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Title: explain 'the hunger games' to me, manchildren
Post by: Van Cruncheon on March 22, 2012, 10:31:55 PM: cuz it sounds HOMOTARDED.
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Post by: Van Cruncheon on March 22, 2012, 10:33:41 PM: basically, where does it fall on the spectrum of harry potter (barely tolerable and borderline readable) to twilight (textual botulism)
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Post by: Cormacaroni on March 22, 2012, 10:33:48 PM: it sounds like a pulpy SF story from the back pages of Star Trek Magazine that got WAYYYYY out of control
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Post by: Himu on March 22, 2012, 10:33:49 PM: it's basically battle royale meets fallout
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Post by: Himu on March 22, 2012, 10:34:31 PM: so by using battle royale as inspiration alone, it's far better than harry potter and twilight but a tad under naruto
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Post by: Van Cruncheon on March 22, 2012, 10:35:46 PM: is it written for a fifth grade reading level, i.e. for americans
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Post by: Himu on March 22, 2012, 10:37:49 PM: yes
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Post by: Eel O'Brian on March 22, 2012, 10:41:08 PM: is anyone actually killed, or do they pussify it

does everyone abstain from sex, or do they pussify it
Title: Re: explain 'the hunger games' to me, manchildren
Post by: cool breeze on March 22, 2012, 10:43:40 PM: based on trailers alone: different colonies select a male and female combatants to fight in, uh, the hunter games (?). last kid alive wins. it's also nascar and the kids are celebrities until they die. I played the iphone game briefly too. you run and shoot arrows at giant insects. so maybe it's survival in general, and not just killing kids.
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Post by: demi on March 22, 2012, 10:45:34 PM: Quote from: Dr. Feelbad on March 22, 2012, 10:41:08 PM
is anyone actually killed, or do they pussify it

does everyone abstain from sex, or do they pussify it

wikipedia has a summary of all the books
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Post by: Mr. Gundam on March 22, 2012, 10:47:23 PM: My wife read all three books in less than a week.

I read the wiki summaries and called it a day.
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Post by: CajoleJuice on March 22, 2012, 10:55:21 PM: i swear to christ, when you posted on facebook about reading THE ENTIRE GAWKER FEED ON YOUR IPAD, i went to that stupid site and they had a huge headline about explaining the hunger games. learn to internet, taco
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Post by: Human Snorenado on March 22, 2012, 11:04:54 PM: Quote from: Stringer Bell on March 22, 2012, 10:33:49 PM
it's basically battle royale meets fallout

Add a sprinkling of The Lottery, put in a blender, hit puree for a minute, THEN MAKE FUCK TONS OF MONIES OFF OF STUPID GIRLS
Title: Re: explain 'the hunger games' to me, manchildren
Post by: Cormacaroni on March 22, 2012, 11:06:07 PM: Quote from: CajoleJuice on March 22, 2012, 10:55:21 PM
i swear to christ, when you posted on facebook about reading THE ENTIRE GAWKER FEED ON YOUR IPAD, i went to that stupid site and they had a huge headline about explaining the hunger games. learn to internet, taco

oh he obviously read it. This is just a standard-issue Drinky trap to get unfortunates to admit to reading it, the better to mock.
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Post by: Human Snorenado on March 22, 2012, 11:06:27 PM: Quote from: Stringer Bell on March 22, 2012, 10:34:31 PM
so by using battle royale as inspiration alone, it's far better than harry potter and twilight but a tad under naruto

I was going to say you have the most fucked up priorities but then I remembered the whole Shenmue thing and realized that would be redundant wait why in the fuck am I still typing this oh god someone help me
Title: Re: explain 'the hunger games' to me, manchildren
Post by: Himu on March 22, 2012, 11:07:25 PM: battle royale > naruto > harry potter > twilight

you're trying to dispute this?
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Post by: Trent Dole on March 22, 2012, 11:10:16 PM: Quote from: Stringer Bell on March 22, 2012, 11:07:25 PM
battle royale > naruto > harry potter > twilight

you're trying to dispute this?
Hmm, sounds fair. Dunno enough Naruto to say if it qualifies as > Potter though so maybe an equal sign there.
Title: Re: explain 'the hunger games' to me, manchildren
Post by: Himu on March 22, 2012, 11:12:44 PM: hunger games is like a cool idea, but written for middle schoolers. i'm sure drinky's daughter would enjoy it and she will force him to read it.
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Post by: Trent Dole on March 22, 2012, 11:17:50 PM: Quote from: Van Cruncheon on March 22, 2012, 10:33:41 PM
basically, where does it fall on the spectrum of harry potter (barely tolerable and borderline readable) to twilight (textual botulism)
Wife's reading the books just to see what the deal is and her response is 'I'd put it below Harry Potter but above Twilight'. Also the lead character chick is kind of an idiot.
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Post by: Eric P on March 22, 2012, 11:19:05 PM: battle royale for american kids with a dystopian twist.

