Hunger games

[Nick Young]

think this is gonna be an epic movie, going with my girl to see it tonight should be good

[GreatGreg]

Some of my girl friends went to see the midnight premiere last night. Don't know why most of the Hunger Games fanbase is feminine.

[Kebab Stall]

Some of my girl friends went to see the midnight premiere last night. Don't know why most of the Hunger Games fanbase is feminine.
I haven't read it, but judging from the trailers, the protagonist is a female warrior or some shit.

[brantonli]

I read the book, there are some decent plot twists and good ending, hope the film lives up to it.

[Crystallas]

Some of my girl friends went to see the midnight premiere last night. Don't know why most of the Hunger Games fanbase is feminine.

It's a sci-fi romance.

[LBJMVP]

gonna start reading the first book today. i've heard good things, probly won't watch the movie until the DVD comes out, or maybe i will depending on how much i like the book.

[goldenryan]

gonna start reading the first book today. i've heard good things, probly won't watch the movie until the DVD comes out, or maybe i will depending on how much i like the book.
Im doing the same, its always better to read the book first. half the fun is comparing your mental images to the film.

[Droid101]

My wife read the books. Here's what she has to say:

"The main character looks NOTHING like how she's described in the book."

"The first book was good. The second one was blah. The third one is quite possibly the worst book ever written, and I've read a lot of shit books."

So, I don't know. Maybe the first two movies will be good, but the third one will be garbage. And if the final

[TheSilentKiller]

[QUOTE=Droid101]My wife read the books. Here's what she has to say:

"The main character looks NOTHING like how she's described in the book."

"The first book was good. The second one was blah. The third one is quite possibly the worst book ever written, and I've read a lot of shit books."

So, I don't know. Maybe the first two movies will be good, but the third one will be garbage. And if the final

[ROCSteady]

I'll prolly see this in theaters. The trailer had me a lil intrigued.


I must say though that the 'unique' portion of this concept was a rip-off fron Battle Royale, one of my fav foreign flicks.


Hunger Games looks very Hollywood and watered down, not as raw or gritty as BR but I have a feeling it will be enjoyable. The set-up to the 'games' seems pretty interesting

[niko]

I loved it the first time i read it, well at least the concept when it was called BATTLE ROYALE way back when. SMH at hollywood teen girl adaption of what was a serious concept.

[Kebab Stall]

I loved it the first time i read it, well at least the concept when it was called BATTLE ROYALE way back when. SMH at hollywood teen girl adaption of what was a serious concept.
Who gives a shit?

Is it going to affect you or your ability to enjoy BR? No, so stop complaining.

It's for a completely different audience. You're obviously not the target.

[niko]

Who gives a shit?

Is it going to affect you or your ability to enjoy BR? No, so stop complaining.

It's for a completely different audience. You're obviously not the target.
yes, i'm not a 16 year old girl. i had no idea you were. I apoligize for offending you. :lol

Because clearly this board NEVER criticizes anything in a thread, right? Every ****ing thread is a debate over what people like and don't like. Get over yourself.

[Kebab Stall]

yes, i'm not a 16 year old girl. i had no idea you were. I apoligize for offending you. :lol

Because clearly this board NEVER criticizes anything in a thread, right? Every ****ing thread is a debate over what people like and don't like. Get over yourself.
You're clearly upset that they've adapted this for a different audience.

I couldn't care less.

I just think it's funny how idiots like you get so upset when hollywood rips off other films and have ruined the concept or whatever trash people say.

The point is, no one gives a shit if you like BR over HG.

[niko]

You're clearly upset that they've adapted this for a different audience.

I couldn't care less.

I just think it's funny how idiots like you get so upset when hollywood rips off other films and have ruined the concept or whatever trash people say.

The point is, no one gives a shit if you like BR over HG.
No one gives a shit the dude who hates Big Bang theory hates it, or the dude who didn't like the Nikki Minaj album (although people who do like it scare me) and people hate Tim Tebow or people hate the Walking Dead whose discussion thread has become a thread to discuss if Zombies are realistic.

