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The Hunger Games (Dir. Gary Ross) |OT| May The Odds Be Ever In Your Favor
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they didn't add scope to the world. If anything, the flaw was keeping 1st person.
I don't think you can compare aSoIaF with the Hunger Games. Suzanne's writing is just plain awful. It's almost like reading a story written by a high school friend. I read the first one and while it was interesting and somewhat entertaining, I can't imagine reading the other two because of the writing. I hope the movie corrects some of the book problems.
Looks like a low budget SyFy production.
This should've been the March movie with the $250 million budget.
smokeandmirrors
Banned
I was far more immersed in the story of ASOIF due to that. It took me a bit, but reading the Hunger Games after finishing the first 5 in that series was really jarring.
Demoncarnotaur
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Ok, so I haven't read the book, nor do I really know the story, but from my understanding there are some pretty brutal things in this correct? Does anyone know yet if the movie shy's away from that, or has butchered the story at all? I'm just curious what the word on the street is.
Anyways, I'm going to see the movie and then pick up the book since I have heard pretty good things. Here's hoping this turns out good.
Anyways, I'm going to see the movie and then pick up the book since I have heard pretty good things. Here's hoping this turns out good.
onlyindreams
Banned
From what I've heard from friends, the book is brutal in the sense that you wouldn't normally see this kind of stuff in a tween book series, but it doesn't really compare to something like Battle Royale in fucked-up-ness.
Nobody knows just how watered down the movie is yet.
SCULLIBUNDO
Banned
Read Ender's Game, ma'jett. Before Hood ruins the fucking thing for everybody who hasn't read the novel.
Nothing in the first book that could seriously be affected by a PG-13 rating. Execution is all that matters, so we won't know until we see the movie.
The third book, however, is an entirely different matter. There are some pretty creative incidents in that one.
You should put spoilers on that.
onlyindreams
Banned
I dunno, like, fantasy is not really my thing but I gave Game of Thrones a shot anyway and fell in love with the characters and the web of betrayals and scheming that led to the last hundred pages of the book was amazing. Most of CoK and what I've read of SoS haven't lived up to that, and what I've heard about AFFC sounds downright infuriating.
What the hell, man. Spoiler tag that shit.
I hope this movie is good.
Specifically I hope the (massive spoiler)
scene is at least as good as the one from the fan video that went around a while back, prior to the official casting announcements.
And, yeah, I wouldn't at all mind if they drastically altered the
in some way. Something has to fill that role at the end, but I don't see it converting to film without being laughable.
SoS gets really, really good around the middle. Politicking and scheming like a son of a bitch. the last half of that book or so are probably the highlight of the series thusfar, IMO.
Specifically I hope the (massive spoiler)
Rue dying/Katniss doing the flowers and singing to her
And, yeah, I wouldn't at all mind if they drastically altered the
dog-person-mutant-things
SoS gets really, really good around the middle. Politicking and scheming like a son of a bitch. the last half of that book or so are probably the highlight of the series thusfar, IMO.
Sorry, wasn't thinking. BUT PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW!
SPOILER ALERT: by way of apology to the people who PM'd me, this link is actually a spoiler, so don't click if you don't want the movie ruined.
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http://richardwiseman.files.wordpre...299562564-08ce7679000005dc-817992_636x467.jpg
petethepanda
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Those two short clips floating around look pretty good. They have me far more hopeful for the movie than the trailers.
The Outsider
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Makes sense they'd want to keep a lot of that stuff under wraps. But then again, it'd probably help sway some of us who haven't read the book.
I would tag quote you, but someone already did that, and my roommate seemed to echo your thoughts anyway. I mean, it's young adult, but hopefully it's not intolerable.
All things considered, I probably won't read the book before the movie comes out. I'll watch the movie sometime while it's in theaters. Maybe that'll inspire me to pick up the books. Seems to be a common trend for me.
Deadly Cyclone
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Book 1 is fantastic so far, looking forward to the movie.
EDIT: Huh, odd to see people hating on the book and writing. I like it a lot so far. Sure, the writing isn't War & Peace, but this style of writing keeps me reading quickly.
EDIT: Huh, odd to see people hating on the book and writing. I like it a lot so far. Sure, the writing isn't War & Peace, but this style of writing keeps me reading quickly.
LOL you don't want people spoil the ending of the movie in your avatar do you?
I went into them expecting fluff, which is what I got... so I was satisfied. I felt that the first book kinda just ended without the need for the second and third books which felt like they were kinda tacked on (it could have been done a lot better imo).
I think what pissed me off was the viewpoint of the 16 year old girl and the constant whining about how terrible she is. I thought that premise overall was ridiculous.
I think what pissed me off was the viewpoint of the 16 year old girl and the constant whining about how terrible she is. I thought that premise overall was ridiculous.
The capitol hybrid things were so wtf though
Some people just can't handle "simple"-styled writing. The books are absolutely fine.
phillipgessert
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Saw the trailer for this during Woman in Black, first few seconds had me thinking it might be kind of cool, like a Never Let Me Go sort of thing. Then Lenny Kravitz' neck and a bunch of youngsters acting serious showed up and I realized it's actually a hilarious comedy.
Great impressions, man.
elitehebrew
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Just finished the first book i'm already stomping through the second. Very enjoyable and I hope the movie is good.