it's...ok. I read the first one and enjoyed it for what it was, but haven't read the rest of the books.

it's no The Sexy Killer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfegLb3YYZ8

(i just happen to be watching this right now. i don't know why either)
Title: Re: explain 'the hunger games' to me, manchildren
Post by: Eel O'Brian on March 22, 2012, 11:21:55 PM: are there any monsters
Quote from: Billy Rygar on March 22, 2012, 10:50:11 PM
Quote from: Dr. Feelbad on March 22, 2012, 10:41:08 PM
is anyone actually killed, or do they pussify it

does everyone abstain from sex, or do they pussify it
its set in a cruel future where tonguing butthole has been outlawed.

hence the title
Title: Re: explain 'the hunger games' to me, manchildren
Post by: Owl-faced Wizard on March 22, 2012, 11:27:55 PM: Quote from: Dr. Feelbad on March 22, 2012, 11:21:55 PM
are there any monsters
Someone said something about
spoiler (click to show/hide)
dogs with human faces
[close]
which sounded like a redeeming feature to me, but everybody was down on it.

I don't think Hunger Games can even use 'dystopian future' as a point of distinction from BR - that's there in BR too, just as background stuff.
Title: Re: explain 'the hunger games' to me, manchildren
Post by: Himu on March 22, 2012, 11:45:26 PM: Quote from: Owl-faced Wizard on March 22, 2012, 11:27:55 PM

I don't think Hunger Games can even use 'dystopian future' as a point of distinction from BR - that's there in BR too, just as background stuff.

i highly, highly suggest reading battle royale's novel. if you thought the movie was fucked up...
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Post by: Eric P on March 22, 2012, 11:47:52 PM: BR was just released on BluRay. Watch the second film BUT (BUT!) watch it more in line with a Youth Gone Wild film like Wild in the Streets instead of a "real" sequel to BR.

It makes a lot more sense like that.
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Post by: Mandark on March 23, 2012, 12:16:37 AM: I'd rather have The Hunger Games as the voice of the American teenybopper id than Twilight, cause at least there's a heroine trying to survive/kill/generally do thangs, rather than deriving her whole identity from being, inexplicably, the love object of a bunch of moody teenage monsters.

If you're a young woman who wants to treat the main character of a novel as your stand-in and bask in the reflected specialness of an awesome guy who totally loves you, at least read Pride and Prejudice. :rock Austen :rock
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Post by: Human Snorenado on March 23, 2012, 12:27:42 AM: Quote from: Stringer Bell on March 22, 2012, 11:07:25 PM
battle royale > naruto > harry potter > twilight

you're trying to dispute this?

I mean, I guess it boils down to what you like. Wizards n' shit or WACKY JAPPY. I'll take wizards n' shit.
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Post by: ZephyrFate on March 23, 2012, 02:03:58 AM: May the odds be ever in your favor
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Post by: Phoenix Dark on March 23, 2012, 02:09:07 AM: sounds kinda cool to me
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Post by: blame space on March 23, 2012, 03:01:35 AM: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWYaH_CJG1Asick

I don't know about these book but it's cool there's a positive female role for the teens.. setting and cast seems epic. Day 1.. as long as the concentration campiness from the trailer isn't TOO overbearing.
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Post by: blame space on March 23, 2012, 03:14:58 AM: *yawn*, am I right Count Dragula?
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Post by: blame space on March 23, 2012, 03:17:27 AM: the genre of kids doing epic things all over my face.. #kids #epicteens
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Post by: MrAngryFace on March 23, 2012, 03:29:17 AM: I just get tired of adults pimping it. Let me read my sophisticated Warhammer 40k stuff
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Post by: blame space on March 23, 2012, 03:41:43 AM: what is everyone's favorite movie based on a book written for #epicteens? (manchildren only please):

mine is thumbsucker
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Post by: blame space on March 23, 2012, 03:42:49 AM: and the second or third harry potter I don't remember
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Post by: Great Rumbler on March 23, 2012, 04:21:14 AM: The movie had kids killing each other, so there's that.

