I enjoyed The Hunger Games

[KRCummings]

They stayed true to the book with only minor changes that really didn't matter and it was a lot of fun. Beats the shit out of sparkly vampires and melodramatic teen angst.
So yeah. Now I'm going shopping.

 

[ksmybuttons]

They stayed true to the book with only minor changes that really didn't matter and it was a lot of fun. Beats the shit out of sparkly vampires and melodramatic teen angst.
So yeah. Now I'm going shopping.

Early morning show or late night?

It's on my list but I'm not sure when. I don't like full theaters. I have a cold. I would probably get dirty looks when I sneeze and cough and pass it on to a couple hundred of future enemies.

 

[KRCummings]

Early morning show or late night?

It's on my list but I'm not sure when. I don't like full theaters.

I went yesterday afternoon but was on other shit so never got around to saying anything.

 

[CaudaLinea]

We went to see Lorax last night and the lines for Hunger Games were out the door. The child was curious, so he asked a few kids what the story was about. After five minutes, they finally stopped talking. I wish I would have recorded them because it made absolutely no sense. I heard a piece on NPR the other night about how the Hunger Games is a ripoff of a Japanese movie and book called Battle Royale, so I am aware of the storyline. The child wants to see it now, but he's way too young. I think? Should grade school age kids see it? My guess is hell to the no.

Here's the NPR story about Battle Royale. http://m.npr.org/story/148991013?ur...13/battle-games-cold-brutality-a-common-theme

 

[naughtycakes]

I'm excited to see it. First movie in a while I give a shit about, just finished the first book this morning.

I was totally unaware of the trilogy until I saw merch for it at Megacon and then I ended up meeting a few of the actors for a work-related project and got hooked on the storyline.

The trailer looks great.

 

[pointless]

and now i know who to blame for the lorax.

 

[trysail]

"Nobody ever went broke by understimating the taste or intelligence of the American public."

-H.L. Mencken​

 

[Aquagal]

We went to see Lorax last night and the lines for Hunger Games were out the door. The child was curious, so he asked a few kids what the story was about. After five minutes, they finally stopped talking. I wish I would have recorded them because it made absolutely no sense. I heard a piece on NPR the other night about how the Hunger Games is a ripoff of a Japanese movie and book called Battle Royale, so I am aware of the storyline. The child wants to see it now, but he's way too young. I think? Should grade school age kids see it? My guess is hell to the no.

Here's the NPR story about Battle Royale. http://m.npr.org/story/148991013?ur...13/battle-games-cold-brutality-a-common-theme

It's based on youth novels. My 10 yr old went with her dad and liked it. There is violence in the books but no sex or foul language.

 

[Morcheeba]

We went to see Lorax last night and the lines for Hunger Games were out the door. The child was curious, so he asked a few kids what the story was about. After five minutes, they finally stopped talking. I wish I would have recorded them because it made absolutely no sense. I heard a piece on NPR the other night about how the Hunger Games is a ripoff of a Japanese movie and book called Battle Royale, so I am aware of the storyline. The child wants to see it now, but he's way too young. I think? Should grade school age kids see it? My guess is hell to the no.

Half-finished a Double Feature consisting of 'Battle Royale' and then 'The Hunger Games' last night leading into today as in now.

I'd say it was deffo a ripoff and I would not let a school-aged kid see the original, CaudaLinea. The Japs don't mess around when it comes to bukkake porn nor to getting right to the bloody punch with violence in their ORIGINAL films.

But after an hour into it we got the gist and moved on to 'The War Games' and while that was okay, it could have been much better. There was a total compare/contrast aspect to it all.

Allow me...

'Battle Royale' - If only I could speak, fuck that, decipher Japanese. Subtitles, even with "My ass hurts" slay me. There's entirely too much to focus and concentrate on what with all the killing, player deductions coming on screen and I think I bailed after a gal and her beau offed themselves by jumping over a cliff when they had 2 more days to go. They didn't even say a prayer first!