EVERY thread is a discussion if people like something or not and why. Me, who has READ Hunger Games (have you?) and Battle Royal think it's a valid point, they took an interesting concept (it is the concept that attracts you, right?) and turned it into something neutered for pop culture and teenage girls, and i think that's what screws it up.

THAT is my opinion. If you don't like it too ****ing bad, i don't get how criticism of Hunger Games is not allowed in a Hunger Games thread when every single thread in the OTC is arguing some point.

[IGOTGAME]

I loved it the first time i read it, well at least the concept when it was called BATTLE ROYALE way back when. SMH at hollywood teen girl adaption of what was a serious concept.

so you only enjoy concepts the first time they are presented? hmm, interesting. Guess you don't watch many new films.

[rufuspaul]

Look for yours truly as an extra in one of the crowd scenes. :D

[LA_Showtime]

I've been thinking about reading the series. Worth it?

[Timmy D for MVP]

Seems like an interesting concept. But I'm not sure if I dig the execution of it from what I can gather. Maybe I'll pick up the series and flip through it but it doesn't excite me the way a Percy Jackson did (awful movie adaptation though).

[IGOTGAME]

I've been thinking about reading the series. Worth it?

read the first 2...quick reads that were very enjoyable. I recommend them.

[rufuspaul]

I haven't read either books but I did read an article about how similar Hunger Games is to Battle Royale. The author claims she never heard of the former.

[niko]

so you only enjoy concepts the first time they are presented? hmm, interesting. Guess you don't watch many new films.
I gave it a chance, I read the book. I did not enjoy the take on it this time. It happens, no?

[LexiKhan]

It was alright. The draw to the movie is mostly the teen vs teen killing but in this regard BR is much better. Going for a highschool class that know each other for years is much better and gives a lot more to work with than 24 random kids that probably don't know each other, which is only made worse by the fact that the majority of the HG tributes are almost placeholders with no characterization.

Sure, other elements of the story are shown, for example the reality-show obsession and even capitalism exploration (since the poorest districts natural resources and their workers are the ones that fuel the capitol prosperity), but on such a superficial level that I left the theater wanting a more developed setting. Probably the books have this and the movie ignores it, as usual.

[SlayerEnraged]

think this is gonna be an epic movie, going with my girl to see it tonight should be good

It's my friends bday tomorrow so me, him and some other friends are gonna go laser tagging(i won't be participating) and then we're gonna see the hunger games. It better be epic!

[Take Your Lumps]

Correct me if I'm wrong...I was half paying attention to the trailer when it came on TV the other day but to me it seemed like just a cross between Running Man and Twilight?

:confusedshrug:

[MeLO MvP 15]

Idk but for some reason it seems like a good movie.


... and yeah a lot of girls want to see it (but the same kinda girls who hate twilight)

[hoopaddict08]

I will just wait till they make a South Park episode about this.

[brantonli]

Seems like an interesting concept. But I'm not sure if I dig the execution of it from what I can gather. Maybe I'll pick up the series and flip through it but it doesn't excite me the way a Percy Jackson did (awful movie adaptation though).

As much as I hate to admit it, I still like reading teen fiction, nice escape every time. But at least the Hunger Games have some sort of theme (betrayal, war, 'hunger' lol, etc), the Percy Jackson novels were just rollarcoaster of adventures with no specific aim apart from whetting your appetite for killing monsters.

[NoGunzJustSkillz]

Correct me if I'm wrong...I was half paying attention to the trailer when it came on TV the other day but to me it seemed like just a cross between Running Man and Twilight?

:confusedshrug:
Yeah, I heard they were doing 'Running Man 2' and that's what I thought hunger Games was when I first saw the trailers. Thought it was a 'remake' anyways.

[SourPatchKids]

Is it just me or did they kind of rip off Battle Royale.

