same ideas expressed in the book.
Mockingjay part 1 has sparked an online political debate, as did the first two films in lionsgates huge franchise. For the next series, i wanted a completely new world and a different angle into the justwar debate. One of these strategies is to deploy a unit several days behind the front lines of battle, termed the star. College student emily mai bowman said the book american sniper was better than the movie. A movie only has an hour and a half to two hours to convey the story, where a book has countless words to set the story.
Right now with hunger games, i began with the movies and realized i. The most common adaption is the booktomovie journey which has caused the neverending debate. Unfortunately, not every movie adaptation of a novel stays true to its source material. The break into 2 of the hunger games novel comes at the same moment. As such, a movie, lasting commonly around 120 minutes is more appealing to them than taking days to read books, which can be time consuming. Following are the biggest changes i noticed in my screening of lionsgates the hunger games. It is chronologically the last installment of the hunger games series, following 2008s the hunger games and 2009s catching fire.
The hunger games, by suzanne collins, came out in 2008. Dec 01, 2014 the hunger games book versus movie comparison december 1, 2014 february 9, 2015 emma goodyear happy hunger games, and may the odds be ever in your favour. Aug 20, 2015 a movie only has an hour and a half to two hours to convey the story, where a book has countless words to set the story. To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the first book in the trilogy, here. Book is much better than movie, because it lets you escape from the real world to you own. However, i feel books are always the better bet for a lot of reasons. Nov 20, 2015 despite what naysayers might say, mockingjay part 2 proves that the movie can be just as good as the book, even if you make a few changes along the way. Mockingjay is the third book in the hunger games trilogy by suzanne collins. The movies district scenes are bleak enough, and the added gamemaker scenes help, but katnisss peetagale debate doesnt really survive the jump to the big screen. Nov 22, 2014 in fact, gale has a bigger role in mockingjay part 1. Time constraints are a constant complaint among avid readers. Some folks are book people or movie people, and thats that, end of story.
Oct 18, 2018 the hunger games, by suzanne collins, came out in 2008. The book has lots of detail, includes more information than the movie and has a better ending than the movie. The debate of which is best, the book or the movie, has been raging for years. One of the biggest differences from book to screen in mockingjay was peetas recovery time. Feb 19, 2015 the book was much better, bowman said.
Why the hunger games books will always be better than. In the book, the mayors daughter, madge, gives katniss the pin. Movie just makes you see how cruel and consume this world is. Jul 12, 2017 the two final hunger games films that comprise mockingjay were shot backtoback from september 20 to june 2014 primarily in atlanta, as well as paris and berlin for shots of the capitol. Personally, the hunger games was my favorite book in the trilogy. Part two part of the the hunger games trilogy are in theaters or coming soon. Mockingjay part 2 arrived this past weekend, and now its official. Mockingjay teaser proves the movie will be better than. You are right that with this movie, maybe its best to go without having read the book first. What got left out of the hunger games movie, and how much it mattered.
This outstanding series of dystopian youngadult novels have gotten an equally outstanding movie series. The main story of mockingjays back half concerns itself with a military incursion into the capitol by rebel forces comprised of virtually every district in panem. Firstly, with a book there is an attention to detail, all of which cannot always be depicted on screen. A book is only limited by your imagination, while a television show or movie runs into issues regarding special effects, actors, finding the perfect setting, and all the other variables that go into making a movie or t. Despite what naysayers might say, mockingjay part 2 proves that the movie can be just as good as the book, even if you make a few changes along the way. So ive read the first two books, but mockingjay is sitting on my shelf. Mockingjay is a divisive book among fans, but the latest hunger games teaser proves the movie will trump it and more so. Boggs is angry with coin for sending peeta to the unit and surmises about coins various reasons for doing so. There are the people that feel they get more of the story from the book and those who wait for the movie to tell them the story. The movie sped it up, missing out on peetas cake he makes for finnick and annie, and the tiny details. Nov 08, 2016 when the book is better than the movie feat.
What it takes to save a mockingjay the new york times. Mockingjay portrays that the brainwashing was done by changing the memories of the affected. I would be foolish to think that this book doesnt contain good vs bad as a theme. Plenty of other details were changed, of course, and feel free to remark on. The 5 biggest differences between the mockingjay book and movie. What is the resolution in mockingjay by suzanne collins.
What got left out of the hunger games movie, and how much it. In the movie, katniss gives prim the mockingjay pin to protect her. The hunger games book versus movie comparison december 1, 2014 february 9, 2015 emma goodyear happy hunger games, and may the odds be ever in your favour. Movie essay examples 1531 words 7 pages the hunger games, the introductory novel in a trilogy book series written by author suzanne collins in 2008, is a young adult novel that surrounds a teenage girl named katniss everdeen in a futuristic tale of a teenager who defies all odds when they are stacked against her. The following are noted differences between the original mockingjay book and the hunger games. There were some others that were changed slightly, either for filming reasons or for careless from the director. Jul 06, 2015 though mockingjay may leave the reader feeling incomplete, it is a wellwritten if a slightly rushed book. Even while reading the books, the whole gale liam hemsworth vs. There has been a tug of war between the book and movie camps as long as both have existed. Some people love catching fire, others love mockingjay. Nov 28, 2016 despite these changes, mockingjay part 2 is surpassingly loyal to the source material in both incident and tone, more so than any of the other films in the series, and it gets to hold the candle of being the only one of the big three ya adaptations the other two being harry potter and twilight to present its climactic action, winddown, and resolution mostly unaltered in both book and movie.