Of course, it's got nothing on The Running Man, but that's kind of a given.
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Post by: HyperZoneWasAwesome on March 23, 2012, 04:55:45 AM: I don't want America to catch Japan's disease where the only fictional people who accomplish things are always under twenty.

the best detectives in the world, grizzled and battle scarred vets, top-level scientists, all who can't yet buy a drink.
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Post by: Owl-faced Wizard on March 23, 2012, 05:01:03 AM: Quote from: blame space on March 23, 2012, 03:41:43 AM
what is everyone's favorite movie based on a book written for #epicteens? (manchildren only please):

mine is thumbsucker
I liked The Chocolate War, iirc.
Title: Re: explain 'the hunger games' to me, manchildren
Post by: Timber on March 23, 2012, 06:19:57 AM: Calling children's books "young adult" so that adults won't feel guilty for reading them is probably the most brilliant idea anyone has ever had.
Title: Re: explain 'the hunger games' to me, manchildren
Post by: Spurgeon on March 23, 2012, 06:56:12 AM: Friends talked me into seeing this at midnight, I was hoping for some form-fitting attire on Jennifer Lawrence. Plus it was a free ticket.

One scene where a character is applying "medicine" to a wound has funny dialogue because you can replace medicine with KY Jelly, and it still makes sense.

Just rent The Running Man instead.
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Post by: Hitler Stole My Potato on March 23, 2012, 07:49:23 AM: So it's The Lottery mixed with The Most Dangerous Game.....

Pass
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Post by: Eric P on March 23, 2012, 08:19:06 AM: Quote from: Hitler Stole My Potato on March 23, 2012, 07:49:23 AM
So it's The Lottery mixed with The Most Dangerous Game.....

Pass

(http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_m15j24DR551qczxc6o1_1280.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJ6IHWSU3BX3X7X3Q&Expires=1332591534&Signature=dM%2Fqo0STl%2Fdr2mx2hc9oujCDaCY%3D)
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Post by: Verdigris Murder on March 23, 2012, 08:28:24 AM: Since its an American book I'd be amazed if there's not some sort of clumsily shoehorned in Christian allegory, maybe involving the kuk kux klan, and obese fatties in those funny motorised wheelchairs.

You could actually do quite a good tv show using fatsters in their gopeds in medieval jousting competitions, they could go up against mechanical opponents, like a digger or a combine harvester. You could call it something catchy like 'Fat knights get seriously injured for the pleasure of the brain dead proletariate'.
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Post by: tiesto on March 23, 2012, 08:53:41 AM: Quote from: Stringer Bell on March 22, 2012, 11:07:25 PM
battle royale > naruto > harry potter > twilight

you're trying to dispute this?

Totally agree with you... I'd throw in Star Wars on that list, as even worse than Twilight though. :yuck
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Post by: Brehvolution on March 23, 2012, 09:09:09 AM: The Hot Topic store in the mall is plastered with merch for this movie. That is all I needed to see.
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Post by: Mupepe on March 23, 2012, 10:29:37 AM: My wife powered through this book in like a day. It sounds interesting enough. I've never seen (or read?) Battle Royale, The Lottery, The Most Dangerous Game or Miss Congeniality so oh well.
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Post by: Himu on March 23, 2012, 10:31:12 AM: Battle Royale's film has Gogo from Kill Bill as a homicidal maniac. WATCH
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Post by: Mupepe on March 23, 2012, 10:50:47 AM: OH SNAP!

Will watch.
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Post by: Mr. Gundam on March 23, 2012, 11:00:36 AM: Quote from: Timber on March 23, 2012, 06:19:57 AM
Calling children's books "young adult" so that adults won't feel guilty for reading them is probably the most brilliant idea anyone has ever had.

You can make the same argument with calling comic books "graphic novels." Still pretty brilliant in terms of marketing.
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Post by: bork on March 23, 2012, 11:13:20 AM: I always saw this as "The Running Man" for Twilight fans.
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Post by: Great Rumbler on March 23, 2012, 11:27:47 AM: Quote from: lyte edge on March 23, 2012, 11:13:20 AM
I always saw this as "The Running Man" for Twilight fans.

