The biggest thing to worry about was it's main premise. A lot of kids die in this- some in pretty gruesome ways.
The initial Cornucopia scene should be a bloody good time
Now that it's almost out, it doesn'tseem to be an issue.
That's true, butThe first book was tame. It didn't get really violent until the third book.
Third book spoilers:
Boggs getting blown in half, Prim burning alive, Finnick getting his neck ripped out, the barbed net, the skin metling.
Don't be a fool. The suits are banking on the twilight comparisons so I can guarantee you that love triangle would become the whole point behind the movie. It won't be nearly as political as the book aims to be.
TEAM GALE!!!
The first death is great. That's the one I'm looking forward to the most.
TEAM GALE!!!
That's true, butthe ones who die in later stories are more audience acceptable adults.
Kids rarely die in films and even more rarely die from anything other than tragic circumstances. We'll be rooting for kids' deaths in this one lol.
idk, but if I don't cry perfectly normal man tears, the movie is a failure.True. Curious to see how they handleRue-xxxxxxxxxx
I'll watch any movie that includes Taylor Swift.
Yeah, that one.Wait, what's the "first death"?You mean the Cornucopia scene? Because if so, yeah, it'll be awesome.
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idk, but if I don't cry perfectly normal man tears, the movie is a failure.
The little girl seems to fit the part. It makes me sad just looking at her
Don't be a fool. The suits are banking on the twilight comparisons so I can guarantee you that love triangle would become the whole point behind the movie. It won't be nearly as political as the book aims to be.
TEAM GALE!!!
I honestly don't think they knew what they had when they got it and also don't think that they expected the movie buzz to sell the book as well as it did and vice versa.This movie really looks underwhelming. I read the books and I appreciate the look of the District, but the city and city people are not as I pictured. I pictured more slick and sci-fi, not clowns in makeup.
Also, the shaky cam I'm seeing in the trailers is really annoying.
IIRC, there's actually an upcoming iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch "Hunger Games" game. I'm not sure how it'd work and since I'm on my phone now I can't do proper search for the image I saw not long ago.Finished reading the first two books this weekend. Liked it a lot more than I thought I would.
But all I kept thinking was that the 'Games' themselves would make an awesome multiplayer game.
Also kind of excited for the movie now.
I got my preorder in for the Battle Royale Special Edition blu ray for 20 bones back in January, so I am more excited for that in a week or two than this. A buddy of mine wants to see this though, so I might go. Or I'll rent it on release or wait the 3 or 4 years it will take to get to Netflix. I don't think that it looks bad from what I have seen (two commercials), but hearing that it is apparently another young adult series is making me kind of wary.
Really hope the annoying "romance" aspects are toned down, or alternatively changed/improved to be less driven by one character's extreme stupidity.
They were supposed to look like clowns except they were supposed to look more like plastic surgery, more ingrained into their faces like you could tell they had work done to keep up with the times.Huh, I guess I'm the only one who thought the people in the capital were supposed to look like clowns from reading the books. I like the way they look in the movie. I don't like the uniforms of the peacekeepers though.
Question for those who have read the book: If the trailers look really uninteresting, is that likely to be a reflection of how I'd like the books?
The premise doesn't sound half bad, but the cast doesn't seem very impressive and the trailers just make everything seem very... blah.
Nonetheless, this movie's going to bank. Count on it.
Question for those who have read the book: If the trailers look really uninteresting, is that likely to be a reflection of how I'd like the books?
The premise doesn't sound half bad, but the cast doesn't seem very impressive and the trailers just make everything seem very... blah.
Nonetheless, this movie's going to bank. Count on it.
only read the first book (they get progressively worse, or so I've been told) - it's a bit melodramatic, the romance triangle thing can be annoying (it's not the main focus of the story though), and the whole dystopia angle is rather uninteresting (imo). Like stated above, the good part begins when they enter the arena. It's also a quick read, a couple of hours maybe.
Nope. It only starts getting really fun once they step in the arena, and the trailers didn't show it at all.
The books, as far as YA goes, are actually quite enjoyable. The trailers do not do them justice. Everything is far too campy and bland.
People comparing this to Twilight obviously haven't read the book. It is *nothing* like Twilight. The love triangle just happen to be there, not the main story like it is in Twilight.
I'm excited for this movie!!
This pic is hilarious. Look at that dude's face in the back. hahaha
The movie looks so unintentionally silly.
Book has GOD AWFUL writing, I have no idea how people made it through that garbage. I'm looking forward to the movie only because I like Gary Ross.
It's no SoIaF, obviously, but it's not that bad.Book has GOD AWFUL writing, I have no idea how people made it through that garbage. I'm looking forward to the movie only because I like Gary Ross.
It's no SoIaF, obviously, but it's not that bad.