EPT[Movie] The Hunger Games - Page 2
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instantnoodles
United States190 Posts
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QurtStarcraft
United States162 Posts
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Xiphos
Canada7507 Posts
Briefly explained, this is a soft version of BR. | ||
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Jonoman92
United States9105 Posts
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Retgery
Canada1229 Posts
Katniss doesn't look tough enough, she's to pretty. | ||
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obesechicken13
United States10467 Posts
The trailer looks good though. I might watch it. | ||
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durza
United States667 Posts
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phANT1m
South Africa535 Posts
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SheaR619
United States2399 Posts
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RunAwayCactuar
United Kingdom54 Posts
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Ace.Xile
United States286 Posts
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Sawajiri
Austria417 Posts
First off, this is nothing like Twilight. I really don't see the similarities. Twilight is basically porn for teenage girls, but The Hunger Games trilogy actually has thematic cohesiveness, a plot, and the romance, while there, doesn't take up the entire premise. That said, I have yet to see romance done well in a YA book, and The Hunger Games is no exception; I consider the romance plot the weakest in the series. That's all right, though, because unlike Twilight and books like it, not being especially interested in the romance doesn't kill the entire book. About the movie: it looks good, but I'm not sure if they're going to be able to pull it off as well as I would've liked on a PG-13 rating; some parts in the first book were actually really quite disturbing. (Including murders of 12-year old children and things like that). | ||
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obesechicken13
United States10467 Posts
edit: Just rewatched the Trailer. It doesn't show you anything. You think you know the plot based on the trailer. You don't. You'll love this movie :D The trailer seems to have taken a few liberties from the book (nothing drastic) so if it's like the book I don't think it will bore you with morals either. Definitely watching. | ||
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xFlyingRussia
United States25 Posts
Taylor Swift in the Hunger Games: | ||
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Sabu113
United States11075 Posts
the way she handles the narration of the romance. To be fair maybe it is a consequence of the first person perspective but it reads like a 16yr old's fan fiction. The book target's a 12yearoldish demo and it hits it quite nicely. It does an adequate job of world building but sometimes the character development and the tropes are just painfully simple (Also, sometimes I think she uses them for the sake of using them... I'm not sure if some of the Roman names fit or have any deeper meaning). The story can drift into teenage fanficiton realm at times and it can be very apparent that there is a female author. Still, the first book was a ton of fun to read for the most part and the scenarios she develops in the first and second books are interesting and fresh. Tldr; Written for children but still quite fun and worthwhile. Also it has jack on the Battle Royale Manga. It's surprisingly dark for a western children's novel but Battle Royale is a much richer experience. Conversely, might make more sense than the battle royale movie. | ||
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attwell
United States220 Posts
So I'm kinda surprised that no one has created a topic for this movie adaptation There have been a lot of comparisons to Twilight, but personally I think that this book trilogy has been far more entertaining and captivating than the Twilight books. Anyhow, I think this looks really promising, even for people who haven't read the books yet. Comparing anything to twilight= I instantly stop paying attention Which is good because you put it at the end. In any case my GF reads these books, and I hope she doesn't hear about this for awhile... | ||
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Microsloth
Canada194 Posts
Damn good story if you ask this TL'er | ||
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darthfoley
United States8004 Posts
On December 20 2011 12:19 Jonoman92 wrote: Sounds like an interesting premise. I'll probably try reading the book before the movie if I end up seeing it though. And wtf... the trailer said kids 12-18 are the ones who get chosen. So unfair lol, a 12 year old vs. an 18 year old? This isn't sc folks... gl 12 yr old. Exactly. It isn't fair. That's the whole premise of the book. I love all 3 books, especially the first. I got so emotionally into the book and with the characters+ Show Spoiler + teared up when Rue died...if you didn't you don't have a heart The trailer is fucking epic, i need to know that music score, it was enthralling. TLDR i can't fucking wait for this film | ||
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ZoW
United States3983 Posts
On December 30 2011 13:52 Sabu113 wrote: Also it has jack on the Battle Royale Manga. It's surprisingly dark for a western children's novel but Battle Royale is a much richer experience. Conversely, might make more sense than the battle royale movie. thing is you really can't judge BR based off of just the movie, it was low budget and absolutely terrible lol. graphic novel/manga was good, but the actual original novel is miles ahead of any existent adaptation | ||
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Timurid
Guyana (French)656 Posts
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