'The Hunger Games' - Don't hate, but I don't see what the hype is all about. That actress did her best and all but it was all so stupid when you get right down to it being a variation of not only 'Battle Royale' (a 1999 book, 2000 Japanese movie) but also The Running Game, The Truman Show, Big Brother, Speed Racer with Matthew Fox.... plus the ending sucked balls.

 

[Morcheeba]

It's based on youth novels. My 10 yr old went with her dad and liked it. There is violence in the books but no sex or foul language.

Whoa, your avatar ass is damn near perfect.

Can you please ask your 10 yr old if the lead character fucked Lenny Kravitz.

I mean, in the book, of course.

 

[Mia62]

I am going tomorrow...and then I have the honour of working with the little sister soon.

 

[SgtSpiderMan]

I enjoyed the movie.

But here was the one time Hollywood could get away with casting an emaciated looking ingenue and they don't.

 

[pink]

I'm probably the only one who has never read the books.

 

[SgtSpiderMan]

I'm probably the only one who has never read the books.

The 1st is a quick, fun read.

 

[Aquagal]

Whoa, your avatar ass is damn near perfect.

Can you please ask your 10 yr old if the lead character fucked Lenny Kravitz.

I mean, in the book, of course.

Thank you!

She didn't read the books. But I did. And Cinner and Katniss did not fuck. No fucking in the books.

 

[Lorilei]

I enjoyed the movie.

But here was the one time Hollywood could get away with casting an emaciated looking ingenue and they don't.

Are you saying that's a bad thing?

I'm probably the only one who has never read the books.

I only started them recently. They're good.

 

[SgtSpiderMan]

Are you saying that's a bad thing?



I only started them recently. They're good.

It's only bad in so far that it's not true to the books. There were several mentions of Katniss being hungry before she volunteered as tribute, and she also mentioned that when she was picked up after the Games she could easily count all of her ribs. A major plot point of the books is that the Capitol keeps the people in District 12 in poverty & starving.

I am certainly not saying that Jennifer Lawrence looked overweight at all.

 

[KRCummings]

They aren't a ripoff of Battle Royale. Even the Japanese author says that. They share similar themes but so do many others. People see some similarities and immediately scream "rip off!" without really knowing what they're talking about.

 

[Lorilei]

It's only bad in so far that it's not true to the books. There were several mentions of Katniss being hungry before she volunteered as tribute, and she also mentioned that when she was picked up after the Games she could easily count all of her ribs. A major plot point of the books is that the Capitol keeps the people in District 12 in poverty & starving.

I am certainly not saying that Jennifer Lawrence looked overweight at all.

Ah, gotcha.

 

[pointless]

It's based on youth novels. My 10 yr old went with her dad and liked it. There is violence in the books but no sex or foul language.

thank god. murder is cool, but fucking and curse words? man, that shit is totally fucked.

 

[KRCummings]

thank god. murder is cool, but fucking and curse words? man, that shit is totally fucked.

It is vaguely implied in the books that there is some sex going on but since they are first and foremost action stories then all that is left to our own interpretation. There is swearing but again much of it is more implied than anything.
There is more violence than you find in most YA books but it's subdued. A couple of scenes are graphic but otherwise it's left up to the readers imagination. We know how people die but not any real details in most cases.

 

[osprey44]

Could that "perfect avatar ass" be from playing with the alleged snow machine? It IS fantastic... to say the least!

Thank you!

Whoa, your avatar ass is damn near perfect.

 

[fair_warning]

"Nobody ever went broke by understimating the taste or intelligence of the American public."

-H.L. Mencken​

Agree.

 

[Aquagal]

Could that "perfect avatar ass" be from playing with the alleged snow machine? It IS fantastic... to say the least!

Thank you! The snow machining is helpful, yes.

Just saw the movie. No fucking, no cussing. Just like the book.

 

[KRCummings]

Just saw the movie. No fucking, no cussing. Just like the book.

Yes, imagine that. They had the audacity to make a movie like the source material. Fuckers.