Ignatz Mouse
Banned
This is a guilty pleasure series of mine, so I'm looking forward to the movie. The 3rd book really falls off a cliff though, so I'm actually hoping they take some creative liberty with that one.
Yes, it's a trashy tween movie/novel series, but it's more fun than the average one, and I think that the author's strong suit is character interaction, so that keeps the books interesting for far longer than your average teen novel.
Yes, it's a trashy tween movie/novel series, but it's more fun than the average one, and I think that the author's strong suit is character interaction, so that keeps the books interesting for far longer than your average teen novel.
There's absolutely nothing wrong with simple writing styles. However, there is good simple, bad simple, and bland simple. The book is bland simple.
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I just finished the first book and I found it enjoyable. The writing isn't anything special and is far too convenient at times but it was still a fun read and I'm looking forward to seeing the movie.
Hyperbole.
I dunno man, I'm through 2 books now and I can't comprehend how these books have crossed over to being considered good by non-teenage girls. I find the writing in these to be pretty terrible. Between the myriad sentence fragments and poorly conceived and structured ideas, I see an inability of the author to adequately describe the most basic of elements like character and location descriptions, which has obviously lead to a lot of confusion in readers over the look and feel of the world and characters.
It seems to me (especially noticeable in the second book more than the first) that every character seems to A) have the same voice and B) seems to share a thought process. The author is incapable of assigning separate intelligence to each individual character so Katniss will share inner monologue with the reader and then jump directly into a conversation with other characters and they will all have reached the same far-fetched, boneheaded conclusions about their situations of their own accord. This makes for really maddening reading.
Girl to the right is hot.
She's also a bitch.
Have been meaning to read the books ever since the adaptations were announced. Just started the first one today during my spare time at work. Powered through about a quarter of it. Not really a fan of Katniss' voice at all. Seems a little too whiny. The short sentence structure also annoys me to no end. But I'm somewhat intrigued by the universe itself and I'm continuing on. I like the concept, just sort of wish someone with more talent created it with a less annoying main character.
BertramCooper
Banned
I liked the books, but I never fully bought into the world of Panem.
There are some cool ideas in there, but in the end, it all seemed pretty campy and half-baked.
There are some cool ideas in there, but in the end, it all seemed pretty campy and half-baked.
Can't agree with that. The voice of the story is myriad and everyone is assumed to be duplicitous, but for different means - including Katniss. For a book with ridiculous one voice syndrome I recommend Robopocalypse.
There are few times where Katniss even gets, much less agree with, what other people are talking about because she simply is
not interested in the big picture until she is thrust into it
I think the 1st person throws people off because it is from the view of a teenage girl that has been given way too much responsibility which keeps her confused with her hormones. Honestly, I think the author nails that. It just may not be a voice everyone is interested in listening to. Ideally,
I would have liked the 1st book to stay 1st person, but change perspective as the battle grows and Katniss becomes more of an inspiration. She could have even been martyred in the first one.
Yeah, the second book would need to have some parts that way.
My problem with it is that the setup was obvious almost immediately upon returning to the Capital but we were forced to see Katniss struggling with it the whole time. If one is not interested in Katniss, then the story's flaws are more obvious even as we enjoy the action of the Games & the setting of the Capital.
Phoenician_Viking
Banned
I don´t know anything about the book, but i read online that it´s like Twilight. Is that true?
Plutarch made it obvious with his clock, yeah, but I still enjoyed finding out exactly how things panned out.
No.
Phoenician_Viking
Banned
Thanks you. I am looking forward to see it.
I like Katniss quite a bit too but I get the love/hate thing for her. When the writer spends a lot of time on the main character (Shock lol) and you may not empathize with her, it creates a new flaw of not explaining the parts of the book you do like enough.
VeryGooster
Banned
I don't look forward to them PG-13-ing the hell out of Mockingjay (and the "final book is two movies" trend), although I found that book okay.
Looking forward to this though, but especially looking forward to Catching Fire.
Looking forward to this though, but especially looking forward to Catching Fire.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Here are the similarities between Hunger Games and Twilight:
1) Both are book series aimed at teens.
2) Both series were written by women.
3) Both series feature a female protagonist.
4) Both series are very, very popular.
And um, that's about it. Well, many would say that both feature a love triangle that dominates the story, but to me the relationship thing in Hunger Games was never that major. It just seemed blown out of proportion to get more attention.
Outside of that, there is no similarity between the two.
LQX
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Read the books and I'm too also kind of shocked they're so popular. It got so dumb and melodramatic at times I'm still not sure how I manage to finish all books.
And the fact a good portion of the first book is dedicated to kissing(which the author seems to think drives the story), yes kissing, should tell you who this book is for. And why are people so excited to see kids kiss?
And the fact a good portion of the first book is dedicated to kissing(which the author seems to think drives the story), yes kissing, should tell you who this book is for. And why are people so excited to see kids kiss?
I'm talking about stuff like
"Because the Capitol is reusing footage of the District 13 ruins there just MUST be a group of people living underground!
the entire, nation-wide resistance movement!
Ooh, I just thought of another good one. (CF)
before the Quarter Quell when all 24 of the participants join hands "in solidarity and defiance"
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