[SuperPippen]

Seems like everyone I know has read these damn books and/or is going to see this movie.


Will this be what kills Twilight? :confusedshrug:

[niko]

Seems like everyone I know has read these damn books and/or is going to see this movie.


Will this be what kills Twilight? :confusedshrug:
at work (magazines) we see sales that are similar to what Twilight got. We hope that continues

[NoGunzJustSkillz]

Is it just me or did they kind of rip off Battle Royale.
Nah think it is only you.

[Nick Young]

No one gives a shit the dude who hates Big Bang theory hates it, or the dude who didn't like the Nikki Minaj album (although people who do like it scare me) and people hate Tim Tebow or people hate the Walking Dead whose discussion thread has become a thread to discuss if Zombies are realistic.

EVERY thread is a discussion if people like something or not and why. Me, who has READ Hunger Games (have you?) and Battle Royal think it's a valid point, they took an interesting concept (it is the concept that attracts you, right?) and turned it into something neutered for pop culture and teenage girls, and i think that's what screws it up.

THAT is my opinion. If you don't like it too ****ing bad, i don't get how criticism of Hunger Games is not allowed in a Hunger Games thread when every single thread in the OTC is arguing some point.
stop whining bitch. all you ever do in threads is whine like a bitch. grow a pair.

[niko]

stop whining bitch. all you ever do in threads is whine like a bitch. grow a pair.
Oh **** off, all i said was i didn't like it and you all caught feelings. We can't say we don't like movies now?

[Lakers Legend#32]

I'd totally f#ck Jennifer Lawrence.

[Stuckey]

let me know if it's better than Battle Royale

[booonkers]

just saw this last night out of curiosity and i must say it's a pretty good movie, the story didn't stray away from the book according to some reviews and jennifer lawrence just nailed the part. her acting was just wow. something i haven't seen in this kind of genre, twilight trio were awful actors.

at first i was, WTF? with the whole twisted survival of the fittest plot, then as the movie progressed, it just got better. the ending was kinda meh, but i was blown away by jennifer lawrence's performance and the movie was pretty great overall. 86% in rotten tomatoes.

[Nick Young]

Oh **** off, all i said was i didn't like it and you all caught feelings. We can't say we don't like movies now?
caught feelings? LAWL stop whining like a bitch sport, aren't you 30+ years old with a wife and kids?:facepalm

[niko]

caught feelings? LAWL stop whining like a bitch sport, aren't you 30+ years old with a wife and kids?:facepalm
Explain to me why I have to like the movie.

[Nick Young]

Explain to me why I have to like the movie.
no one said you did, just stop whining and moaning about it like a premenstrual female

[LJJ]

Lol. I haven't seen or read the Hunger Games but...

According to Wiki the premise is:

It is written in the voice of sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who lives in a post-apocalyptic world in the country of Panem where the countries of North America once existed. The Capitol, a highly advanced metropolis, holds absolute power over the rest of the nation. The Hunger Games are an annual event in which one boy and one girl aged 12 to 18 from each of the 12 districts surrounding the Capitol are selected by lottery to compete in a televised battle in which only one person can survive.

And the author's inspiration is:

Collins says that the inspiration to write The Hunger Games came from channel surfing on television. On one channel she observed people competing on a reality show and on another she saw footage of the invasion of Iraq. The two "began to blur in this very unsettling way" and the idea for the book was formed.[

:oldlol:

That bitch straight up ripped off Battle Royale. Every author steals shit, inspiration is free. But that is pretty striking.

[niko]

no one said you did, just stop whining and moaning about it like a premenstrual female
i posted once and you started attacking me so try again.

[QUIZZLE]

i posted once and you started attacking me so try again.

Dude, we must all bow down to Nick Young--that fukking tool. He's clearly the master and expert of everything there is in life.

[niko]

Lol. I haven't seen or read the Hunger Games but...

