The Hunger Games - Part 1

[John Locke]

Hush is right it's not just fans. If it was there is no way it would be the fastest selling movie. Harry Potter and Twilight have more fans than Hunger Games.

 

[ComicChick]

FWIW, i spoke to someone last night who knew nothing about the hunger games but wants to see it based on the trailers

 

[Project862006]

really lol trailers weren't that exciting to be honest they were kind of underwhelming

 

[Still Wynning]

FWIW, i spoke to someone last night who knew nothing about the hunger games but wants to see it based on the trailers

The same with me. I haven't read the books, but, because of the trailers, I want to see it.

 

[zanos]

I think when we talk about the things we like on forums like this we begin to get a warped sense of reality concerning what the rest of the world is aware of and enjoys. I belong to at least two huge forums and there isn't even a peep about the Hunger Games in their film and movie subsections. When I go to other medium to large sized forums like SHH I still don't see any Hunger Games talk. any Hunger Games talk I do encounter is minimal. Even this thread is rather small and I think the majority here have actually read the books and are fans of them! Wouldn't it make sense for there to be alot more chatter about the film from non book fans on here if we are to believe they are responsible for so many pre sale tickets that it broke a record? From my vantage point the general public could care less about the Hunger Games.

 

[BestGirl]

i'm looking forward to the Flickerman interviews. I know this is counting too far in advance but i hope there are outtakes/extra scenes of Flickerman interviewing other tributes. i'd love to see Tucci flesh out the character more.

I agree. I haven't read the books but I find Tucci's and Banks's characters to be so visually interesting. I want to know more about them.

 

[Hush]

I think when we talk about the things we like on forums like this we begin to get a warped sense of reality concerning what the rest of the world is aware of and enjoys. I belong to at least two huge forums and there isn't even a peep about the Hunger Games in their film and movie subsections. When I go to other medium to large sized forums like SHH I still don't see any Hunger Games talk. any Hunger Games talk I do encounter is minimal. Even this thread is rather small and I think the majority here have actually read the books and are fans of them! Wouldn't it make sense for there to be alot more chatter about the film from non book fans on here if we are to believe they are responsible for so many pre sale tickets that it broke a record? From my vantage point the general public could care less about the Hunger Games.

You don't see it that much because Forums are not a good gauge for that sort of public opinion, now Facebook, Twitter and ecspecially Pinterest(sp) are flooded with Hunger Games and I can't check my feed on FB with out an old friend from HS posting trailers and tv spots from it and I wouldn't have expected those people to do that. It's more popular than I think forums and such let on.

 

[Infinity9999x]

I think when we talk about the things we like on forums like this we begin to get a warped sense of reality concerning what the rest of the world is aware of and enjoys. I belong to at least two huge forums and there isn't even a peep about the Hunger Games in their film and movie subsections. When I go to other medium to large sized forums like SHH I still don't see any Hunger Games talk. any Hunger Games talk I do encounter is minimal. Even this thread is rather small and I think the majority here have actually read the books and are fans of them! Wouldn't it make sense for there to be alot more chatter about the film from non book fans on here if we are to believe they are responsible for so many pre sale tickets that it broke a record? From my vantage point the general public could care less about the Hunger Games.

The problem is, you're basing your views off other forums. And by and large, the general public doesn't frequent forums all that often. Especially Superhero forums. We're nerds. And we represent a very tiny percentage of the general public.

And the fact that the pre-sale tickets are doing as well as they are shows that the general public is very much interested in them, because that many tickets wouldn't be selling otherwise. A better form of online gauging of general public awareness is Facebook, as others have said. The movie site alone has over 2million likes. So it's doing pretty well.

 

[Donnie Darko]

As far as the trailers... I first saw the firs full length trailer when my wife made me go see Breaking Dawn with her. I wasn't all that familiar with even the concept of the books. However, based on that trailer, my interest grew, I bought the first book, and then read all three books in about a three week span. My wife is now reading all of the books, and we are pumped for the movie. I would say the trailer worked.

 

[ironwez20]

Well all I'm saying is that the trailer should show game footage. Probaly they want the viewer to be surprised but still. The trailers IMO are bland

 

[danoyse]

As far as the trailers... I first saw the firs full length trailer when my wife made me go see Breaking Dawn with her. I wasn't all that familiar with even the concept of the books. However, based on that trailer, my interest grew, I bought the first book, and then read all three books in about a three week span. My wife is now reading all of the books, and we are pumped for the movie. I would say the trailer worked.

