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Maxd11
United States680 Posts
On March 17 2012 03:59 Lyter wrote: Loved the first book, 2nd was good but not quite amazing I felt, and having just read the 3rd, I feel so let down  I agree. Also I don't understand why there is a thread on TL for what essentially amounts to a movie adaption of a book for kids when most members seem older (18+?). | ||
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Otolia
France5805 Posts
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Torte de Lini
Germany38463 Posts
I thought the hunger games was a show, but turns out, its a movie? | ||
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Brainsurgeon
Sweden359 Posts
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Retgery
Canada1229 Posts
On March 23 2012 03:09 AnodyneSea wrote: Added? It's the most annoying part of the novels imo, was not added for the movie. + Show Spoiler + There was always a love triangle, I found myself liking Gale a lot more than Peeta, so I kept hoping till the end that he would come out on top. | ||
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dudeman001
United States2412 Posts
On March 23 2012 07:11 Torte de Lini wrote: Wait, does this movie have anything to do with eating? I thought the hunger games was a show, but turns out, its a movie? Well, they eat while they're in the wild killing each other.  | ||
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Xiphos
Canada7507 Posts
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FreeZer
Sweden288 Posts
On March 23 2012 07:17 Brainsurgeon wrote: i'm quite certain this movie will be shit. if only it wasn't catered for children who can't tell a good movie from a bad one i'm quite certain you're one of those people who just can't enjoy a movie if you suspect it will be received this way by movie critics. I have a few friends like you, they just can't admit they liked a movie if they haven't sneak peaked the imdb score first. | ||
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FreeZer
Sweden288 Posts
The world the movie is set in feels very well thought out, and not having read the books leave me with a few questions of how it works, but all in all the explanations are good enough. Though I cringe when reading the teenage novels my gf make me read once in a while I think I will give this series a try. Great soundtrack! Edit: Btw, Jennifer Lawrence is awesome <3 | ||
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rkshox
Taiwan536 Posts
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ticklishmusic
United States15977 Posts
Oh, and #marrymetswizzle. The theme song Safe and Sound is haunting. | ||
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The KY
United Kingdom6252 Posts
Spoilers in the, you know...spoiler tags. However there is one bit that annoyed me; + Show Spoiler + Ok so the guy who is meant to be in love with her tries to get her killed at the beginning of the games for no reason and then he tells her to run away and it's never brought up again. Was it his plan to chase her up the tree and hope she didn't get shot by an arrow, then help her escape later? Why the fuck does she trust this guy later? What the hell, he tried to kill you, you're not going to even ask why? Even if he had some stupid plan in mind you were THIS CLOSE to being shot by an arrow, TWICE. And then when she's up the tree, the kids miss with the bow twice and then just give up. What. Instead of, I don't know, trying again (they have plenty of time to get in a good position and really take their time with the shot, she ain't going nowhere) or getting that girl who is really really good at throwing knives to, ya know, throw a knife at her, they decide that the best course of action is to simply sit and wait for her to get hungry. If that wasn't stupid enough they then all go to sleep at the SAME TIME. Sleep in shifts, god damn. Throw rocks at the girl. Try climbing the tree again, just because you fell the first time. This bit is so stupid that I spent the rest of the film thinking about it. And one bit I found awesome + Show Spoiler + I was thinking about halfway through 'dis bitch should try harrassing their mineral lines', then she blew up the food supply and I was like 'atta girl' | ||
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OptimusYale
Korea (South)1005 Posts
Some things that urked me alot + Show Spoiler + 1st, making the movie a 12A n the UK was a fucking terrible idea. Its supposed to be a little bit on the violent side, and because of this they fucked around with the audio and visuals (no real blood) and urgh, if it was a 15 or something it would have been a much better story 2nd, I never read the books, so a little more about the games would have been REAL nice. 3rd, In most respects, it reminds me way too much of Battle Royale, which is a much better film. However, Hunger Games reminded me alot of the parts of the battle royale book they skipped out of in the movie..so more would be awesome 4th, The arena thing, and the VR dogs...can someone please PM me as to how those computer things came alive? And also what was the point at blasting fucking fire balls at the poor lass? 5th. the last one is the whole sponsorship thing. They seemed to make it into this huge fucking deal, that it would somehow allow you to be a fucking bad ass in the games, turned out to be 2 fucking parcels. If your only going to put it in twice...please don't make it into such a big fucking deal. I'd rather they'd of left that whole thing out and focussed more on a story. However there were some pretty interesting things and I think I may go and read the book...hoping it is significantly better than the movie | ||
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Iranon
United States983 Posts
Also, every time I hear the title I think of "A Hunger Artist" by Franz Kafka. | ||
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Golgotha
Korea (South)8418 Posts
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The KY
United Kingdom6252 Posts
On March 23 2012 11:17 Iranon wrote: So can someone confirm or deny that the books are for kids? I keep hearing about them, but it's the same sort of publicity that Harry Potter got, and I don't want to waste my time with another mass-marketed YA fantasy when I have better fantasy to read on my shelves... Also, every time I hear the title I think of "A Hunger Artist" by Franz Kafka. I've skimmed through my gf's copies and I can confirm them to be pretty standard mass marketed young adult fantasy. On March 23 2012 11:24 Golgotha wrote: isnt this based upon the the popularity of battle royale? battle royale is the origin of the idea of these violent games. Yeah lol in the film I kept hearing 'this is horrible, who thought up this idea' and I was thinking 'whoever wrote Battle Royale did...' | ||
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MattyClutch
United States711 Posts
I would like to note it is midnight premiers I hate, not this IP. I don't know anything about it really. | ||
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Whole
United States6046 Posts
On March 23 2012 11:24 Golgotha wrote: isnt this based upon the the popularity of battle royale? battle royale is the origin of the idea of these violent games. the author of the Hunger Games never heard of Battle Royale until someone told her about it. #funfact | ||
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Kaiwa
Netherlands2209 Posts
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MaestroSC
United States2073 Posts
On March 23 2012 07:56 FreeZer wrote: i'm quite certain you're one of those people who just can't enjoy a movie if you suspect it will be received this way by movie critics. I have a few friends like you, they just can't admit they liked a movie if they haven't sneak peaked the imdb score first. Prob just one of those anti-mainstream hipsters. Kind of people who likes something til someone they dont like said they liked it... Its not unusual that on a Competitive Video Game website (a counter-culture in itself) we find so many people who feel this way about everything. | ||
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