The Hunger Games

Many avid readers find that when their favorite books are turned into movies the movie does not show the book’s full depth and all of the details that make it great.  Fans have watched the Harry Potter and Twilight movies with devotion whether or not they were completely accurate.  But when movies like Eragon hit theaters, they disappointed fans everywhere.  The problem with the Hunger Games was that the book was so different from any other book out there that I was worried that the movie would not do it justice.  The Hunger Games is a story about a girl named Katniss who has to fight to the death in the Hunger Games with 23 other tributes from the other districts in order to save her sister, supply her district with food for a year, and save her own life.  That is such an oversimplification of the book that to truly understand what’s going on you would have to read the book.  However, I believe the movie did an excellent job of bringing the story to life.  It included most of the details which did not anger fans.  In the box office, it even did better than Twilight, which is always a plus.  The movie makers really did an excellent job with adapting the film.  In the book, Katniss thought a lot and most of the main story was in her head which could have been a problem for the filmmakers but they did an amazing job with including the details that were only in her head on the screen.  No meaning was lost.  Overall, with all of the action and suspense, I would say that this movie is for everyone.  I certainly enjoyed watching and I would recommend this movie as one of the best book adaptations to date.