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fedge Location: Gaud Corners, Ontario, Canada Gender: Male Total Likes: 11 likes you blight up my life™® \| \| \|	The Hunger Games < on 3/30/2012 5:46 AM > \| Reply with Quote

	A rather emphatic "meh"... What was with all the herky-jerky camera moves?!? I know it wasn't made by a major studio but couldn't Lionsgate afford tripods? Why were so many shots intentionally out of focus?!? The shaking-camera routine wasn't saved by the story, which was anti-climatic overall. The whole middle portion had me checking my watch. There just wasn't any compelling action or suspense - at all. And further not helping was the bland kid actors used, who weren't given any favors by the writers by being such under written characters that I couldn't care less if they all died, and the sooner the better. The only redeeming things in the whole movie are Stanley Tucci and Woody Harrelson but even then, their characters are only noteworthy because the rest of the film was so forgettable. Throughout I was constantly reminded of other, better films like First Blood, The Running Man and The Truman Show. Meh indeed!
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Esoterik Location: Kansas City Gender: Male Total Likes: 122 likes \| \|	Re: The Hunger Games < Reply # 1 on 3/30/2012 4:10 PM > \| Reply with Quote

	It was alright - movie adaptations tend to suck so it was a nice surprise that the movie was passable. I like how they did Cesar (sp) But the kid actor who played Peeta was too small, he was shorter than the female lead. That just didn't look right. [last edit 3/30/2012 5:59 PM by Esoterik - edited 1 times]
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yokes Location: Toronto Gender: Male Total Likes: 596 likes I aim to misbehave \| \| \| \|	Re: The Hunger Games < Reply # 2 on 3/30/2012 4:40 PM > \| Reply with Quote

	My wife and I are big fans of the book and thought they did a good job adapting it... keeping most of what needed to be in it. But yeah, the shaky cam shit was annoying.
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	I just finished the first book tonight, I can't wait to see the movie...did the above 2 users read the books?
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Posted by rescueme1060
I just finished the first book tonight, I can't wait to see the movie...did the above 2 users read the books?

I read the book first (still need to get 2 and 3)

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I just finished the first book tonight, I can't wait to see the movie...did the above 2 users read the books?

I devoured the three books (in audiobook format) last summer. They are fantastic listens. While not essential to read before seeing the movie, I think doing so would help.

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	Anyone see "Battle Royale"? Almost identical. And surprisingly Japans like 10th highest grossing film

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Posted by yokes
My wife and I are big fans of the book and thought they did a good job adapting it... keeping most of what needed to be in it.

But yeah, the shaky cam shit was annoying.

agreed. the movie stayed VERY close to the book. the only differences I saw were the scenes that didn't deal directly with the narrator.

I just finished Catching Fire and am reading Mockingjay right now. What caught me about both the book and film were how unbashedly violent they both were. There were no compromises. Stanley Tucci does creepy very well and Woody Harrelson is like a homemade wine that just gets better with age.

yokes Location: Toronto Gender: Male Total Likes: 596 likes I aim to misbehave \| \| \| \|	Re: The Hunger Games < Reply # 8 on 5/30/2012 5:52 PM > \| Reply with Quote

	You might also like the Divergent series by Veronica Roth.
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