The Hunger Games teaser
I know nothing about these movies, just posting this for the fans out there....
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I think it's like "The Running Man" for the Twilight crowd.
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That's barely even a teaser.
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Jennifer lawerence is hotter as a blonde.
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I think the first one will be easy to adapt to a movie, but the second and especially third aren't quite in the same vein as the first one and I will be curious how they adapt them to film. Also, Woody Harrelson as Haymitch just seems weird to me, idk. |
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This is supposedly a teenage girl version of Battle Royale.
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My 12 year old wants this for her birthday.....anybody read it and feel it's remotely appropriate for a 12 year old (albeit a fairly mature one)? The premise just seems very adult to me.
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It's primarily a violent book. It's Survivor where instead of voting other off, they just kill each other as quickly as possible. If the contestants aren't killing fast enough, the producers help by changing the landscape. I presume the movie will cater to tweens and not show the deaths in detail.
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Wow, now that ive watched this....i honestly think this looks like crap. Stop the "Young Adult Fiction" crap now Holllywood!!!
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I thought it looks pretty good actually. I'd heard about the books but never read them.
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I am so stoked about this. The first book series I've read since Harry Potter and Left Behind.
Except for Gale, the cast looks perfect. I think Woody was a great pick up for Haymitch. Before I read the last book, somebody told me he was going to be Haymitch in a movie version, so I read Mockingjay with the image of Woody as Haymitch in my head. Works well. I really hope the movies do these awesome ****ing books justice. It should be better than Harry Potter movies because the author was in on the screenwriting, right? |
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The messages may initially seem a little conflicting from the stars of The Hunger Games. Earlier we were told by Elizabeth Banks that violence is not the focus of the film, but according to Lawrence, there will be “blood, death, and stabbing.” Okay, so that’s not exactly a surprise; nor is it difficult to understand that some of these things can be shown without being over-the-top on the gore factor. There’s blood, death, stabbing, spears and arrows going into people. But you can have the impact of violence without being gory,” she said. Jennifer also spoke about her initial hesitation in taking the role, fearing such a high-profile part rather than portraying the actual character. Luckily, her fears were soothed by her mother, who reminded her, “This is a script you love, a character you love…” I would love to be Katniss for years… it was more the fear of how my own life could change,” Lawrence said. Fortunately for us, it appears she will indeed get to fill the hunting boots of Katniss for years to come. I can’t wait to see her full performance on the big screen! |
'Hunger Games' Movie Is 'Very Faithful' To Book, Says Director Gary Ross
Posted 2/13/12 11:34 am ET by Kat Rosenfield in Movie News, Movies, Page Turners, Videos With only a month to go before "The Hunger Games" hits theaters, now is the time for die-hard fans of the books to start really and truly panicking over what kind of terrible, shocking differences there will be between the literary trilogy we loved and the movie we can't wait to see. I mean, it's Hollywood! They could do anything! And what if they make Peeta a butcher boy, not a baker? Or what if Haymitch isn't as drunk as he's supposed to be? Or what if the infamous tracker jacker scene includes a surprise musical number in which the jackers don't just sting, but also sing, tap-dance and play jazz medleys on tiny dystopian saxophones?!! It'll be anarchy! ...Except actually, we don't have to worry about any of this. Because when Josh Horowitz sat down with director Gary Ross, he made sure to grill him real good about just how close he stayed to the source material when adapting the book for film...and Gary came back with the news that not only did he cling as closely as possible to Suzanne Collins' vision, but he was pretty close—literally—to Suzanne herself. "She wrote the last draft of the script with me," Gary said. "We collaborated. We were in a room together! We locked ourselves up in a room and literally wrote the last draft of the script together." Okay, then! Consider us assured—because if there's anyone we trust not to muck up the greatness of "The Hunger Games," it's the person who wrote the books. But Gary went one step further, explaining, "It's very, very faithful in the literal sense, but it's even more faithful in the tonal sense. My job is to give you that same visceral feeling you felt when you read the book." And just in case you still weren't satisfied, Josh went ahead and asked him point-blank: Are there any differences between the books and the movies that are truly going to infuriate fans? Like, say, surprise deaths of characters we expected to see in the sequels? "Oh no," Gary protested. "No, no, no. It's a faithful adaptation. There are obviously differences, because I'm adapting a book to the screen, but no. It's not like Peeta leaves the story or anything like that." And by "anything like that," we assume he also means "there will be no singing, tap-dancing, saxophone-playing tracker jackers in this movie." Which is no doubt a great relief to all of us. |
Playing an intense, raging bigot in “Rampart” was “the best part I’ve ever been offered and definitely a challenge. It made me buckle down and get to work,” said Woody Harrelson.That work included “all the other things you try to do to saturate your brain in the cop culture: reading books, watching documentaries, looking at movies, going to the shooting range.
