Plot: Set in a future where the Capitol selects a boy and girl from the twelve districts to fight to the death on live television, Katniss Everdeen volunteers to take her younger sister's place for the latest match.
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Cast: Jennifer Lawrence Josh Hutcherson Elizabeth Banks Liam Hemsworth Woody Harrelson IMDB Link
Attention, fans of The Hunger Games fans—you have nothing to worry about!
You should be very happy with the upcoming movie adaptation of the bestseller...
READ: Jennifer Lawrence: "The Hunger Games Is Not Twilight"
So says Jacqueline Emerson, who plays District 5 tribute Foxface in the much-anticipated flick.
"It is very true to the book," Emerson recently told me. "I was actually a huge fan of the books beforehand. I had to read it over the summer for school...We even did a day of Hunger Games at my school just a week before I got cast and my district won the games that we played!"
As for the action-packed flick, Emerson said she's not aware of any serious injuries. "I didn't get hurt. Nobody got hurt," she said. "You'd think someone would have, but it was so safe."
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.
first book is kinda like battle royale i guess but the story is so much more than just killing each other after the first. i love the books and this actually like a well produce movie unlike twlight. Also it looks like they are keeping it close to the book as possible! im really excited for this movie.
It seems rather chilish for a movie about killing eachother, but I've never even heard of the originals so its hard to judge what the intended audience is.
Based on the trailer it would need good reviews for me to go see.
well if you guys wanna know why they put these kids to kill each other is the capitol wants to remind everyone the horrors of war when the districts practically almost kill themselves. Of course this is also entertainment for the people in the capitol.
I'm biased (I work in publishing) but I feel like comparing the Hunger Games to Battle Royale is like comparing Star Wars to Lord of the Rings - there are thematic and structural similarities, but the underlying influence comes from mythology. Also, the execution is kind of different.
My first impression is that it's a Battle Royale-ripoff, except adapted for the mainstream readers (since it appears to be very popular), and that I don't want to watch it.
I'll probably watch it and be proven wrong. Jennifer Lawrence was fucking amazing in Winter's Bone and good in the new X-men film, so that bodes pretty well, at least. I kept reading everywhere that the casting was shit (when they started filming) so that's pretty worrying.
I hadn't heard of the books until my little cousin 7 years younger told me about it and how good it was so I'm kinda suspicious as to how good it is lol
On December 20 2011 11:41 alffla wrote: I hadn't heard of the books until my little cousin 7 years younger told me about it and how good it was so I'm kinda suspicious as to how good it is lol
Yeah I have heard a lot of young teenagers saying similar things, and considering it's supposed to be about a pretty dark and deep topic (kids being forced to fight to the death) I'm not too optimistic
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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.