According to Wiki the premise is:


And the author's inspiration is:


:oldlol:

That bitch straight up ripped off Battle Royale. Every author steals shit, inspiration is free. But that is pretty striking.
it's Battle Royal without the clear political and societal (about japanese society though) subtext. I think if you know of Battle Royale first it's more striking because without that, it feels kind of childish. But if you don't know Battle Royale clearly this would not bother you.

The first time i brought this up i caught such shit and four other people have brought it up. It's not me just pulling things from the air.

[D-Rose]

Nowhere near as good as the book. Many important things left out. 6/10.

[heyhey]

it's Battle Royal without the clear political and societal (about japanese society though) subtext.

Hunger games is ostensibly more political than Battle Royale. Battle Royale was a very character driven and intimate story of survival. the subtext of societal control and rebellion takes forefront in Hunger Games where it's explicitly part of the narrative of revolution against the government.

[highwhey]

great film. poor kids lol

chick is pretty busty. i'd tear that up.:pimp:

[Nick Young]

Dude, we must all bow down to Nick Young--that fukking tool. He's clearly the master and expert of everything there is in life.
only swagless ******s such as yourself and nico, glad you finally learned your place:applause:

[Kebab Stall]

Oh **** off, all i said was i didn't like it and you all caught feelings. We can't say we don't like movies now?
Stop trying to pass this shit off as your opinion. That was not your intention at all. You wanted to make sure that everyone knew you liked BR and that HG is just a rip off.

[niko]

Stop trying to pass this shit off as your opinion. That was not your intention at all. You wanted to make sure that everyone knew you liked BR and that HG is just a rip off.
nope, i read hunger games, don't like it. I don't go reading books under the pretext of being able to shoot it down on a message board. (Note: My tastes are not very specific, do i do this often? do i troll topics telling you what i hate? im very easy to please in terms of tv, movies, etc...)

im done with all of you, you are all butthurt that i don't like it which makes any further discussion stupid. :lol You're like the girls who fight over which guy in Twilight is cuter.

[Nick Young]

nope, i read hunger games, don't like it. I don't go reading books under the pretext of being able to shoot it down on a message board. (Note: My tastes are not very specific, do i do this often? do i troll topics telling you what i hate? im very easy to please in terms of tv, movies, etc...)

im done with all of you, you are all butthurt that i don't like it which makes any further discussion stupid. :lol You're like the girls who fight over which guy in Twilight is cuter.
wow what a surprise, another whiney moan filled post:lol

[EnoughSaid]

Read the series through like 6 or 7 times, got the books when they came out, so I yes, I'm a huge fan. Still haven't seen it though, because I'm waiting for a special girl to get back from her Spring Break vaca. :D

[Clippersfan86]

6.5/10. Good but far from great or epic like the trailers seemed. Definitely left our key things from book which wouldn't have taken much time for them to add :no: .

[NastaMaverick]

6.5/10. Good but far from great or epic like the trailers seemed. Definitely left our key things from book which wouldn't have taken much time for them to add :no: .
like what? i read the book quite a while ago, but it seemed like the movie was basically exactly the same as the book, with some scenes cut down a bit...I could be wrong though...

[Raj Da Dodge]

readin the book now. the first one. My 3rd real book ever I'm reading cuz I don't read and when I do its sports books. My best friend/sister (the girl I always talked about on here) got me to read this. Pretty legit so far can't lie.

[D-Rose]

like what? i read the book quite a while ago, but it seemed like the movie was basically exactly the same as the book, with some scenes cut down a bit...I could be wrong though...
There were many key differences.

-How Katniss got the mockingjay pin was completely different...the importance of it was reduced I believe.

-The girl without the tongue was completely left out of the movie, wtf?

-The revolution from Rue's district never happened in the book.

-The end of the movie didn't even mention what Katniss said to Peeta, which is CRUCIAL.

[Nick Young]

There were many key differences.

-How Katniss got the mockingjay pin was completely different...the importance of it was reduced I believe.

-The girl without the tongue was completely left out of the movie, wtf?

