The Hunger Games - Part 2

[marvelman2006]

Not to get all militant in midst of the celebration of how good the flick has done, but....what the ****?

http://jezebel.com/5896408/racist-hunger-games-fans-dont-care-how-much-money-the-movie-made

Some of the gem comments from that link that stick out to me



nixonsspeeches @TheUnicornQueen

"I definitely pictured him as black when I was reading the book. Maybe because "Cinna" reminds me of cinnamon, so I pictured him as having cinnamon colored skin? I don't know."


Liz @nixonsspeeches

"I'm with you, though I haven't read the books (or seen the movie). Whenever I see Cinna discussed in these articles I a) thought it was a girl, b) thought it was pronounced "China" like the country, and c) thought of someone with cinnamon-ish coloring."




if you havent read the books or even seen the movie what frame of reference do you have to enter said discussion?

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[I SEE SPIDEY]

Wow, people are really kinda stupid.

 

[flash13]

I can't understand why anyone would thing Rue was supposed to have blue eyes and blonde hair.... Maybe they watched the fan movie to much.

 

[CB Fan]

^Most of them assumed that since katniss says she has Prim's mannerisms she looked like prim, they completely ignored the books description of her as having "satin brown skin" and now they feel tricked into caring about a black person all this time.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

^Most of them assumed that since katniss says she has Prim's mannerisms she looked like prim, they completely ignored the books description of her as having "satin brown skin" and now they feel tricked into caring about a black person all this time.

The bolded line makes me feel sad for humanity. That and police refusing to investigate a black 17 year old being shot dead when he was only holding ice tea and a package of candy...

 

[Project862006]

that doll test from a couple years back comes to mind

 

[ThePowerCosmic]

The bolded line makes me feel sad for humanity. That a police refusing to investigate a black 17 year old being shot dead when he was only holding ice tea and a package of candy...

That Trayvon Martin case is ****ed up... seriously.

 

[nightwing06]

I guess these idiots read the Cliff Notes version of the books, and still skipped reading several pages.

 

[Dark Sentinel]

I guess these idiots read the Cliff Notes version of the books, and still skipped reading several pages.

nice

Seriously though, as someone who never read the books (or even heard of them until I heard the film was in production), I loved, LOVED Amandla Stenberg's performance. That little girl can act, and she had me in bits at the end. So to say that a black girl can't be "angelic" is complete bullcrap in my opinion.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

That Trayvon Martin case is ****ed up... seriously.

Yeah I know I was off topic but it's really the same kind of thing. An irrational hate and fear of black people.

The fact that they pictured the character as white when it was described otherwise just shows how deeply racism is ingrained in people.

 

[Blue Sugar]

Both the actress that played Rue and the one that played Prim were really great. They made me choke up at several moment.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

nice

Seriously though, as someone who never read the books (or even heard of them until I heard the film was in production), I loved, LOVED Amandla Stenberg's performance. That little girl can act, and she had me in bits at the end. So to say that a black girl can't be "angelic" is complete bullcrap in my opinion.

I first saw her in that crappy Colombiana film and thought, wow I really, really like this kid. I was happy when I realized that she was going to be in Games. Also she does look like a little angel, she is beyond adorable.

 

[Blue Sugar]

Also my favorite scene in the film was probably when

Spoiler

Katniss did the district 12 sign to the cameras after Rue's death and we saw the uprising in district 11. That scene gave me goosebumps, much thanks to the great score by Newton Howard. Powerful moment.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

Also my favorite scene in the film was probably when

Spoiler

Katniss did the district 12 sign to the cameras after Rue's death and we saw the uprising in district 11. That scene gave me goosebumps, much thanks to the great score by Newton Howard. Powerful moment.

That was a brilliant scene. I love Newton Howard's scores.

 

[DoomsdayApex]

Twitter has dumb and inaccurate tweets all the time. If you think this is bad, you should see the Chris Brown stuff on Twitter. Some of his stupid fans think he never hit Rihanna, and others feel she deserved it.

Behold the glory of the Internet.

 

[The Chris]

Also my favorite scene in the film was probably when

Spoiler

Katniss did the district 12 sign to the cameras after Rue's death and we saw the uprising in district 11. That scene gave me goosebumps, much thanks to the great score by Newton Howard. Powerful moment.

I have not read the books and didn't know much about the world of the Hunger Games before I walked into the theater, but I was floored but what I saw and this scene was so amazing and impressive it was shocking, at that moment I said in my head, this is a great film. Can't wait to see the next two

 

[marvelman2006]

Behold the glory of the Internet.

I never did care for twitter, I like facebook because I can literally chat with friends but it drives me nutz when the NFL reads tweets on air like its breaking news or something.

 

[OsGom]

I rated Hunger Games 8/10. They really did a great job following the book. JLaw was excellent and Harrelson and Banks (love me some Effie!!) stand out and I have a soft spot for Isabella Fuhrman who was great as Clove.

My only gripe, and this is going to sound kind of wrong, when I looked at Jennifer Lawrence I did not see a 16 year old girl. She was way too . . . curvy and I found it kind of . . . distracting.

There were some other details that could have been better but overall wel done.

 

[Blue Sugar]

I really like Doug Walker's (aka Nostalgia Critic) review. Of course I don't agree with it all but is was a sober and detailed review.

http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/bum-reviews/34710-hunger-games

 

[marvelman2006]

I rated Hunger Games 8/10. They really did a great job following the book. JLaw was excellent and Harrelson and Banks (love me some Effie!!) stand out and I have a soft spot for Isabella Fuhrman who was great as Clove.

