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From: Barthelmess, Thom <tbarthelmess_at_dom.edu>
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 02:40:11 +0000
I quite enjoyed the movie. The performances were strong (Elizabeth Banks an d Stanley Tucci, especially) and the drama affecting. The big thing I misse d was the careful and multi-layered exploration of the socio-political impl ications of the issues at play. The greatest strength of the novel, IMHO, i s the way Collins manipulates the reader. At the beginning we are horrified at the premise and by the end are caught up in the action and made complic it, somehow, in the tyranny. Speaking for myself anyway, as a reader I felt shame, more than once, at my own prurient interest in the battle, and came away with a more complex understanding about just how a society like this might really come to pass. For me the movie lacked that kind of layering. T he battle between good and evil felt obvious and simplistic. But, it must b e said, I cried like a baby throughout the movie. My $.02 Thom
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From: Merri Lindgren
Sent: Monday, April 23, 2012 10:19 AM To: ccbc-net Subject:
At the Movies: The Hunger Games
Thanks to everyone who joined in the discussion of novels in verse during t he first part of April. It's time to move on to a new topic and hear your thoughts about the movie adaptation of the book, The Hunger Games.
Although there will always be details to pick at, I was very pleased with t he HG movie. It held true to the primary themes of the book, and I loved t he visual contrast of District Twelve with The Capitol (the residents remi nded me of those of the Emerald City of Oz). But almost as good as seeing the movie or reading the book was hearing all the people talking about it. Age didn't seem to matter -- I overheard conversations everywhere when the movie first opened as teens and adults discussed the pros and cons of the film and the book. What was your response? Have you noticed an increase i n readers of the books, either re-reading or motivated to pick them up for the first time?
Merri
-- Merri Lindgren, Librarian Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) School of Education / UW-Madison 4290 Helen C. White Hall 600 N. Park Street Madison, WI 53706 608-263-3930
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 02:40:11 +0000
I quite enjoyed the movie. The performances were strong (Elizabeth Banks an d Stanley Tucci, especially) and the drama affecting. The big thing I misse d was the careful and multi-layered exploration of the socio-political impl ications of the issues at play. The greatest strength of the novel, IMHO, i s the way Collins manipulates the reader. At the beginning we are horrified at the premise and by the end are caught up in the action and made complic it, somehow, in the tyranny. Speaking for myself anyway, as a reader I felt shame, more than once, at my own prurient interest in the battle, and came away with a more complex understanding about just how a society like this might really come to pass. For me the movie lacked that kind of layering. T he battle between good and evil felt obvious and simplistic. But, it must b e said, I cried like a baby throughout the movie. My $.02 Thom
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From: Merri Lindgren
Sent: Monday, April 23, 2012 10:19 AM To: ccbc-net Subject:
At the Movies: The Hunger Games
Thanks to everyone who joined in the discussion of novels in verse during t he first part of April. It's time to move on to a new topic and hear your thoughts about the movie adaptation of the book, The Hunger Games.
Although there will always be details to pick at, I was very pleased with t he HG movie. It held true to the primary themes of the book, and I loved t he visual contrast of District Twelve with The Capitol (the residents remi nded me of those of the Emerald City of Oz). But almost as good as seeing the movie or reading the book was hearing all the people talking about it. Age didn't seem to matter -- I overheard conversations everywhere when the movie first opened as teens and adults discussed the pros and cons of the film and the book. What was your response? Have you noticed an increase i n readers of the books, either re-reading or motivated to pick them up for the first time?
Merri
-- Merri Lindgren, Librarian Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) School of Education / UW-Madison 4290 Helen C. White Hall 600 N. Park Street Madison, WI 53706 608-263-3930
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