Yeah, it's kind of like the Twlight-crowd version of The Running Man, but without all the awesome one-liners and crazy villains.
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Post by: Mr. Gundam on March 23, 2012, 12:23:47 PM: I was talking to my wife, she said the Twilight comparisons are probably just stupid hyperbole. She hasn't read the Twilight books, but said the romance stuff in the Hunger Games trilogy isn't a huge focus.
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Post by: Cormacaroni on March 23, 2012, 12:29:35 PM: You've never seen an improbably smokin' lady scientist in western media? Ever?
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Post by: Himu on March 23, 2012, 12:51:47 PM: EVERYONE WATCH AND SUPPORT BATTLE ROYALE ON BLU RAY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIuRjqcpuGQ
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Post by: ZephyrFate on March 23, 2012, 01:24:08 PM: Movie is apparently fantastic, I should check it out soon.
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Post by: Diunx on March 23, 2012, 01:32:46 PM: They could have fed 7 African countries with the money they have spend marketing this thing, smh.
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Post by: Mr. Gundam on March 23, 2012, 01:37:40 PM: Quote from: Diunx on March 23, 2012, 01:32:46 PM
They could have fed 7 African countries with the money they have spend marketing this thing, smh.

You could say the same thing with nearly every movie made in the last 20 years.
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Post by: Bebpo on March 23, 2012, 01:40:15 PM: Don't really care about this, but apparently it's at least entertaining so I can't fault the people who enjoy it.
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Post by: Phoenix Dark on March 23, 2012, 01:42:14 PM: Quote from: blame space on March 23, 2012, 03:41:43 AM
what is everyone's favorite movie based on a book written for #epicteens? (manchildren only please):

mine is thumbsucker

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWB1HGnA3tA
by far
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Post by: Shaka Khan on March 23, 2012, 02:42:37 PM: I had no idea what it was until two weeks ago, around the time people started frothing with excitement and talking about it everywhere.

I saw the movie last night. It was... ok. Yeah, it's targeting the younger crowed, the PG13 rating certainly dragged it down. I thought was struggling to maintain the seriousness and savagery of the "games" with that rating. The dialogue was tolerable, the cast was ok, save for Jennifer Lawrence; she was great, and definitely carried the movie.

I'm not good with rating movies, but I can easily dock the experience a star or two for how horrible all the hyperactive children and manchildren were at the theater. If you're sensitive to those crowds, you better avoid it for now.
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Post by: Robo on March 23, 2012, 02:46:54 PM: Quote from: Shaka Khan on March 23, 2012, 02:42:37 PM
I had no idea what it was until two weeks ago, around the time people started frothing with excitement and talking about it everywhere.

I saw the movie last night. It was... ok. Yeah, it's targeting the younger crowed, the PG13 rating certainly dragged it down. I thought was struggling to maintain the seriousness and savagery of the "games" with that rating. The dialogue was tolerable, the cast was ok, save for Jennifer Lawrence; she was great, and carried the movie.

I'm not good with rating movies, but I can easily dock the experience a star or two for how horrible all the hyperactive children and manchildren audience at the theater. If you're sensitive to those crowds, you better avoid it for now.

What time did you go? I was considering a late show for that very reason, but I suspect it won't make a difference.
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Post by: Hock on March 23, 2012, 03:19:40 PM: I feel like I'm officially a boring old adult when I see something like this and say "its not for me, but I'm sure the teens will enjoy it"
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Post by: Shaka Khan on March 23, 2012, 03:29:27 PM: Quote from: Robo on March 23, 2012, 02:46:54 PM
What time did you go? I was considering a late show for that very reason, but I suspect it won't make a difference.

I was literally begging my friends to go see the 3 am show too, but no one budged. So we caught the midnight show, and it was packed with kids, to the point where I was wondering if there was school today or not.
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Post by: Mr. Gundam on March 23, 2012, 03:31:18 PM: We're going to a 4pm showing tomorrow. First date night for us post-kid.
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Post by: BlueTsunami on March 23, 2012, 04:54:31 PM: My introduction to 'The Hunger Games' came from my 13 year old cousin bombing my newsfeed with forced Hunger Game memes
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Post by: Dickie Dee on March 23, 2012, 04:59:51 PM: Apparently it's tracking to make $140,000,000 this weekend. It's budget was only $90,000,000
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Post by: BlueTsunami on March 23, 2012, 05:03:52 PM: Quote from: Billy Rygar on March 23, 2012, 04:56:31 PM
Quote from: BlueTsunami on March 23, 2012, 04:54:31 PM
My introduction to 'The Hunger Games' came from my 13 year old cousin bombing my newsfeed with forced Hunger Game memes
Me too. Also my cousin does smiley faces like this (: which bugs the fuck out of me.