“But none of that meant anything compared to going on ride-alongs with cops.” Harrelson calls Dave Brown, his character, “not just a bad guy. He loves his family and that’s what’s interesting about him. It’s a complex character with a problematic dark side but he also loves his kids.” Where did Harrelson, a self-described “hippie from Hawaii,” channel this latest tour de force? “I’m definitely, I don’t know,” he answered softly, “an A personality in a B façade. “I think I’m naturally my best self when I’m really lazy and not doing anything. When I’m working hard, which is what’s required of you these days, I’m not sure it’s my cup of tea. I really don’t like working.” But he does it often. Next month he’s in the anticipated blockbuster “The Hunger Games.” “My family and I read all three books. It’s just so cool,” he said of playing “Games” character Haymitch Abernathy. Initially he rejected the role. “Gary Ross wanted me to play this part and it’s definitely a supporting character, but I didn’t feel I had enough to do so I did turn it down.” Ross came back and pleaded, telling Harrelson, “I don’t have a second choice.” “So I said, OK. Now I can’t imagine having missed it.” |
I'm about 3/4 of the way through the first book. I'm enjoying it, and will probably read the other two. Also... Jennifer Lawrence is looking good, never thought much of her (looks wise) in Winters Bone. She's a good actress though and I bet will do a good job.
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http://s3.filmequals.com/mov/up/2012...18-550x366.jpg The Hunger Games stars Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen, Josh Hutcherson as Peeta Mellark, Elizabeth Banks as Effie Trinket, Liam Hemsworth as Gale Hawthorne, Woody Harrelson as Haymitch Abernathy, Donald Sutherland as President Snow, Stanley Tucci as Caesar Flickerman, Lenny Kravitz as Cinna, and is directed and written by Gary Ross. Synopsis: Every year in the ruins of what was once North America, the nation of Panem forces each of its twelve districts to send a teenage boy and girl to compete in the Hunger Games. Part twisted entertainment, part government intimidation tactic, the Hunger Games are a nationally televised event in which “Tributes” must fight with one another until one survivor remains. Pitted against highly-trained Tributes who have prepared for these Games their entire lives, Katniss is forced to rely upon her sharp instincts as well as the mentorship of drunken former victor Haymitch Abernathy. If she’s ever to return home to District 12, Katniss must make impossible choices in the arena that weigh survival against humanity and life against love. Based on the best-selling novel by Suzanne Collins. The movie will be released to theaters on March 23, 2012. http://s1.filmequals.com/mov/up/2012...15-550x366.jpg http://s1.filmequals.com/mov/up/2012...20-550x366.jpg |
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Loved the books, hopefully the movie does them justice...
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I got my tickets today!!
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Sixteen and a half.
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Hate watching teasers, ruins all the good parts. Reading the last book right now.
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The last part of the last book is straight ****ed up.
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I still haven't, but I will. |
Got to see a pre-screen of this movie tonight. Pretty good flick, stayed true to the book with a handful of adjustments. My daughter loved it. She's halfway through the third book, while I've only read the first one.
Eager audience, but there were instances of cheering/clapping during the movie which is unusual. |
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I think the first book is fine for a 12 year old, and the movie should be as well. There is violence and death, but there's no sex, and the violence is not overly gory in the first book and shouldn't be in the movie (though it is certainly sad).
