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Post by Leanora Crowe on Apr 6, 2012 23:49:24 GMT -5
I just finished the first book Tuesday night! Can't wait to see the movie! Also can't wait to read the other two books.
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Post by Tiago James Squalor on Apr 7, 2012 9:50:26 GMT -5
The movie is very good. Don't listen to anyone complaining, it's the best adaptation of a book I've seen in a long time.
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Post by Tiago James Squalor on Apr 8, 2012 21:10:06 GMT -5
Just to let anyone who might not see the original post of the start of the thread. This is a no spoiler discussion thread for The Hunger Games.Let's refrain from commenting on what happens, who dies or the like. Spoilers are not fun!
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Post by Lady Whatever on Apr 8, 2012 21:28:58 GMT -5
I saw the movie last weekend, and I was pretty impressed by it. The only real problem I had with it which I wasn't aware of when I came in was pacing, it felt rather rushed in some spots, like they were more interested in dropping sequel bait than fleshing out this first film in its own right, which I thought was a bit disappointing. One other minor quibble I had, related to the first one, was that there was a serious under-emphasis of the extreme penury and food insecurity District 12 and other places outside the Capitol were experiencing. You got glimpses of it, but the living conditions were shown as positively squalid in the book, in the film, the poverty of District 12 wasn't really noticeable unless you knew what to look for. Katniss told Gale to make sure her family didn't starve in her absence, and we were given brief mentions of the food market, but that was it. I would have preferred if the film had played by the old rule of "Show us, don't tell us" in that regard. Other than that it was highly enjoyable and engaging.
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Post by Fancy on Apr 16, 2012 8:00:26 GMT -5
I liked the movie. (Especially since I'd been warned about the shaky cameras ahead of time.) I'd be interested in seeing it again now that I've finished all the books -- when I saw it I was only partially through the second one. It kind of bummed me out that they seemed to downplay some of Peeta's awesomeness, though. I love Peeta.
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Post by Leanora Crowe on Apr 16, 2012 16:46:52 GMT -5
I got Catching Fire from a friend today! Haven't started reading yet because I've been working on a school project, but I'll be starting it tonight. I'm so excited! Still haven't gotten to see the movie yet, though.
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Post by Christmas Chief on Apr 16, 2012 20:14:08 GMT -5
I liked the movie. (Especially since I'd been warned about the shaky cameras ahead of time.). Yes, that was probably my only complaint. The cameras focused on zooming in on the actors' faces for the better parts of the movie, and I would have preferred being given the big picture. Then there was the shaking, which for the "hallucination" scene was understandable, but in other parts just perplexing. As far as plot goes, though, I think it was condensed well. They made good choices with the omissions, I think, so that no part was truly cut out but maybe skimmed over so viewers could get the gist. The violence was more implied than shown, as forewarned. The arena setting was perhaps less vivid than I imagined, but that's really true for most books and their movie counterparts; meanwhile, the Capitol costumes and scenery was surprisingly and accurately outrageous.
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Post by Kensicle on Apr 17, 2012 5:28:17 GMT -5
Those costumes were really outrageous, weren't they? During the Capitol crowd scenes, I kept on wondering how many make-up artists and extras the producers would have had to hire.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2012 5:48:59 GMT -5
Love the books, love the movie! So I heard the director's not returning for the second film? D':
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Post by B. on Apr 17, 2012 11:04:12 GMT -5
The shaking camera really irritated me, it made the film rather hard to watch. I noticed it most at the beginning of the film- did it go by the end or was I just to absorbed to notice?
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Post by Christmas Chief on Apr 17, 2012 15:29:23 GMT -5
The shaking camera really irritated me, it made the film rather hard to watch. I noticed it most at the beginning of the film- did it go by the end or was I just to absorbed to notice? The shakiness seemed mostly prevalent throughout the duration of the movie, but the beginning was the worst of it. The latter half was more preoccupied with zooming, I think.
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Post by twigz on Sept 7, 2022 7:25:29 GMT -5
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Post by Reba on Sept 7, 2022 7:40:02 GMT -5
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Post by twigz on Jun 3, 2023 22:39:03 GMT -5
je ne suis pas du tout convaincu par l'expression --les jeux de la faim-- anywayz i reread the books last year, and for the first time the ballad of songbirds and snakes (in my second language). my secretary was re-reading songbirds a few weeks ago which prompted the discussion about the upcoming film. i think the casting choice is rather odd, but i’m looking forward to it regardless because the characters are written to be so incredibly unlikable that at least it makes you feel something.
here, we don’t have a big cinema culture, also because it’s like 25 dollars to go to the movies. i’ll be in france when the prequel film comes out so i can get those sweet student discounts.
i. did anyone here read songbirds and snakes ? ii. will you see the film ?
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Post by HAL 10,000 on Jul 3, 2023 16:12:53 GMT -5
I probably won't be watching it, although I might change my mind if it gets good reviews, since I don't care for villain origin stories.If we had to get a prequel I would've wanted it to be about Haymitch. I admit that some of them could have potential, but I think Maleficient didn't give me a very good first impression of the genre.
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