My only gripe, and this is going to sound kind of wrong, when I looked at Jennifer Lawrence I did not see a 16 year old girl. She was way too . . . curvy and I found it kind of . . . distracting.

There were some other details that could have been better but overall wel done.

her tig ole bitties were distracting but in a good way. especially in her trainging outift where they were pushed up a tad.......

 

[Blue Sugar]

I hate being too shallow but yeah her rack in the training parts was quite distracting...

I also hate going in to IMDB where people claim Lawrence is too fat. *facepalm*

 

[batman11]

Also my favorite scene in the film was probably when

Spoiler

Katniss did the district 12 sign to the cameras after Rue's death and we saw the uprising in district 11. That scene gave me goosebumps, much thanks to the great score by Newton Howard. Powerful moment.

That was a brilliant scene. I love Newton Howard's scores.

Agreed. It was my favorite moment in the film, propelled by Howard's magnificent work on that particular track. Goosebumps is certainly an apt descriptor.

I listened through the entire score yesterday, and while I enjoyed Howard's work, I feel that it is more at home in the film, as opposed to isolated listening (not to mention that one or two of the more memorable tracks in the film weren't actually his compositions, but added from other sources). That said, the last half of [BLACKOUT]"Rue's Farewell"[/BLACKOUT] moved me to tears, which makes up for everything else. Regardless of the fact that, on a subconscious level, my brain was probably reconnecting the emotion I felt during the scene to my listening to the standalone track, the piece itself is undeniably extraordinary. Breathtaking emotion, and one of my new favorites.

On the whole, I found that the follow-up to [BLACKOUT]Rue's death had me more floored than the actual death itself. The moment Katniss begins her "salute," I felt my heart flutter a bit, and I knew Ross was about to pull off something momentous.[/BLACKOUT] Really, really raw and powerful stuff, and it partially caught me off guard, given that I didn't expect to see anything of the sort until it crops up in Catching Fire. But the emotion behind it made it work better than I imagine a more "faceless"/"baseless" [BLACKOUT]riot[/BLACKOUT] would. Great decision there by the screenwriters, and awesome direction from Ross. A real standout moment.

 

[gugumugats]

Agreed. It was my favorite moment in the film, propelled by Howard's magnificent work on that particular track. Goosebumps is certainly an apt descriptor.

I listened through the entire score yesterday, and while I enjoyed Howard's work, I feel that it is more at home in the film, as opposed to isolated listening (not to mention that one or two of the more memorable tracks in the film weren't actually his compositions, but added from other sources). That said, the last half of [BLACKOUT]"Rue's Farewell"[/BLACKOUT] moved me to tears, which makes up for everything else. Regardless of the fact that, on a subconscious level, my brain was probably reconnecting the emotion I felt during the scene to my listening to the standalone track, the piece itself is undeniably extraordinary. Breathtaking emotion, and one of my new favorites.

On the whole, I found that the follow-up to [BLACKOUT]Rue's death had me more floored than the actual death itself. The moment Katniss begins her "salute," I felt my heart flutter a bit, and I knew Ross was about to pull off something momentous.[/BLACKOUT] Really, really raw and powerful stuff, and it partially caught me off guard, given that I didn't expect to see anything of the sort until it crops up in Catching Fire. But the emotion behind it made it work better than I imagine a more "faceless"/"baseless" [BLACKOUT]riot[/BLACKOUT] would. Great decision there by the screenwriters, and awesome direction from Ross. A real standout moment.

Now that you mentioned Catching Fire and the follow up to [BLACKOUT]Rue's Death[/BLACKOUT] ...

Spoiler

I wonder if they'll still adopt the District 11 riot during Katniss/Peeta's visit in Catching Fire. However, they can still easily do this for another district (but it won't have the same emotional heft and context) or they just repeat another District 11 riot in the Catching Fire movie.

The riot in the Hunger Games movie also surprised me having already read the book

 

[Dark Sentinel]

I first saw her in that crappy Colombiana film and thought, wow I really, really like this kid. I was happy when I realized that she was going to be in Games. Also she does look like a little angel, she is beyond adorable.

Holy crap you're RIGHT! how could I have missed that?

 

[batman11]

Now that you mentioned Catching Fire and the follow up to [BLACKOUT]Rue's Death[/BLACKOUT] ...

Spoiler

I wonder if they'll still adopt the District 11 riot during Katniss/Peeta's visit in Catching Fire. However, they can still easily do this for another district (but it won't have the same emotional heft and context) or they just repeat another District 11 riot in the Catching Fire movie.

The riot in the Hunger Games movie also surprised me having already read the book

Spoiler

I think we'll still see the District 8 riot, although I'm sure it will be filmed and framed differently to add some uniqueness to it. It'll be more violent and brutal, which is necessary I think. Essentially, it can serve the purpose of showing that what happened in District 11 wasn't just an isolated incident, and that other districts are following suit. I think it works well that they've already set the stage for other districts to follow District 11's initial act of rebellion. While it may not be as emotional, I don't think it has to be; now is the time to start showing that districts are willing to fight back as independent citizens, and not just as the immediate response to a gut-wrenching death.

Additionally, I think adding the District 11 riot to THG has actually added even more weight to what will actually unfold there during the victory tour (the salute, the old man and his fate, etc.). Having already been disciplined for acting out once, it will be powerful to see the District 11 people defy the Capitol yet again, knowing full well what the repercussions of saluting Katniss will be. Standing up to the Capitol one more, but with even graver consequences. What will be interesting is whether or not Katniss and Peeta are made aware of the initial District 11 riot. Only time will tell, I suppose.