The Hunger Games - Part 1

[DJ Kornphlake]

Christ, zanos is still complaining?

 

[Project862006]

JoBlo liked it as well - 8/10
http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/review-the-hunger-games

now makes it 16-0 at RT

 

[lililatigresse]

I grew up on Harry Potter books/films, LOTR films and became a huge fan of those.

My initial thoughts was this Hunger Games series was going to be very Twilight like so I must avoid, but reviews from Rotten Tomatoes (15 so far) have it at 100% and are saying this franchise will have a long future.
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_hunger_games/

Probably will give this one a chance...

Are the books any good? Or are they cheesy and too girly like Twilight? I never read Twilight books, but is Hunger Games more appealing to someone who enjoys Potter?

I think the Hunger Games books are better written than the Twilight ones (I couldn't finish them ), but it's still too girly (Harry Potter is like Steinbeck next to them).
In short, Hunger Games is like a Battle Royale for girls which is a shame because there's some really good ideas like the hunger theme, the whole districts idea...
But I'm a girl, I like romance, I liked a lot the character of Peeta and I know I'll see the film for him just like I read the 3 books
Anyway I think you should try reading them. It's really easy to read and you may like them.

 

[Poeman]

I think the Hunger Games books are better written than the Twilight ones (I couldn't finish them ), but it's still too girly (Harry Potter is like Steinbeck next to them).
In short, Hunger Games is like a Battle Royale for girls which is a shame because there's some really good ideas like the hunger theme, the whole districts idea...
But I'm a girl, I like romance, I liked a lot the character of Peeta and I know I'll see the film for him just like I read the 3 books
Anyway I think you should try reading them. It's really easy to read and you may like them.

I asked a bunch of guys on a football forum and surprisingly a few of them read the books and said its not like Twilight books...Also, mentioned it was like Battle Royale with scenes in the book being a bit R rated with violence

 

[Blue Sugar]

I don't get why so many guys are afraid of romance. I hate that tough guy mentality so much.

 

[Spideyfan93]

Didn't read the books but I'm excited for this right now especially since it's getting good reviews.

Could be the next Harry Potter minus the amount of films since there's 3 books right?

 

[The Guard]

I recall the violence in the books being very standard. Arrows hitting people, implied deaths elsewhere, battle wounds, and even the Mutts stuff was more about the sounds of it than the sight.

 

[jacobed]

Yeah the violence is much more implied than it is shown. Out of the 25 people in there I think you see maybe 4 or 5 people die, I don't really remember but we do not get this big montage of everyone's death or anything like that. While everyone else is killed away from Katniss thus we will not see it. This may be a bit of a spoiler if you haven't read the book but [BLACKOUT]I think Katniss only kills one person directly with her bow, maybe 2. That was one of my biggest complaints about the book, its like this huge moment when she gets the bow but then she hardly uses it.[/BLACKOUT]

 

[kickass]

Brand new clip between Katniss and Gale.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hz6IBb3bFLg&feature=player_embedded

 

[Project862006]

that was pretty good and liam was quite good there

 

[ironwez20]

Friday cant come soon enough.

 

[Project862006]

‘Hunger Games’ Pre-Sells Over 1M Tickets

EXCLUSIVE: Crazy speculation that Lionsgate’s The Hunger Games could gross $125 million its opening 3-day weekend beginning this Friday is more and more looking like reality. Even inside-the-studio estimates have cautiously been raised from $75M to $95+M. Already, the hotly anticipated film has pre-sold over a whopping 1 million tickets on big online sellers Fandango and Movietickets.com combined. Yesterday, the pic sold 83,000 tickets alone on Fandango. This movie based on the bestselling trilogy of novels by Suzanne Collins has turned Twilight-like huge for Lionsgate which was badly in need of a franchise. But unlike Twilight which attracted predominantly a female audience, The Hunger Games could attract younger males as well as younger and older females. Exactly how much the studio can gross for the first weekend depends on how many screenings each theater can pack into 72 hours by finding enough staff willing to work the extra hours and keep the pic running continuously. Tracking continues to amaze Hollywood which knows a blockbuster like this is great for the industry.

 

[craigdbfan]

Chyeah buddy!

Always great to see quality sci fi succeed, best of wishes to The Hunger Games.

 

[Bats123]

Open.....bigger.....than Twilight?

*calls theater and orders 10 tickets*

 

[DoomsdayApex]

I don't get why so many guys are afraid of romance. I hate that tough guy mentality so much.

I don't hate it. I, personally, just don't care for it (speaking as a person who has a Nihilistic/Nietzschean view of life).

 

[Project862006]

i dont hate romance i just want it done well lol

9 times out of 10 it is always done badly with it being overly melodramatic and with crappy actors

 

[Darkness Falls]

finally finished the 3rd book last night

 

[jacobed]

I was lucky enough to see this earlier this evening and I loved it. The best part of this movie is the acting. The acting across the boards is just pitch perfect phenomenal. The emotions are high throughout the whole movie and especially during the first act with Katniss. It's a pretty great adaptation of the book.

The actual games themselves is for the most part pretty great. My biggest complaint and wow its a huge one. Waaaaaay too much shaky cam in the games. Oh man I was soo disappointed with that. You can hardly see whats going on during many if not all of them. Huge disappoint with that also Rue is not really in the movie, she has a really really small part also the ending was bad but I think thats just because of the book's ending because that ending was terrible too.

Um as much as the shaky cam disappointed me, I think that the acting from everybody really brings this movie and helps take away from some of the disappointments. Overall I'd say its an 8 out 10.

 

[craigdbfan]

Disappointing to hear about the shaky cam being used during the games. I was crossing my fingers they wouldn't be used but the tiny snippets of the games we did see (the part where they are running towards their bags) should have been indication of that.

Good to see everything else seems solid.

 

[jmc]

Please don't cross $125 million.

 

[kickass]

Please don't cross $125 million.

Why not?

 

[Destructus86]

So...looks like it's selling out already in my area

 

[Liam_H]

Why not?

Because that's when pigs will fly.

There are some rabid fans out there, a rotten review with 134 comments already. Normally you would only see that with Armond White.

 

[terry78]

http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120320/REVIEWS/120319986

*** from Ebert.

 

[Project862006]

holy crap

93% on RT

50 - positive
4 - negative

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_hunger_games/