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Post by Erika on Nov 23, 2014 2:20:11 GMT -5
Well? what do you think? I have some opinions, but I'll chime in in a bit so as to let someone else start.
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Post by Twitch on Nov 23, 2014 19:31:50 GMT -5
Never got past the first book. I have... ahem, a strong opinion about The Hunger Games. I'd rather not have a repeat of my Time Travel Diatribe, so I'll lurk for a bit.
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Post by Evil Taco on Nov 28, 2014 17:38:29 GMT -5
I did the smart thing and didn't read the books before seeing the movies. Ergo, I loved the movie.
The recurring meme about it seems to be "I liked it better when they called it Battle Royale", which is really playing out to be the case. The author claims she had never heard of BR, and I'll believe it, because of how she branched out. Not sure you can discuss the movie without first comparing the 2, and the games portion? BR crushes. After the first movie, though, Hunger Games picks the football up and runs with it. They're just getting better and better, and thankfully we're avoiding that hollywood "big sweeping battle" cliche. Even when there is combat on a pretty big scale, for the most part they're avoiding the big panoramic CG shots. It definitely helps.
I didn't know Jlaw could sing. I guess I kinda spaced that out from the earlier movie. I think I'd buy an album if she put one out, that song she did was catchy.
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Post by Erika on Nov 28, 2014 18:41:36 GMT -5
Just realized that I forgot to do spoiler tags. I'll do that now.
And I do think that it's kind of necessary to allow book comparisons and references to the series as a whole, because it really is a WHOLE, not just one part.
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Post by Kia'Arra on Dec 3, 2014 17:48:08 GMT -5
I really enjoyed the movie. I have not read any of the books, but I feel like I want to to get a better understanding of the districts and the capital and what happened to make everything to crazy, because that is one thing that movies based on books never really explain well, the backstory.
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