Definitely see that a lot too. Seeing shit like that makes me question who I've added FB. But family is family :'(
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Post by: Phoenix Dark on March 23, 2012, 06:01:52 PM: Quote from: Billy Rygar on March 23, 2012, 04:56:31 PM
Quote from: BlueTsunami on March 23, 2012, 04:54:31 PM
My introduction to 'The Hunger Games' came from my 13 year old cousin bombing my newsfeed with forced Hunger Game memes
Me too. Also my cousin does smiley faces like this (: which bugs the fuck out of me.

:lol

I'd unfriend anyone who did that to me
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Post by: Reb on March 23, 2012, 06:06:38 PM: I have a 35 year old friend who never updates without a smiley face. Annoys me so much.
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Post by: MrAngryFace on March 23, 2012, 06:27:08 PM: I was at B&N and some huge fat dude in tshirt n shorts and a Bluetooth earpiece asking them all sorts of dumb hunger game crap and lecturing on ASoIaF crap. I just wanted my Warhammer 40k book!
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Post by: Dickie Dee on March 23, 2012, 06:47:52 PM: how did he smell?
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Post by: MrAngryFace on March 23, 2012, 06:49:19 PM: Dunno, prolly fat. Was a row over
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Post by: Joe Molotov on March 23, 2012, 07:11:13 PM: Watched Battle Royale on Blu-Ray yesterday evening, then went to the midnight showing of Hunger Games. Both were awesome. I'm awesome. :bow2
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Post by: Bloodwake on March 23, 2012, 08:32:44 PM: I saw the film last night at midnight. I thought it was pretty good. I have never seen Battle Royale or read the book series.

What was irritating about the movie was the shaky cam in the second half of the film. It also felt like the ending was rushed, which is a really bad feeling to have in a movie that lasts two and a half hours.

Woody Harrelson as the drunk mentor was awesome. Jennifer Lawrence was hot and acted fucking circles around Kristen Stewart.

All Twilight comparisons are fucking distinguished mentally-challenged. There's a love story, but it's not the focus like it was in Twilight.

Also, I just picked up a copy of the novel. It's definitely a "tween" book and is not going to be at an adult level, although the book is even more violent than the film.

SERIOUSLY FOLKS, PULL THE CAMERA BACK AND FILM THE VIOLENCE AT A DISTANCE. The shaky cam only nauseates me. Other than that, the film was enjoyable.
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Post by: Freyj on March 23, 2012, 10:23:42 PM: Quote from: Shaka Khan on March 23, 2012, 02:42:37 PM
I'm not good with rating movies, but I can easily dock the experience a star or two for how horrible all the hyperactive children and manchildren were at the theater. If you're sensitive to those crowds, you better avoid it for now.

:bow Theater here that has smaller auditoriums with recliners and seat warmers restricted to 21+ so the missus and I aren't bombarded with uncontrolled/unsupervised children, teens and fratbros :bow2
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Post by: Shaka Khan on March 23, 2012, 10:30:36 PM: That sounds awesome. Ignoring the uncontrollable crowd, I was also seated next to what seemed like a big fangirl who started crying a full 5 minutes before any major event happened lol. I kinda wanted to slap her and tell her to get a grip, as it was borderline spoilerific.
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Post by: MrAngryFace on March 23, 2012, 10:47:06 PM: As a rule I tend to avoid book series that have weird multigenerational followings- its creepy
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Post by: Joe Molotov on March 23, 2012, 10:52:49 PM: Quote from: Bloodwake on March 23, 2012, 08:32:44 PM
SERIOUSLY FOLKS, PULL THE CAMERA BACK AND FILM THE VIOLENCE AT A DISTANCE. The shaky cam only nauseates me. Other than that, the film was enjoyable.

I think it was probably at least partly shot that way to maintain a PG-13 rating. Too many lingering shots of teens getting hacked up, and the MPAA would get pissy.
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Post by: Shaka Khan on March 23, 2012, 10:55:40 PM: Yes, that's exactly what I was referring to with struggles stemming from the rating. They relied heavily on shaky cams and suggestive violence, making a some of the action shots awkward.
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Post by: recursivelyenumerable on March 23, 2012, 11:00:21 PM: Quote from: Phoenix Dark on March 23, 2012, 06:01:52 PM
Quote from: Billy Rygar on March 23, 2012, 04:56:31 PM
Quote from: BlueTsunami on March 23, 2012, 04:54:31 PM
My introduction to 'The Hunger Games' came from my 13 year old cousin bombing my newsfeed with forced Hunger Game memes
Me too. Also my cousin does smiley faces like this (: which bugs the fuck out of me.