However, the books get more violent as they go culminating in some fairly disturbing scenes in the third book as mentioned above. So for now, if you are worried about it, I'd just let her read the first and see the movie, and make her wait to continue on with the story. Even if you let her read them all, I'm sure she won't be overly scarred. As the poster above pointed out, most of us watched worse at that age (i.e. for me it was horror flicks like Friday the 13th, Halloween, etc.). None of them scarred me...well except the original Poltergeist, damn that one got to me in a bad way! Still hate clowns and tree branches outside my windows! I guess the supernatural freaked me out more than just straight violence. |
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I shit you not, 2/3 of the crowd gave the movie a standing ovation. It's as if they expected to walk outside and see downed aliens/ships all over the ground. WE WON! WE DEFEATED THE ALIENS! |
Independence Day was pretty awesome right when it came out. It was only later when we stopped and thought about it did it start to become less awesome.
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What I am saying is that these people in the theater (Glenwood 4 off of Metcalf - RIP) thought they were witnessing the real thing. They cheered as if they believed Will Smith, Jeff Goldblum and Bill Pullman really saved the world. http://photos.cinematreasures.org/pr...jpg?1308624827 |
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She's really grown up in the last 6 months, so I let her read them. Odd how quickly she's transformed from little kid to thoughtful young adult. She and I have had several conversations about the content of the first book and now the movie. In terms of the cheering, the scene that caused the cheers was especially odd/awkward IMO. Without giving much away, let's just say it was a scene when Katniss was in serious peril, got some help and there was a death. Crowd cheered for demise of the "bad guy" in this scene, but in this case the bad guy was just a pawn. Struck me that people watching weren't really considering what just happened....I mean, really happened. It was actually a sad commentary to be honest. I almost felt like I was in the Capitol crowd. |
That is kind of ironic, but people love a good death. My wife and I have been watching the Spartacus series, and every time they show the crowds in the gladiator arena, she just cringes and murmurs in disbelief. You wonder what those crowds were really like back in Roman times because the depiction of them in Spartacus and their reaction to the deaths in the arena are pretty wild.
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I know nothing about this series. Is it a kids movie? Or something an adult would enjoy.
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Nearly all the adults I know who have read these books have enjoyed them to some degree. I enjoyed them, they are entertaining and not overly long so they are quick reads. Not really kids movie so much as teen movie.
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I will see the movie though, because, well, Jennifer Lawrence is hawt. |
This really seems like and odd premise to be so popular amonst the young adult fiction crowd. A combonation of 70's dystopia sc-fi and the Japanese flick Battle Royale.
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All I know is, this movie has gained in popularity as release date approached. We started with a midnight Imax show and a midnight show on the regular-theater side. We added a 2nd midnight. We added a 3rd midnight. They're all sold out and today we added a 4th midnight. I'm sure the film will die down significantly in popularity but, just based on the opening weekend, it should turn a healthy profit. |
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All I know is I am stoked.
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And there are a ton of fantastic YA dystopian novels (it was my pet genre for a while). The Uglies series by Westerfeld will likely be a movie soon. Shipbreaker is really good. Unwind by Westerfeld is awesome. Little Brother by Doctorow is amazing though it's near future dystopian.
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If anyone wants to see it how it should be netflix battle Royale on netflix, the sequel sucks though.. And you have to watch it subtitled.. |
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This movie is geared more towards girls, Royale is for the guys, think of it as a Tarantino movie.. |
I saw it an a preview event this evening and I also read the books about a year and a half back.
It felt flat and rushed. I know that they're trying to cram a lot into 2 hours and it's never the same as the book, which makes it OK to skip a lot of things but the parts that they kept still felt rushed. As best I can remember they stayed true to the book, which is rare. The special effects were really terrible in a few spots. For someone who hasn't read the books there will be no expectation for a 2nd or 3rd movie. It just kind of ends. One of my friends after the movie who hasn't read it just said "that's it?". |
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For you Buck.. ;)
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Oh. I had no idea this was a girls book / movie.
I knew the main character was a girl, but that was it. |
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I have to admit, Jennifer Lawrence is smokin. Love that she's not rail thin too. Prefer her as a blonde though.
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