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The Hunger Games 2012
This film was fine. Better than fine, but not great. Dull, functional descriptors like well-paced, faithful and (shudder) competent come to mind.
Book-to-film adaptations are rife with deviations from plot, missing characters, conveniences taken... none of this bothers me -- especially when I can feel the logistical restraints of a movie already bursting at the seams. I tend to sympathise with directors and producers and the tough decisions they face. But what I can’t forgive is clumsy execution of important…
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Withnail & I 1987
The other greatest ever movie ever made.