Do we still do movie threads here? Hunger Games - Trailer + Casting

[SoloAJ]

I am really confused by the Katniss hate (in theory--I'm not sure anyone said it). She seems just fine to me. The first person worked really well for THIS novel compared to the alternative I think. It also aided in making it a quicker read somehow I think.

[SomethingClever]

Kind of a dumb article on i09 speculating about 10 things they "probably won't be able to pull off" in the HG movie. Which for some reason, only contains 9 items.

Warning, article contains spoilers!

http://io9.com/5885509/10-things-fro...-cant-pull-off

I semi-agree with #3 and I think they're definitely right about #5 (that they won't be able to show much of the book's gore without getting an R rating). That's kind of disappointing, because I wish they would just go for it and damn the YA audience. We'll see.

lol @ most of the others though.

[getya45]

movie is coming up in a few weeks and these previews look great!

[OneOuted1]

Originally Posted by getya45

movie is coming up in a few weeks and these previews look great!

Agreed. I'm pretty excited to see it to be honest.

[wiper]

read all three books (well, i still have about 80 pages left in the 3rd, too much basketball this weekend to finish it) in the past 2 weeks or so and will go to see the movie. dunno how good it will be, but i liked the books so we'll see.

[Freakin]

Reviews are all positive so far. Looks like a good sign for the movie IMO.

Effie & Haymitch are both perfectly cast IMO

[SoloAJ]

Originally Posted by Freakin

Effie & Haymitch are both perfectly cast IMO

Agree on the cast. I think he looks goofy though. The hair reminds me of Hulk Hogan or something.

[Praetor]

Saw it tonight. Though it was fantastic ; very well adapted and true to the book, and very enjoyable movie

[Thingyman]

I've just seen it as well. I loved it! A very solid 9/10 for me (10/10 being Battle Royale). I haven't read the books, but I really really enjoyed it. The only thing that bothered me a tiny bit was a few shots where I would've preferred them to show blood for bigger impact, but no biggie :P

[orange]

keep the reviews comin...i'll probably see it tomorrow.

[Pelican86]

Finished the 2nd and 3rd books about a month ago. Probably would rank them 2>1>3, but I enjoyed all of them.

Going to see the movie next week. I have a feeling it's going to make a ridiculous amount of money. Absolutely going to kill in the teenage girl demographic, and unlike Twilight boys (and men!) won't mind going see it.

[AstonMartinDB9]

Originally Posted by Thingyman

I've just seen it as well. I loved it! A very solid 9/10 for me (10/10 being Battle Royale). I haven't read the books, but I really really enjoyed it. The only thing that bothered me a tiny bit was a few shots where I would've preferred them to show blood for bigger impact, but no biggie :P

In the UK at least, the film was initially given an age 15 rating. There were a few bits cut to get it down to a 12A (if under 12, accompanied by an adult) so, maybe those bloodier bits were cut. Shame!

Looking forward to seeing this in the next couple of weeks - enjoyed the books.

[Jzo19]

Originally Posted by Dids

Just based on what little I've read, and a reasonably detailed description of the books from my best friend, the comparison to Battle Royale seems incredibly terrible. )

highschool kids sent off to an island by an oppressive govt to kill each other in a televised event where the main storyline follows a female heroine .

after that everything is probably pretty different , but if i were to turn in a paper with the same premise in any college id probably get kicked out of school for plagiarism .

i dont want to get into too much of an argument here because ill prob watch this eventhough i loved the battle royale movie .

[SoloAJ]

I remember the movie seeming to follow a male protagonist, and I remember the televised event part being only very tangential. I haven't read BR though, so maybe you're right on that one.

I saw it last night and enjoyed it. It's a pretty faithful adaptation. As usual, I have to imagine that there feels like there are gaps if you haven't read the books. The character development is pretty limited, as expected. It's hard to turn a first person narration with internal monologue into a story on the screen. They did about as nice a job as they could do, I think.

[DGDolly]

I thought the first book was good. Easy read, good pace, memorable moments and characters. I thought book two was average and I couldn't get into the third book.

With that said, as I was reading book one, I was thinking to myself: "How long before this is released in theatres?".