-The revolution from Rue's district never happened in the book.

-The end of the movie didn't even mention what Katniss said to Peeta, which is CRUCIAL.
I dont even remember what katness said to peeta, how crucial can it be?

[brantonli]

There were many key differences.

-How Katniss got the mockingjay pin was completely different...the importance of it was reduced I believe.

-The girl without the tongue was completely left out of the movie, wtf?

-The revolution from Rue's district never happened in the book.

-The end of the movie didn't even mention what Katniss said to Peeta, which is CRUCIAL.

I noticed these differences but apart from the last one (which was a pretty big mistake IMO) the other points aren't really too relevant for the main thrust of the book. Given that it was the author who wrote the screenplay herself, I'm inclined to give berths benefit of the doubt about thugs that are missing. The fake love story wasn't very well expressed though.

[NastaMaverick]

There were many key differences.

-How Katniss got the mockingjay pin was completely different...the importance of it was reduced I believe.

-The girl without the tongue was completely left out of the movie, wtf?

-The revolution from Rue's district never happened in the book.

-The end of the movie didn't even mention what Katniss said to Peeta, which is CRUCIAL.
damn, i guess youre right :oldlol:

[LBJMVP]

I dont even remember what katness said to peeta, how crucial can it be?

i started the book last night at 12:30 and finished it today at about 3:30.

spoiler in white if you wanna know what she said. i havent seen the movie but here is what im assuming it was

she dropped the ball about how haymitch had warned her about the danger they were in. then peeta questioned her on if she had been acting the whole time... and she couldn't answer him with a straight reply

[Riddler]

There were many key differences.

-How Katniss got the mockingjay pin was completely different...the importance of it was reduced I believe.

-The girl without the tongue was completely left out of the movie, wtf?

-The revolution from Rue's district never happened in the book.

-The end of the movie didn't even mention what Katniss said to Peeta, which is CRUCIAL.

•Haven't read the book, but I fail to see the importance of how she received the pin... Does it really matter?

•Katniss talked about getting their tongues ripped out if they left the district
(They probably left out an actual visual of a girl with a missing tongue to ensure that the movie would be PG-13)

•Was there any kind of revolution in the book?

•I'm sure what Katniss says to Peeta will be in the sequel.




Overall - Very Entertaining Movie... but it still had it's flaws. This movie had the potential to be f*cking greatness, but the actual events that took place in the Hunger Games weren't all that impressive... still entertaining, but it just seems like they could of done a much better job.



Just give me a damn remake of The Running Man and make that $hit Rated R.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/35/Runningmanbachman.jpg


The story's protagonist, Ben Richards, is a citizen of Co-Op City, a suburb of the fictional Harding, which is located somewhere in the Midwest, west of Detroit[9] (not to be confused with the real Co-Op City) in the year 2025. The world's economy is in a shambles and America has become a totalitarian dystopia. Richards is unable to find work, having been blacklisted from his trade, and needs money to get medicine for his gravely ill daughter Cathy. His wife Sheila has resorted to prostitution to bring in money for the family. In desperation, Richards turns to the Games Network, a government-operated television station that runs violent game shows. After rigorous physical and mental testing, Richards is selected to appear on The Running Man, the Games Network's most popular, lucrative, and dangerous program. Richards meets with Network producer Dan Killian and Running Man host Bobby Thompson. The men proceed to discuss Richards' contract for appearing on the show, as well as the challenges he is expected to face when the game starts.

The contestant is declared an enemy of the state and released with a 12-hour head start before the "Hunters," an elite team of Games Network-employed hitmen, are sent out to kill him. The contestant earns $100 per hour that he stays alive and avoids capture, an additional $100 for each law enforcement officer or Hunter he kills, and one billion "New Dollars" if he survives for 30 days. Viewers can earn cash rewards for calling the Games Network with information on the runner's whereabouts. The record time for survival is eight days and five hours - a mark that Richards eventually surpasses. The runner is given $4,800 and a pocket video camera before he leaves the studio. He can travel anywhere in the world, and each day he must videotape two messages and mail them back to the studio for broadcasting. If he neglects to send the messages, he will be held in default of his Games contract and will lose the prize money, but will continue to be hunted indefinitely.

