The Hunger Games trilogy

[DeltaBetaBaby]

I saw the movie last night, and enjoyed it, but I thought the wolves at the end were ridiculous, though. They really interrupted my suspension of disbelief.

I haven't read the books, and have no intention of doing so, but I may see the next two movies when they come out.

ETA: Also, the movie has been out for more than a week, and the book much longer. I'm unilaterally declaring it past the point where spoiler tags must be used.

[MaggieXi]

I read Hunger Games and Catching Fire and just started Mockingjay. I saw the movie on Saturday and thought it was just ok. I think the book would have had a better adaptation as a miniseries rather than a movie. I felt like there was some important things missed. I also was not crazy about the casting of Peeta. I really liked the Effie Trinket and Ceasar Flickman charecters. They brought them to life really well!

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by DeltaBetaBaby

I saw the movie last night, and enjoyed it, but I thought the wolves at the end were ridiculous, though. They really interrupted my suspension of disbelief.

That was one of the weaker parts of the movie, I thought -- it wasn't as clear what they were as it was in the book.

In the book, there are a number of "muttations" (or "mutts") in Panem that have been bred in the Capital. The tracker jackers that stung Katniss (and killed Glimmer) are one example. In the book, the wolf mutts were created with the DNA of the dead tributes, so that each resembled specific tributes (in coloring, eyes and the like). They also had collars that identified them as specific tributes. This meant that Katniss recognized specific wolf mutts as Rue, Glimmer, Thresch, etc.