I just recently finished the first Hunger Games book and went to see the movie. I thought the movie was decent and was better than a lot of book to movie adaptions. However after leaving the theater I wondered to myself how much I would of liked the movie had I not read the book first.
The book is written in the first person and most of the story development is done through reading Katniss's thoughts. However in movies you can't really delve into characters minds so what was left was just the things that were said between the characters in the book (the movie follows the book almost 100% (which is probably a credit to just how good the book was)). So as a result what you get in the movie is very little development to any characters other than Katniss.
Also because you can't see what Katniss is thinking in the movie you also don't get a real firm grasp over what is going on. I thought to myself that if I hadn't read the book first I would be having a hard time trying to figure out what was going on.
So for those who went to see the movie without reading the book first how did you like the movie. The movie seemed to be made not so much for movie goers in general but for the people who read the book.
Also I know that there is another thread about the Hunger Games but I have yet to read the second or third book and I didn't want to run into any spoilers so I decided to start a new thread that would just concentrate on the first book and the movie.
And please anyone who has read the second/third book don't give away any spoilers as to what happens in those stories. I like to go into stories totally in the dark as to what will happen.