So I can't wait for this movie to come out, I love the books and hopefully the movie will stay pretty close to the first book.
I'm very excited for this, yet terrified of what Josh Hutcherson's performance is going to be like. I didn't think he was a very good Peeta choice to begin with, and I haven't really liked him in other movies, but we'll see.
So... It's basically 'Battle Royale' U.S. style? Or 'The running man' with teens?
Sorry, haven't read the books, but I couldn't help but see more then a few similarities between these two.
I hope he does well, I don't really have much of an opinion of him. The last movie I think I saw him in was zathura and he was like 13 or 14 there maybe?
Yeah it's kind of like Battle Royale. It's a post-apocolypic North America where 2 kids between ages of 12-18 (it might start at 13, I can't remember exactly) are picked from a raffle to represent their district so there's a total of 24 'tributes' and they are placed in an arena and the last one alive wins.
Wee, The Hunger Games :) So excited
Yes, Abby, it's ages 12 - 18.
And, yes, P-Girl, it's similar to Battle Royale, but extremely different in several ways. Suzanne Collins drew her ideas from the Greek myth of Theseus and the Minotaur, as well as stories her father, who was in the military, shared with her. The whole war concept comes into play more in the 3rd book though.
For some reason, I tend to like the second book the best so I can't wait for that movie to come out. That is, if the first one is any good.
P-Girl came to the same conclusion that I came up with. I used to work at a bookstore (It wasn't that long ago that I quit actually...), and the book was insanely popular, but the more people told me about it the more I felt that Suzanne Collins was ripping off Battle Royale.
I'm looking forward to seeing it. Nervous about the trend in movies butchering books, but I won't know how it will turn out till I see it. Only dumb thing is one time I was watching Entertainment Tonight and they said the series was going to put it into four movies. *shakes head* I wish they would quit doing that for books that don't need it. There is enough content for one book per movie.
I don't really mind 4 movies if it isn't dragged out. I thought it was necessary for Harry Potter and Twilight in order to stay true to the books. Either do that or have a movie that excludes a lot of details and changes them. Either way though, I don't really mind.
I am so excited for it though, it is what has been getting me through school the past few weeks and will after I go back from spring break.
I say they just make the movie obscenely long and give an intermission.
or make an extended version with all the cut scenes and release it on DVD/Blu-ray later like the Lord of the Rings.
I'd like to see what sort of movie this even is before I can be gung-ho about my opinion on the four. It it sucks, people aren't going to want to watch it.
...then again, the Twilight movies sucked, and still drew in an enormous crowd.
And Scott Pilgrim was awesome.
It bombed.
Quality =/= popularity.
I was sad that Scott Pilgrim bombed. I love that movie.
I didn't think it was necessary for Twilight. Harry Potter had a lot of things going on so it was possible, but Breaking Dawn and Hunger Games don't. They could easily have one film per book. It's just a money grab splitting a book into two movies. if they need to, just make it long. Movies nowadays are two hours long so it would not be a big deal.
I don't see why the Hunger games would be since honestly there is not a ton of content in the third book, but I feel like Breaking dawn needed to be.
I attended the midnight première and it was fabulous! You have to see the Hunger Games! :)
I really wish I could see it tonight! I have to work though so I'm probably going tomorrow night...I don't want to wait any longer though!
I saw it last night — definitely worth watching. Josh Hutcherson was so much better than I ever expected.
I got to see it Satuday, and I was really pleased with it and some of the changes the movie made to the book. I also liked his performance and all the other characters. Basically, it captured the sense of the book perfectly. I am hopefully seeing it again this coming weekend!
Loved the books, didn't think that from a book lovers stand point that the movie did the book justice, but as a movie it was good, ready for catching fire to come out
LOVED the books, the movie didn't do the book justice, ready for catching fire