As the game begins, Richards obtains a disguise and false identification records, traveling first to New York City and then Boston. In Boston, he is tracked down by the Hunters and only manages to escape by setting off an explosion in the basement of a YMCA building that kills five police officers. He narrowly escapes through a sewer pipe and emerges in the city's impoverished ghetto, where he takes shelter with gang member Bradley Throckmorton and his family. Richards learns from Bradley that the air is severely polluted and that the poor are kept down as a permanent underclass. Bradley also says that the Games Network exists only as a propaganda machine to pacify and distract the public. Richards tries to incorporate this information into his video messages, but finds that the Network dubs over his voice with obscenities and threats during the broadcast.

Bradley smuggles Richards past a government checkpoint to Manchester, New Hampshire, where he disguises himself as a half-blind priest. In addition, Bradley provides Richards with re-mailing labels so that the Network will not be able to track him by the postmark on his videotapes. Richards spends a few days in Manchester, but dreams that Bradley has betrayed him after being tortured. He travels to a safe house owned by a friend of Bradley in Portland, Maine, but is reported by the owner's mother. As the police and the Hunters close in on the safe house, Richards is wounded, but manages to escape. The next morning, after arranging to mail his videotapes, Richards carjacks a woman named Amelia Williams, holds her hostage, and makes his way to an airport in Derry, Maine, passing through the towns of Rockland, Camden, and Winterport along the way. Richards has a standoff at the airport and manages to bluff his way past Evan McCone, the lead Hunter, onto a plane by pretending he is carrying high-quality plastic explosives.

Richards takes both Amelia and McCone as prisoners, and has the plane fly low over populated areas to avoid being shot down by a surface-to-air missile. However, he is confronted by Killian on a video call, who states that he knows Richards does not have any explosives, as the plane's security system would have detected if he did. But to Richards' surprise, Killian offers him the job of lead Hunter. He is hesitant to take the offer, worried that his family will become a target. Killian then informs him that Sheila and Cathy were brutally murdered over ten days earlier, even before Richards first appeared on the show. He gives Richards some time to make his decision. Richards falls asleep, and dreams of his murdered family and a gruesome crime scene. With nothing left to lose, he calls Killian back and accepts the offer. He then overpowers the flight crew and kills McCone, who mortally wounds him. After allowing Amelia to parachute to safety, Richards uses his last strength to override the plane's autopilot and fly the plane toward the skyscraper housing the Games Network.
The book ends with the plane crashing into the tower; this taking the lives of Richards and Killian. The novel comes to a close with the description, "...and it rained fire twenty blocks away."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Running_Man


What a great Ending :roll:

(They'll probably have to change that part... might get too controversial because of 9/11)

[DGARAS]

Is it just me or did they kind of rip off Battle Royale.

ender's game

read it kids

[highwhey]

i started the book last night at 12:30 and finished it today at about 3:30.

spoiler in white if you wanna know what she said. i havent seen the movie but here is what im assuming it was


i haven't read the book(s) but anyone with half a brain can guess she was acting the entire time. the way shee looks at the guy with blue eyes is a giveaway. they both love each other. the short white guy was a just a ticket out for both of them.

plus, she's a woman :coleman:

they are all indifferent from one another.

[Nick Young]

ender's game

read it kids
This isn't like Enders game at all in any aspect but they are making that into a movie and Ben Kingsley is going to be Mazer Rackham and they're trying to get Harrison Ford in it:bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown:


I just wish they would make these things as violent as they are in the books, with the actual games being more brutal and violent then they were in the movie and in Enders game having the balls to depict Ender's twisted older brother correctly, and the violent fights Ender gets into.

