The Hunger Games - Part 1

[Still Wynning]

And then recently, the audience reaction to Caesar's famous "NO" was also great.

The audience at my showing was awesome. When that moment happened, you could practically hear a pin drop. t:

 

[mclay18]

Well, it was packed. We were close to selling out the midnight show (which meant we would've had to schedule a 3 a.m. show), but we didn't. All 15 auditoriums were reasonably full (we tried to spread the patrons out evenly and not pack one auditorium to the brim), especially the medium- to high-capacity.

People laughed at the Dark Shadows trailer and some of the Twi-hards squealed in delight when the Breaking Dawn 2 teaser came on.

 

[bullets]

dont know why people compare this to twilight

i am on chapter 16 atm and there is zero romance

There's no romance? I thought there was some sort of love triangle and that's part of where the comparisons were from. The only good comparison to Twilight might be if they are referring to it as the next big thing.

 

[Liam_H]

Because it comes later. Besides Lionsgate wouldn't mind the comparison if it makes that much money.

 

[EML420]

To be honest im shocked this is a Lionsgate movie the budget if I remember is around 70 mill and from seeing the commericals and what not it looks much bigger so kudos to them for making a blockbuster and not on a huge 100 plus million budget.

 

[Project862006]

There's no romance? I thought there was some sort of love triangle and that's part of where the comparisons were from. The only good comparison to Twilight might be if they are referring to it as the next big thing.

well it is more hinted at if anything not shoved down your throat but this movie is more about survival and death when it all comes down to it

not to mention gale is barely in the 1st book

 

[Project862006]

Hunger Games Debuts with 1.8 Million In Australia

EXCLUSIVE: I’ve just learned that the first international numbers coming in for the opening of Lionsgate’s The Hunger Games tonight are gigantic.The hotly anticipated movie scored a huge $1.8 million (USD) in Australia. (For the record, the gross was AUS 1,741,000 on 471 screens which is about $1.8M USD.) My sources say that’s bigger than the debuts down under for Iron Man ($1.0M), Quantum Of Solace ($1.0M), and Transformers 2 ($1.2M). The pic opens worldwide day-and-date on an estimated 7,700 prints everywhere except for a handful of markets (which include Spain, Italy, South Africa, Japan, South Korea, Venezuela). Here at home, moviegoers lined up at 9 PM EST for the midnight screening for NYC’s Union Square, and at 7 PM PST for LA’s Burbank 16. (see photos) Hollywood and Wall Street are certain that The Hunger Games can generate as much as $125M domestically this 3-day weekend, which would make it the all-time biggest opening for the month of March and possibly break other records. Right now Lionsgate and theater owners are adding screens every minute for the largest release in the history of Lionsgate with an opening weekend North American count in excess of 4,127 locations.

The studio will have at least 10,000 prints playing throughout the U.S. and Canada starting Friday. (Right now, that only puts The Hunger Games at #12 on the all-time list of widest openings at the box office. No. 1 is June 2010′s The Twilight Saga: Eclipse which released into 4,468 theaters.) More than 75% of the prints are in digital, with 268 IMAX theatres across North America playing the hotly anticipated pic. Online pre-sales of tickets continue to amaze, and business for Friday 12:01 AM midnight shows is expected to be phenomenal. 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.

 

[jmc]

Farewell dear avatar.

 

[Octoberist]

how was the cgi??

 

[Project862006]

Farewell dear avatar.

 

[jmc]

quiet you!

 

[Ipodman]

Just got back! I liked it overall, but the ending was very weak

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

YES!

 

[ironwez20]

Loved this damn movie. I'll admit the shakey cam sucks but this movie was just awesome.
9/10

 

[jacobed]

Cgi for the most part is very good. The fire doesnt look great but I think only The Last Airbender has been able to do good fire.

 

[Hush]

Pretty good adaptation, this is also a great lesson for Hollywood. What i mean by that is this is how you enrich material that maybe wasn't in the book or barely mentioned. Well done Ross, you made a HUGE event movie atmospheric and intense and cast extremely well. Shaky Cam was a tad annoying but hell how else could he have gotten a PG-13 rating with out it? Solid -A effort, liked it a lot.

 

[kickass]

4/5.

The film is really well made and everyone fills their roles in nicely. JLaw is a force to be reckoned with. She is outstanding. She will win many awards in her career, by golly. Josh Hutcherson doesn't even need to try. He IS Peeta. The shaky cam gets annoying at some parts (particularly in the beginning and some parts in the Arena) but it doesn't ruin in the film.

Some things I didn't like.

Spoiler

I thought the Girl On Fire scene was pretty underwhelming. It's like........that's it? That's what everyone's going crazy for? And I wish we got more Cinna! He wasn't in the movie long enough!

Effie was hilarious and Haymitch was perfect. I loved the commentaries and game room during the Games. Very well done. I felt like I was watching a sports cast (which was the point). And I loved the ending. It definitely foreshadows what's to come.

 

[Ipodman]

Some things I didn't like.

Spoiler

I thought the Girl On Fire scene was pretty underwhelming. It's like........that's it? That's what everyone's going crazy for?

Yeah that scene was ... also, I think, the

Spoiler

"lets eat the poisonous berries" scene

could have been much better

 

[kickass]

Yeah that scene was ... also, I think, the

Spoiler

"lets eat the poisonous berries" scene

could have been much better

Oddly enough, I actually liked that scene. The music and the calmness of it all was very heart wrenching for me.

 

[Project862006]

is the cinematography as crappy as the trailers made it look

 

[kickass]

I don't think any of the cinematography was crappy. There are some gorgeous shots of the Capitol and the Arena. It's not a gritty film by fashion. It's grit is displayed through the character's emotions, not visual style. Unless you count the shaky cam as gritty lol.

 

[SuperSoldier985]

Pretty good, but I don't think it lives up to the hype, that is, unless you loved the book.

Script/Technical: 7
Acting/Dialogue: 8
Pacing: 6.5

7/10

 

[#1Batmanfan]

Battle Royale > hunger games

 

[marvelman2006]

Seeing it on sunday morning, Did they leave alot out of the movie that was in the books? I gave the book a 10/10 but what would you guys give the movie?

 

[Ipodman]

Battle Royale > hunger games

I'm not a fan of Japanese sadism