EPT[Movie] The Hunger Games - Page 17
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Blitzer
Australia243 Posts
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unichan
United States4223 Posts
but everyone is like shes so hot lalalala, and she does look good when she has pounds of makeup on and her hair is blonde, but in the movie... no | ||
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Timurid
Guyana (French)656 Posts
On March 27 2012 00:08 unichan wrote: I feel like the only one who doesn't like the actress who played Katniss... She's not chubby herself but her face looked kind of disturbingly chubby but everyone is like shes so hot lalalala, and she does look good when she has pounds of makeup on and her hair is blonde, but in the movie... no She is a really pretty girl and also she can act better than 80% of hollywood can. | ||
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Comogury
United States412 Posts
On March 26 2012 23:35 Mycl wrote: Without reading the book I left with mixed emotions. It kept my interest through out the movie well enough but I think it would've worked well as a stand alone movie to be honest. I didn't catch any kind of pull to go further with the story and if I wasn't aware of the book series I would be extremely surprised to discover there's more to be told. One of my friends read the first book and really enjoyed it but she just flat out lost interest while reading the second book so this may be a problem for story and not just the movie conversion. It probably would have worked well as just a book without sequels as well. I don't know if I was expecting another one after I finished reading the first, as it was a while ago. However, I remember the ending of the first book to be fairly satisfying, so that may be part of the reason why you feel this way. I wasn't really expecting much out of the movie except the plot because the book is written in a way that is kind of hard to translate into a different media. Half the story is in the movie, and the other half is her perspective. | ||
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Amber[LighT]
United States5078 Posts
On March 26 2012 19:06 Zokkar wrote: I didn't really like the movie, felt like the part in the arena could have been written much better. Maybe more focus on the survival aspect. Also the sponsorship parachute gift is kind of a stupid idea, why not just get a lot of sponsors and they help you win everything Potential Spoiler: + Show Spoiler + That's the point of obtaining sponsors. During the evaluation their rank gave the sponsors an idea of how well they can survive. These sponsors want to invest in the winner as they will be successful. These goods that came really cost a lot to the sponsors, so you were lucky to get anything. In the book Katniss explains that the soup is very expensive even in the capitol. At the same time the soup was her favorite food when asked about it during her interview. The people ate that up during the interviews, hence why she was able to get things in a time of need. It's convenient for telling a story about appealing to people despite her rough personality. | ||
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Requizen
United States33802 Posts
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Hus
18 Posts
I highly recommend people to watch Battle Royale(Battoru royaru), a 2000 japanese film, with obvious similarities to this movie, but much, much better. | ||
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Diizzy
United States828 Posts
On March 27 2012 01:38 Hus wrote: I have difficulty understanding the amounts of hype and success for these books/movie. The books are poorly written and the movie script is even worse. But then again, if a series like Twilight made it, I shouldn't be so surprised. I highly recommend people to watch Battle Royale(Battoru royaru), a 2000 japanese film, with obvious similarities to this movie, but much, much better. right because you read the books? you havent read the books or you wouldnt even compare it to battle royale. i like these people who pretend they have | ||
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Timurid
Guyana (French)656 Posts
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Hus
18 Posts
On March 27 2012 01:44 Diizzy wrote: right because you read the books? you havent read the books or you wouldnt even compare it to battle royale. i like these people who pretend they have I have read the first two books, haven't read the third(don't even know if it's out yet). And the first book is really similar to battle royale, obviously second book isn't as much. SPOILER + Show Spoiler + And it really is similar to battle royale. It really, really is. It's about kids forced to fight eachother on a fucking island by the government. That's the premise. It is really as simple as that, neither the hunger games or battle royale is intricate enough to debate that. Oh and also the two lovebirds survive at the end in battle royale, and they also do in the hunger games(going from the assumption that Peeta is her "real" love, underdeveloped horribly cliche threeway relationship notwithstanding). | ||
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Timurid
Guyana (French)656 Posts
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AwayFromLife
United States441 Posts