My parents and my sister all read the books after they saw the first trailer. I have another friend who just finished reading them as well. They're all psyched for the a movie. I think a lot of people are trying to get through them before the movie comes out.

 

[Lily Adler]

I just saw a tv spot and I am very interested in watching this.

 

[danoyse]

I think when we talk about the things we like on forums like this we begin to get a warped sense of reality concerning what the rest of the world is aware of and enjoys. I belong to at least two huge forums and there isn't even a peep about the Hunger Games in their film and movie subsections. When I go to other medium to large sized forums like SHH I still don't see any Hunger Games talk. any Hunger Games talk I do encounter is minimal. Even this thread is rather small and I think the majority here have actually read the books and are fans of them! Wouldn't it make sense for there to be alot more chatter about the film from non book fans on here if we are to believe they are responsible for so many pre sale tickets that it broke a record? From my vantage point the general public could care less about the Hunger Games.

That's still not a fair estimation of the general public. There are threads for The Hunger Games on all of the other forums I read. I commute to work - I have seen people reading Hunger Games books almost every day. I have friends updating their Facebook status with whatever Hunger Games book they just finished/are about to read - and those are all books that they borrowed from someone else who'd recommended them. They made a random reference to them on 30 Rock a few weeks ago.

The books are pretty well-travelled at this point, so the awareness is pretty big. When you look at the popularity of Harry Potter, and how many fans went right into Twilight when that series ends...most of them went right into Hunger Games after that. That's a lot of people.

I don't know how it's tracking is so far (although the Fandango report was a good sign), but it's not an unknown property at this point by a long shot.

 

[zanos]

The problem is, you're basing your views off other forums. And by and large, the general public doesn't frequent forums all that often. Especially Superhero forums. We're nerds. And we represent a very tiny percentage of the general public.

And the fact that the pre-sale tickets are doing as well as they are shows that the general public is very much interested in them, because that many tickets wouldn't be selling otherwise. A better form of online gauging of general public awareness is Facebook, as others have said. The movie site alone has over 2million likes. So it's doing pretty well.

Ok, fine. Now, tell me why the general public is so supposedly interested in this one film over any other in fandango history. What does this film have over all those others?

That's still not a fair estimation of the general public. There are threads for The Hunger Games on all of the other forums I read. I commute to work - I have seen people reading Hunger Games books almost every day. I have friends updating their Facebook status with whatever Hunger Games book they just finished/are about to read - and those are all books that they borrowed from someone else who'd recommended them. They made a random reference to them on 30 Rock a few weeks ago.

The books are pretty well-travelled at this point, so the awareness is pretty big. When you look at the popularity of Harry Potter, and how many fans went right into Twilight when that series ends...most of them went right into Hunger Games after that. That's a lot of people.

I don't know how it's tracking is so far (although the Fandango report was a good sign), but it's not an unknown property at this point by a long shot.

That's my whole point. Public awareness is created almost solely from the books and word of mouth from people who have read them. I'm sure the trailer helped a little, but it's the fans that have generated the buzz, hence all the ticket sales so far. If it was all just based on the trailer this film would already be on dvd right now.

 

[kickass]

Zanos, I don't understand your point. Should Lionsgate set a date for release and then just drop the movie on that date, no trailers, no tv spots, no nothing? Many people have gained an interest in this film based on its trailers. The fact that there's a book about it propels them to start reading and get hyped for the film.

Are you going to tell me all the new fans reading the books right now just woke up one day and decided to read the same book for no apparent reason? The marketing for this film is why so many new fans have started reading the books.

The trailers say themselves "based on the 1# best seller!". The book is a giant spoiler for the movie in many ways - why show us any more than they need to when everyone can (and has or will) read about it anyway? The books have made long time fans happy and pumped. The marketing has turned new fans towards the books, in turn making them also happy and pumped.

I really don't know what else there is to say at this point.

