Directors change things in movies because some content in books doesn't transfer well to the big screen. Also, they like to make the movies different to add a little element of surprise. The book and movie were both the shit in their own way. 1. captaincream. See new footage and go behind the scenes of 'The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes' before it's in theaters Nov. 17. In the clip, fans hear Rachel Zegler's version of 'The Hanging The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) Published October 14th 2008 by Scholastic Press. First Edition, Hardcover, 374 pages. more details. Want to Read. Rate this book. 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars. Catching Fire. I think there should be a director's cut of Catching Fire. It looks like there were a bunch of scenes that were left on the cutting room floor. The movie is great, but I know that there were scenes, like in the first Hunger Games movie, that were cut and never shown to the public. And maybe they can re-release the movies with Tom Blyth (Billy the Kid) portrays a young Coriolanus Snow, the unlikely protagonist of The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. You know Snow as the insidious president who oversaw the Hunger Games Also, The Hunger Games is ironically the book that showcases the worst of the Capitol's power, by showing these kids killing each other. Now for the second book, Catching Fire. I regard this as The Empire Strikes Back of the Hunger Games Trilogy (for Star Wars fans out there). This one shows the issues that Katniss and Peeta face after the There’s no doubt about it that the muttations in The Hunger Games movie version were still freaky and terrifying, but there was an extra layer of WHAT which didn’t make the cinematic cut. When Katniss and Peeta enter the third act of the Games, alongside Cato, the Gamemakers unleash their beasts upon them to speed up the victor process, and The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is set more than 60 years prior to the events of The Hunger Games trilogy. It sees a young Cornelius Snow, Donald Sutherland’s less-than-sympathetic character “The Hunger Games” soundtrack has a few miscues — Kid Cudi‘s a dynamic performer, but feels out of place when surrounded by acoustic guitars — but ultimately, the 16-song set is both a This pre-cut version was released on DVD in the UK with a 12 rating. However, the US PG-13 version was submitted to the BBFC for the UK Blu-ray release, which was classified '15' uncut. British theatrical version was cut for violence (sights of blood) to secure a more commercial 12 rating. o2uCr3.