On March 27 2012 01:59 Timurid wrote: the only thing similar is the concept of putting teenagers in a pit and thats it. Also, the love relationship in this film was more emphasized in the movie than the books just to get more viewers. So the only thing similar... is the main concept of both of them? I mean, let's get down to it. There's not much else to the story. Katniss's character doesn't evolve enough for her development to be the main plot. The romance is similar between them, but is not the main plot in either. And while the trilogy as a whole as the "overthrow the dystopian government" vibe to it, the first book/movie has nothing to do with that except that one, two minute scene where the one district goes berserk. So yes, it's perfectly logical to compare the two stories. And in that regard, Battle Royale did it better. | ||
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rkshox
Taiwan536 Posts
On March 27 2012 02:16 AwayFromLife wrote: So the only thing similar... is the main concept of both of them? I mean, let's get down to it. There's not much else to the story. Katniss's character doesn't evolve enough for her development to be the main plot. The romance is similar between them, but is not the main plot in either. And while the trilogy as a whole as the "overthrow the dystopian government" vibe to it, the first book/movie has nothing to do with that except that one, two minute scene where the one district goes berserk. So yes, it's perfectly logical to compare the two stories. And in that regard, Battle Royale did it better. I completely agree that Hunger Games is very very similar to Battle Royale. However, only the first two books were similar. The third book really ties the entire plot together. Personally, I thought the movie could've done more character development. + Show Spoiler + The first kiss that Katniss gave Peeta was completely out of nowhere. Too bad the movie audience didn't know what was going through Katniss' head when she was thinking about kissing him, but there's only so much you can do in 2 1/2 hours. All in all, as an admirer of the book. I liked the movie. The only thing I didn't like at all was + Show Spoiler + how Katniss acquired the Mockingjay pin from the Seam instead of the governor's daughter, but I guess they did not have enough time to open that storyline. | ||
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Hus
18 Posts
On March 27 2012 01:59 Timurid wrote: the only thing similar is the concept of putting teenagers in a pit and thats it. Also, the love relationship in this film was more emphasized in the movie than the books just to get more viewers. Wait what? Are you sure you've read the right book? The relationship depicted in the movie was almost entirely similar to the book. And because books, by their very nature, elaborate more on every aspect of the story it seemed that the relationship was even more emphasized in the book. If you disagree, I challenge you to give me examples of their relationship being emphasized moreso than in the book. | ||
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Seala
Sweden118 Posts
On March 27 2012 00:08 unichan wrote: I feel like the only one who doesn't like the actress who played Katniss... She's not chubby herself but her face looked kind of disturbingly chubby but everyone is like shes so hot lalalala, and she does look good when she has pounds of makeup on and her hair is blonde, but in the movie... no You probably are the only one lol. She's a great actor and did a great job in this movie in my opinion, I get what you're saying about her face but I like it that way, guess it's just a matter of personal preference. | ||
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unichan
United States4223 Posts
On March 27 2012 02:42 Seala wrote: You probably are the only one lol. She's a great actor and did a great job in this movie in my opinion, I get what you're saying about her face but I like it that way, guess it's just a matter of personal preference. I definitely liked her acting, just didn't like her face.  She is pretty but I guess she wasn't the goddess I was expecting from what people were saying.Peeta was also a letdown, my friends told me he's played by some super hunky actor and he was much hotter than Gale etc etc but Gale was definitely better imo | ||
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Kaiwa
Netherlands2209 Posts
Very nice song imo. | ||
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Seala
Sweden118 Posts
On March 27 2012 02:46 unichan wrote: I definitely liked her acting, just didn't like her face. She is pretty but I guess she wasn't the goddess I was expecting from what people were saying.Peeta was also a letdown, my friends told me he's played by some super hunky actor and he was much hotter than Gale etc etc but Gale was definitely better imo Yeah most of the other actors were pretty meh imo... especially Peeta just didn't seem like a very good character to me. Would still like to see the other two books become movies, never read the books and I'm too lazy to do it now don't want to miss out on the story though | ||
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freetgy
1720 Posts
a watch once and forget movie for me (if there wouldn't be another episodes) 7/10 max - most annoying --> bad camera direction / unsharp scene in high action scenes, would mind the shaking, if they would have delivered at least sharp images - almost no plot movement / back ground story - no interesting side plots what so ever | ||
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FreeZer
Sweden288 Posts
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