• NationalizeMSM [none/use name]
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    4 years ago

    The hunger games books are better than the films. And they describe the world a lot more than the films show. This is normal, of course. But in this case, the books describe the rock bottom material conditions of people in the hinterlands. The unbelievable wealth of the capital is as stark of contrast as possible. You can see it in the film, but it's not spelled out. The hunger games world is what we have now, but more extreme. It's resource extraction and brutal poverty where katniss is from, with basically 1800s technology. Within the walled city, it's the future.

    • PorkrollPosadist [he/him, they/them]
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      4 years ago

      The film left out so many details that if I wasn't watching it with someone who had actually read the book, most of it would have gone over my head.