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Date Posted: 17:53:41 03/30/12 Fri
Author: Lemora
Subject: I think beheading the producers and displaying their heads on spikes will suffice, with their entrails festooned around the main gate of whatever studio is responsible.
In reply to: just wondering 's message, "I've heard how some fans of "The Hunger Games" were displeased with changes made from book to movie. How unhappy will we be if say Claire's wedding gown is blue and Jenny's hair is red?" on 17:43:45 03/30/12 Fri


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[> [> *g* The complaints I've heard just made me want to vomit a little, because they actually had NO bearing on the story at all. Come inside, I don't want to accidentally spoil anything. -- LadyStormwing, 19:39:21 03/30/12 Fri

I thought the movie was one of the best book adaptations I'd ever seen. Some things naturally had to be cut and/or changed, such as the length of time spent in the cave, or some of the more horrifying psychological tricks (the mutt's eyes at the end, the cloying smell of roses and blood) because some things just don't translate well from the page the screen. Overall though, I thought they did a fantastic job.

The disgusting racist complaints I heard about Rue and Cinna made me do a double-take and then go back and find my book. Rue is described as having dark skin and eyes. Cinna is just described as wearing the fashions of the Capitol...i.e....completely ostentatious. So yes, it is completely logical that Rue was played by a black girl. This Panem is built on what was N. America. We have black people here. Duh. Why is this surprising? And why are people ganging up on Lenny Kravitz? His music is well liked, but he can't be in a movie all of a sudden?

So if Jenny had red hair, I don't think I'd mind too much. Messing with physical characteristics I can overlook unless they are major plot points, like in Jamie and Claire's cases (Jamie's size and coloring, Claire's uncontrollable curls). I get ticked off when entire plot points are changed, such as was the case with (SPOILER) My Sister's Keeper and the entire ending was changed. That's when I'd move to put the producers' heads on pikes and display them on the studio gates. :D

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