O well. I hate this goddamn PG 13 rating, messes up alot of movies for me.

[Whatfoul?]

Riddler - Was going to compare HG to The runningman when reading through this thread, you beat me to it. Very similar plot.

[Thorpesaurous]

My mother read the books a month ago, and I took her to see this, along with two of my aunts who knew nothing about it going in, and I really liked it.
My mother gave my aunts a quick primer in the car on the way there, and both of them said they really liked it, although one said without the quick tutorial from my mother, she very well may have been lost out of the gate and never been able to get into it.

I knew a lot about the books from conversations I'd had with both my mother, and a couple friends (all women), and probably was aided pretty heavily by that.

Strictly from a film standpoint:
I'll begin by saying that I have something of a fetish for "Thah Fuh-You-Chur!" in movies. Particularly post-apocalyptic, and dystopian societies. Weather it be in serious fare, like The Road in recent times, or somewhat silly sci-fi. I have a long standing relationship with Stallone as Demolition Man, for example, that I know in my heart of hearts is rediculous, but I still find that movie incredibly amusing.

I really enjoyed the presentation of the oddball vision of the capitol city, and as with most representations of the such, it's always over the top, but never quite as rediculous as it's intended. Stanley Tucci's giant Oompa Loompa game show host was well done and added just the right amount of levity. I felt Jennifer Lawrence was great. Her volunteering scene at the start was genuinely touching and not something easy to pull off for a young actress in something that could have been really cheesey. I really dig her, and look very forward to her work going forward. A lot of the set work was spectacular. The battle zone was lushly crafted. And the decimated District 12, of which we didn't see a ton, I also felt like was well put together.

My gripes. Firstly, and I seem to have this about a lot of modern action movies, most of the action sequences I didn't like the way they were shot. The fight between Katniss and Chlo was a mess that you could barely make out, and that was nothing compared to the opening sequence in the cornacopia that nearly required dramamine. At some point in the 80s, action sequences adopted this quick edit method that was lifted from the frenetic energy of MTV, and over the past three decades it's gotten way out of hand to the point where if you actually watch this stuff frame by frame, you'd have no idea what the hell is going on. I really wish directors would get away from it. Let your FX team do it's work, and let us see what you're trying to show us. The cornacopia scene in particular is begging for some wide angle, long range, and overhead shots. Instead we get a montage of people swinging weapons at victims we can't see, kids laying on the ground underneath who knows what for who knows why, and a bunch of clanking and groaning sound effects. And I get that they're going for this chaotic sense in the editing room to help express this chaotic feeling on the field, but I really dislike it, and not just in this.
Secondly, it felt in a lot of ways that it was geared toward the book reading audience perhaps too much. I'm pretty good at picking up context clues, plus in this case, I happened to know a bit about it going in. But they never really fully explain who anyone is. The TV producer you sort of figure out about halfway through. Donald Sutherland as the president is another sort of guessing game. Now you should certainly be able to figure this stuff out, and if you can't, then maybe you shouldn't be allowed to drive to the movies for the safety of the rest of the public, but that doesn't change the fact that it's not great narrative storytelling. In fact, if you can't read fast enough to pick up that little post at the start of the flick, you lose the background of the situation too.

So overall I enjoyed it. I'd give it a low 80s score. I have no problem recommending it. I'm borrowing my mothers books and will start reading them this week, and from the sounds of it, will probably finish them as well.

PS:
My mother made the same book differences obvservations that D-Rose points out. And the Mockingjay pin was the biggest one for her.

And some discussion in white:

As far as the last one, she says this way they can play it out as more of a love triangle (along the twilight lines (or true blood, or walking dead, or everything else these days)) as the series progresses. In fact one of the other notices she had was that Kat and the kid at home really don't have the relationship that's implied until after she gets home from the games. They clearly like each other, but they sort of imply here that they've already begun a relationship. Playing it that way makes this even more of a love triangle along with making the relationship with Pita feel like it developed naturally and not for show.

