Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes Movie Lost The 1 Thing That Made The Hunger Games Book Work

The familiar adage “the book was better than the movie” rings true for The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes because the film was not able to capture one of the most important characterization elements. The prequel to the extremely popular novel and movie franchise, The Hunger Games, provides a riveting look into the origin story of the dictator, Coriolanus Snow. While the film does well to expand the books’ universe, there is one crucial element of the source material that wasn’t able to be translated to the screen.