 

[OsGom]

I think when we talk about the things we like on forums like this we begin to get a warped sense of reality concerning what the rest of the world is aware of and enjoys. I belong to at least two huge forums and there isn't even a peep about the Hunger Games in their film and movie subsections. When I go to other medium to large sized forums like SHH I still don't see any Hunger Games talk. any Hunger Games talk I do encounter is minimal. Even this thread is rather small and I think the majority here have actually read the books and are fans of them! Wouldn't it make sense for there to be alot more chatter about the film from non book fans on here if we are to believe they are responsible for so many pre sale tickets that it broke a record? From my vantage point the general public could care less about the Hunger Games.

Two movie sites I frequent EW and Empire have pages devoted to Hunger Games news. It ranks #1 amongst top previews for upcoming movies. Katniss has been on the cover of several trade magazines. I would say audiences getting pretty amped for this film. Sounds like you need to get some better informed forums.

At this point however, i'm not sure it can live up to the hype.

 

[craigdbfan]

I'll wait for the reviews.

I do find that whistling tune really eerie. Might just watch it for that.

 

[ComicChick]

I'll wait for the reviews.

I do find that whistling tune really eerie. Might just watch it for that.

the Mockingjay call? i actually have that as a text tone lol

 

[danoyse]

That's my whole point. Public awareness is created almost solely from the books and word of mouth from people who have read them. I'm sure the trailer helped a little, but it's the fans that have generated the buzz, hence all the ticket sales so far. If it was all just based on the trailer this film would already be on dvd right now.

And now you're just speaking in hypotheticals. If there was no source material (three best-selling books), they might have a hard time selling it based on the trailers we've seen so far.

But that's not the case here, since there are three very popular, best-selling books, the property itself is able to use that to generate interest on top of the trailer. People are seeing the trailer, and while they maybe don't see as much as people who've read the books would like to see, at this point most know at least someone who've read the books and are recommending it based on that.

Point is, they don't have to rely solely on a trailer to sell this movie.

 

[craigdbfan]

the Mockingjay call? i actually have that as a text tone lol

Yeah something about that whistling at the end of the trailers just creeps me out. I think it's because it sort of reminds me of the X-Files theme a bit. As a kid that always freaked me out.

Guess I never got over it.

 

[BestGirl]

At this point however, i'm not sure it can live up to the hype.

I hope it does. It would be such a letdown for this movie to be crap after all the buzz it has generated.

 

[Drizzle]

My parents and my sister all read the books after they saw the first trailer. I have another friend who just finished reading them as well. They're all psyched for the a movie. I think a lot of people are trying to get through them before the movie comes out.

That was how it was for me too. At first, I dismissed The Hunger Games as another Twilight (re: for tweens), so I just wasn't interested. Then I saw the trailer and thought, "Hmm..maybe I'm wrong about this. This definitely looks way more intelligent and edgier than Twilight." Jennifer Lawrence only helped the case for it. So I bought the first book and started reading. I'm almost done with it (only have about 50 pages to go, at the rate I'm going I should probably be just about done with the third book by the time the movie comes out) and I have to say that I was wrong to dismiss it. It shouldn't be compared to Twilight at all considering The Hunger Games actually has substance to it. Maybe it was the whole female-main-character-in-a-love-triangle aspect that had people comparing the two? Either way, I'm hooked, and I can't wait to see the movie.

 

[dark_b]

And now you're just speaking in hypotheticals. If there was no source material (three best-selling books), they might have a hard time selling it based on the trailers we've seen so far.

But that's not the case here, since there are three very popular, best-selling books, the property itself is able to use that to generate interest on top of the trailer. People are seeing the trailer, and while they maybe don't see as much as people who've read the books would like to see, at this point most know at least someone who've read the books and are recommending it based on that.

Point is, they don't have to rely solely on a trailer to sell this movie.

so you admit that the promotion is not good enough ?

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

I'm going to see the movie for J.Law regardless of reviews.

I don't understand the promotion thing, the promotion for the film has been way better than John Carters. And to be honest the promotion for the first Twilight was not amazing either and yet it opened with 69mil. Now Hunger Games isn't as popular as Twilight so I have a hard time believing that it is going to put up bigger opening weekend numbers right now. I know about Fandago but I'm still unsure of a 70mil opening weekend. I'm thinking like 45 to 55mil right now and see the early buys as a fanboy/fangirl thing. I might change my mind as it gets closer but those are my predictions right now.

 

[jacobed]

While it may not be more popular than Twilight it has a way more diverse audience which I think will help it in the long run