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The Hunger Games (2012)

21 durable postsStarted 2012-03-25Latest 2012-04-25
#116451Post 1 of 21

Saw this today. What does everyone else think? I thought it was pretty well done and entertaining. Are they making this a trilogy? I can't find anything on imdb about part 2 yet.

#1601367Post 2 of 21

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Judging by this review: [url]http://www.abc.net.au/atthemovies/txt/s3442322.htm[/url]

I'll give it a pass.

#1601409Post 3 of 21

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[quote]But expectations are quickly dashed. Never before have I seen a film in which the action scenes are so badly shot and edited that you not only can't tell who's fighting who, you can't even tell which sex they are.[/quote]

I can tell just by this quote this person doesn't like any shaky cam at all. I didn't think there was too much of it, only some parts here and there. The last couple Bourne movies were way more annoying.

#1601440Post 4 of 21

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Yeah true. Can't really judge it as of yet, but anything that gets a teenage movement around it, is usually pretty shite.

People have already seen it, and mostly say meh...

It was an eye opener to see that a movie who targeted a younger audience had the main theme of children killing each other for survival.

#1601451Post 5 of 21

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This movie reminds me too much of Running Man. I'll wait for the Red Box.

#1601456Post 6 of 21

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^Battle Royale

#1601465Post 7 of 21

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Hannah Montana: The Movie

#1601619Post 8 of 21

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this movie is breaking records

#1602060Post 9 of 21

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to me it just came across as a Battle Royale rip-off but it least it was still much better than Twilight ... was pleasantly surprised that Lenny Kravitz's acting was quite decent

#1602077Post 10 of 21

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relevant: [URL]http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/12262[/URL]

I will likely never see this film, the whole story is uninteresting to me personally. Glad so many people have enjoyed the books though :lol:.

#1602094Post 11 of 21

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^ i'm with you. my gf read the book in less than a week and went to go see the movie promptly afterwards... obsessive almost. i'm just not interested.

#1608011Post 12 of 21

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Saw this yesterday - I enjoyed it - liked the whole way it was put together without much dramatic music to prompt scenes

#1608023Post 13 of 21

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I dunno why this is new to me but the children's market must be huge, all these movies adapted from teenage books and so many fantasy books now targeted at children. No doubt thanks to Twilight and Harry Potter.

#1608111Post 14 of 21

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[QUOTE=feather;1034381]I dunno why this is new to me but the children's market must be huge, all these movies adapted from teenage books and so many fantasy books now targeted at children. No doubt thanks to Twilight and Harry Potter.[/QUOTE]

You know what's coming out right;

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#1608117Post 15 of 21

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???

#1608122Post 16 of 21

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Just the fact how big the market is for early teenagers etc.

#1609263Post 17 of 21

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Underwhelmed by the movie. The first book was MUCH better.

#1609275Post 18 of 21

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I thought it was okay, the direction wasn't anything hugely special, and I got the impression that the people that read the books before seeing the film would probably feel more rewarded than I did.

I kind of wish they prepared me more for the rules and some of the finer details - the parachuting in of supplies seemed almost cartoonish and same goes for the manipulation of the environment. I felt that those parts were kind of lacking explanation on the mechanics behind it.

#1609346Post 19 of 21

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The age restriction was 16 in South Africa and because the cinemas lost so much revenue they changed it to 13:unsure:

#1609349Post 20 of 21

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^ya'll must be smarter than us, because this flick is the top grossing movie sofar this year: [url]http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=2012&p=.htm[/url]

:lol:

#1609410Post 21 of 21

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[QUOTE=feather;1034381]I dunno why this is new to me but the children's market must be huge, all these movies adapted from teenage books and so many fantasy books now targeted at children. No doubt thanks to Twilight and Harry Potter.[/QUOTE] I never noticed that before but you're absolutely right!

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