:lol

I'd unfriend anyone who did that to me

It is basically forcing you to tilt your head 90 degrees, which makes it a form of physical assault.
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Post by: Phoenix Dark on March 23, 2012, 11:00:37 PM: Quote from: MrAngryFace on March 23, 2012, 10:47:06 PM
As a rule I tend to avoid book series that have weird multigenerational followings- its creepy

I see old dudes and young dudes picking up Warhammer 40k stuff all the time at Barnes n Noble!
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Post by: MrAngryFace on March 23, 2012, 11:01:43 PM: WHY DONT YOU TAKE YOUR FACTS SOMEWHERE ELSE?!??!?!?!
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Post by: Shaka Khan on March 23, 2012, 11:03:22 PM: LOL
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Post by: MrAngryFace on March 23, 2012, 11:05:33 PM: Quote from: MrAngryFace on March 23, 2012, 11:01:43 PM
WHY DONT YOU TAKE YOUR FACTS SOMEWHERE ELSE?!??!?!?!

(http://tinyurl.com/7dp4ra2)
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Post by: Phoenix Dark on March 23, 2012, 11:24:11 PM: :lol
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Post by: Olivia Wilde Homo on March 25, 2012, 08:42:41 PM: Looks like The Hunger Games brought in $155 million this weekend.

http://boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/
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Post by: Shaka Khan on March 25, 2012, 08:49:33 PM: The budget is only $78 mil.? damn. John Carter am cry.
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Post by: Phoenix Dark on March 25, 2012, 08:57:39 PM: Holy shit. So I guess the books are super popular then; I hadn't heard of this until the movie trailer first came out
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Post by: Shaka Khan on March 25, 2012, 09:01:11 PM: Same here. Fans were telling it'll do (close to) Twilight/Potter numbers, but I was smugly laughing on the inside.
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Post by: Eel O'Brian on March 25, 2012, 10:55:47 PM: i certainly hope woody harrelson made some sort of profit percentage deal to make up for having to wear that ridiculous wig
Title: Re: explain 'the hunger games' to me, manchildren
Post by: Great Rumbler on March 25, 2012, 11:02:40 PM: Quote from: Green Man on March 25, 2012, 10:42:09 PM
Quote from: The Experiment on March 25, 2012, 08:42:41 PM
Looks like The Hunger Games brought in $155 million this weekend.

http://boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/

No surprised. It has that Twilight factor but doesn't alienate straight males. The series will do very well, possibly better than Twilight overall.

It also has the benefit of being an actually decent movie.
Title: Re: explain 'the hunger games' to me, manchildren
Post by: fistfulofmetal on March 31, 2012, 04:29:48 PM: i felt the movie was a pretty good retelling of the story. fairly accurate (except for the thing at the end) and did a good job of relaying information that it couldn't the way the book could.

some of the aspects of the book come off as super cheesy when shown in a movie though. the capitol and all the multi-colored people for starters. though Elizabeth Banks was awesome as Effie. I kinda didn't think Woody Harolson did that great of a job tho... i pictured Haymitch as being waaaaaay more surly and a grouch and Woody just kinda said his lines.
the end also was a little weak. they didn't touch on Peeta thinking his thing with Catniss was real with her just playing to the crowd.

pretty good movie all told.
Title: Re: explain 'the hunger games' to me, manchildren
Post by: Bloodwake on March 31, 2012, 05:48:01 PM: Quote from: Joe Molotov® EDGE™ on March 23, 2012, 10:52:49 PM
Quote from: Bloodwake on March 23, 2012, 08:32:44 PM
SERIOUSLY FOLKS, PULL THE CAMERA BACK AND FILM THE VIOLENCE AT A DISTANCE. The shaky cam only nauseates me. Other than that, the film was enjoyable.

I think it was probably at least partly shot that way to maintain a PG-13 rating. Too many lingering shots of teens getting hacked up, and the MPAA would get pissy.

I guess you are correct. I keep forgetting these are kid deaths. I just feel that it does make the violence more tolerable at a PG-13 level if you pull the camera back and show it at a distance. But with kids I guess there still is a line even when you show the death at that distance.
Title: Re: explain 'the hunger games' to me, manchildren
Post by: ferrarimanf355 on March 31, 2012, 11:40:55 PM: I got hooked on the books. I saw the movie and loved it.

Does that make me wrong?