Do you avoid seeing a movie until youve read the book its based on. The two final hunger games films that comprise mockingjay were shot backtoback from september 20 to june 2014 primarily in atlanta, as well as paris and berlin for shots of the capitol. Sometimes the book is too long for a movie to include the entire storyline. I dont need an adaptation to be a good version of the. Mockingjay is a 2010 science fiction novel by american author suzanne collins. Summing up, while some differences between the hunger games book and the hunger games movie are evident, the similarities are striking. As an avid reader, i am always excited at the news that a book is being adapted as a feature film. I liked catching fire movie wayyyy better than the book the book was meh to me.
Suzanne collins talks about the hunger games, the books and. But i honestly dont think the changes that happen to people in that book are doable in a twoandahalfhour movie. In mockingjay, every move katniss makes comes about after a large amount of internal debateand without a voiceover, lawrence will be left to. Alma coin, the president of district, spearheads the incursion from a strategic perspective. I have read all three hunger games books and the first two divergent books waiting for the third, cannot wait, and i personally liked divergent more than hunger games, along with my friends and many other people. In mockingjay the whole book is about the fight for humanity and fairness.
How does the ending of mockingjay, part 2 compare to the. I used to be strictly in the readbeforewatching camp, but what ended up happening is i would go to the movies and be disappointed in what i saw. The impact and after effects of war are central to the themes of mockingjay. Jennifer lawrence as katniss everdeen in the 2012 film, the hunger games. While he is key to the rebellion in the book, he finally gets his chance to be a major part of the hunger games franchise in this movie, and. Plus when children read from an early age, they are thaught to read quickly and search things in a book way much more quickly than their peers. Nov 20, 2015 following are the biggest changes i noticed in my screening of lionsgates the hunger games. Although there are changes, it follows the storyline pretty closely. The hunger games is the hunger games book or film better. The character has the same name in both the book and the movie. The book continues the story of katniss everdeen, who agrees to unify the districts of panem in a rebellion against the tyrannical capitol the hardcover and. Suzanne collins talks about the hunger games, the books. The hunger games bookmovie beat sheet comparison save. I am doing my speech on which is better books or movies and i would kinda like to get some great feedback from it so that i can enter it into my speech.
Most of my friends disagree with me but they also complain about all the stuff left out of the book so i am not going to debate them about the. The book versus the movie series and how they stack up. While he is key to the rebellion in the book, he finally gets his chance to be a major. As the novels author suzanne collins was also one of the screenwriters proved by her.
Though mockingjay may leave the reader feeling incomplete, it is a wellwritten if a slightly rushed book. Scenes like the ones where president snow prepares his speech about the rebels or where he orders the bombing of the hospital thus are never in the book. Katnisss final game on face is a masterful teaser for mockingjay part 1, but it is not how the book ends. The whole story is told through katnisss perspective, as we know she grew up in poverty and lived a poor life, but this whole time all she is fighting for is freedom from the capitol, who. To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the first book in the trilogy, here is an. Both the book and the movie for the hunger games are very similar but the book is better than the movie. While some may like talking long times to read a book, most people are busy today and are working on their career as the no. Although katnisss beat is exactly the same in the book flower burial and a quiet rebellion aimed at the sky, in the movie we have the benefit of being able to leave katnisss pov and see the world beyond her eyes. We witness the first difference from the novel early on. If youve read the third book of suzanne collins the hunger games trilogy. As for mockingjay, i hated the book but the movie was really good. The movie was very accurate by following the story of the book but left out a few things that were perfectly explained in the book. It seems that the big bookrelated debate these days is paper vs. Unlike her previous books but quite like an actual war, the action in this book is.
In the book, he is trapped in some sort of light beam and katniss watches as his skin melts off his body. And with that opportunity, the moviemakers decided to show a rebellion in district 11 which is not in the book but which i believe served the right purpose in aiding the forward motion of katnisss journey. Although it was the first movie that got me interested in the franchise in the first place. The movie was great, but it got a lot of actual facts wrong. Contains spoilers from book one the hunger games and two catching fire when we left katniss everdeen at the end of catching fire, she had just made it out of her second hunger games in two years only to learn that peeta had been captured and a rebellion had begun against the capitol. It motivated me to go get the books from the library so i could find out what happened next. It is the first in a trilogy by the same name that includes catching fire 2009 and mockingjay 2010. The sequals for the book, cathing fire and mockingjay, were published in 2009 and 2010 and. Maybe it was the acting or he new director or the aren but the movie was better. One thing i loved in the theater is hearing the reactions of people who have not read it. The reason i dont care about it is, i keep them pretty separate in my head. They ask haymitch for advice on the train, as hes their mentor, and he responds with heres some advice, stay alive. What changed in the catching fire movie, and how much it.