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Just seen the Hunger Games
Why does everybody seem like this movie ?
I thought it was kinda - yes - boring
Why does everybody seem like this movie ?
I thought it was kinda - yes - boring
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I know of the books and movies but I haven't really followed it. Never been a fan of the post-apocalyptic genre. Never got the appeal of the Mad Max movies either.You are a bold and courageous person, afraid of nothing. High on a hill top near your home, there stands a dilapidated old mansion. Some say the place is haunted, but you don't believe in such myths. One dark and stormy night, a light appears in the topmost window in the tower of the old house. You decide to investigate... and you never return... -
never saw it or read it. So, not everybody likes it.
You must try to generate happiness within yourself. If you aren't happy in one place, chances are you won't be happy anyplace. -Ernie BanksComment
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It's not like a Mad Max
If anything it's more like a Death Race 2000 meets The Running Man (but boring)
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You are a bold and courageous person, afraid of nothing. High on a hill top near your home, there stands a dilapidated old mansion. Some say the place is haunted, but you don't believe in such myths. One dark and stormy night, a light appears in the topmost window in the tower of the old house. You decide to investigate... and you never return...Comment
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Battle Royale >>>>>>>>>> Hunger GamessigpicComment
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Never read the books or saw the film, but yeah, to me it kinda looks like a bit of a Battle Royal wannabe. (and I love Battle Royale, the first film anyway, the sequel was a big stinkburger)Comment
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The books were good, the movie not so much. I will be skipping the second movie.Comment
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I think it's a series that a lot of tweens and teens read, which created an instant audience for the movie. The book isn't poorly written like the Twilight series, but it's not as well written as the Harry Potter Books. It contains a ton of internal monologue that can't be duplicated in a film. It deals a lot with conflicted feelings of the main character concerning two guys she likes as well as the unrequited feelings of the guy who is in the game with her. The main character also has to play a role that's she's not altogether comfortable playing and gets defined by it. A lot of teens can relate to that. The world she lives in has a 1984-type feel to it, but probably is more relatable to teens of today.
The movie is a decent adaptation, but it loses the emotional impact of the book. It's not a great movie by any stretch of the imagination and as others have stated a bit bland.
I didn't care for the first book enough to read the other two. I probably will see the other two films, but I see a lot of movies.Comment
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Last edited by BlackKnight; Oct 25, '13, 8:35 PM.... The Original Knight ..., Often Imitated, However Never Duplicated. The 1st Knight in Customs.
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my son talked non stop about the books so I read them to see what the fuss was a bout. I really enjoyed the series although book 3 was rather boring for the first half. I thought they did a great job with the movieComment
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I don't. But then I never saw the movie or read the book. I don't like the Twilight Saga either."Do you believe, you believe in magic?
'Cos I believe, I believe that I do,
Yes, I can see I believe that it's magic
If your mission is magic your love will shine true."
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Hmmmm....
A lot of folks who liked the books were lukewarm on the films; probably 'cos they left so much out. (I've been told the films are more of a hilight reel for the books.) As for why folks like the overall story; I think 'cos it has some consequence.... not as much that it'd frighten an audience; we're not talking "Game of Thrones" here.... but for the youth market especially there's been precious little tension and consequence. Stuff like "Twilight" is perfectly safe; weird considering the subject matter. Even Harry Potter meters out the actual threats pretty tightly. Hunger Games at least FELT like there was some danger for the cast most of the time.
I think one reason "Batte Royale" fans dislike the Hunger Games so much is 'cos Battle Royale is downright BRUTAL. Something you'd think neccessary in a story that pits people in combat to the death. Hunger Games comes across as familiar, but watered down. And the reason fans of the Hunger Games books didn't care so much for the movie is 'cos compared to the books IT felt familiar but watered down:
>Lets just hate on Everything and Put it in this Thread
We'd need at least three more for all the contemporary superhero hate.
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