Arts & Entertainment
'The Hunger Games': Critics Say Movie is True to Book
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Early reviews are in, and critics are saying "The Hunger Games" lives up to its hype and is just as gripping as the book series penned by Suzanne Collins.
According to the San Jose Mercury News, "The Hunger Games" has everything a blockbuster movie should have: a standout cast, loyalty to its literary roots, a palpable intensity and plenty of special effects.
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Palo Alto will be hosting the "Hunger Games Experience" at the Downtown Library next week, when the entire library will be turned into a Hunger Games Arena.
And what does it mean that our neighbor to the northeast, Sunnyvale, turns out to have the biggest appetite for this kind of dystopian literature? Amazon announced that Sunnyvale is No. 1 in its nationwide tally of top 20 cities purchasing the most copies of Suzanne Collins' trilogy, per capita.
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The movie opens Thursday in Cupertino and Mountain View.
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