[LBJMVP]

[QUOTE=Riddler]

[-p.tiddy-]

saw this movie last night...it was pretty good I thought

about exactly what I expected

[rezznor]

what bugged me was the fact that all those kids sleeping under the tree should have been knocked out too. katniss was barely stung and she was out for days. rue should have easily found the d0uchebags and killed them while they were unconscious.

[DGARAS]

This isn't like Enders game at all in any aspect but they are making that into a movie and Ben Kingsley is going to be Mazer Rackham and they're trying to get Harrison Ford in it:bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown:


I just wish they would make these things as violent as they are in the books, with the actual games being more brutal and violent then they were in the movie and in Enders game having the balls to depict Ender's twisted older brother correctly, and the violent fights Ender gets into.

O well. I hate this goddamn PG 13 rating, messes up alot of movies for me.

i havent read hunger games. probably wont ever. i assumed it copied the dangerous "games" aspect where kids fight for their lives.

[rezznor]

You know what they call the Hunger Games in Paris?

http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/17ho0kgbgidymjpg/cmt-medium.jpg

[BoogieWoogieMan]

You know what they call the Hunger Games in Paris?

http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/17ho0kgbgidymjpg/cmt-medium.jpg

:oldlol:

[Dictator]

Great Movie 9/10. Lion part was good.

Will watch again.....:applause: :bowdown: :rockon: :cheers:

[Gundress]

Haven't seen this movie but heard a lot of people said it's a good movie and heard a lot of people said about racist shit about this movie about why black people in that movie?....wtf?


Can someone tell me what that movie about?

[Kobe681]

This isn't like Enders game at all in any aspect but they are making that into a movie and Ben Kingsley is going to be Mazer Rackham and they're trying to get Harrison Ford in it:bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown:


I just wish they would make these things as violent as they are in the books, with the actual games being more brutal and violent then they were in the movie and in Enders game having the balls to depict Ender's twisted older brother correctly, and the violent fights Ender gets into.

O well. I hate this goddamn PG 13 rating, messes up alot of movies for me.

LINK LINK LINK LINK!

NEED A LINK NOW!!!!

edit:

NVM. Found it.

I like the cast so far. It's a pretty impressive group of cast for the child actors. The adult actors are cool (ford, kinsley) but its the kids that are gonna make or break the movie.

[GOBB]

It was a good not great movie. Saw it earlier today. I kind of expected the action to be better and atleast see some gruesome, cold hearted stuff. You didnt really get that with this.

[GOBB]

what bugged me was the fact that all those kids sleeping under the tree should have been knocked out too. katniss was barely stung and she was out for days. rue should have easily found the d0uchebags and killed them while they were unconscious.

Rue wasnt a killer tho.

[rezznor]

It was a good not great movie. Saw it earlier today. I kind of expected the action to be better and atleast see some gruesome, cold hearted stuff. You didnt really get that with this.
agreed. watchable movie but not great. compared to twilight however, it's a ****ing masterpiece. maybe that's why hunger games is getting overrated.

[Big_Dogg]

Agree that this movie was over rated but it wasn't that bad of a watch, didn't live up to the hype it was given though.

[Rameek]

It was a good not great movie. Saw it earlier today. I kind of expected the action to be better and atleast see some gruesome, cold hearted stuff. You didnt really get that with this.
this didnt way overrated.

[GOBB]

So how many parts will this movie have. 2? 3?

[c3z4r]

So how many parts will this movie have. 2? 3?

Well the original series is a trilogy, so I'm guessing 3 movies, unless they decide to do a prequel to the story and then a 4th movie in the distant future or some shit, revealing that there are other countries on the planet.

[GOBB]

Well the original series is a trilogy, so I'm guessing 3 movies, unless they decide to do a prequel to the story and then a 4th movie in the distant future or some shit, revealing that there are other countries on the planet.

Whoa, didnt know about the original series. Wow, interesting.