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 The Hunger Games 

What grade would you give this film?
A 46%  46%  [ 18 ]
B 23%  23%  [ 9 ]
C 10%  10%  [ 4 ]
D 13%  13%  [ 5 ]
F 8%  8%  [ 3 ]
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 The Hunger Games 
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Like it or not, Lawrance is beautiful, pretty, hot, and attractive, the opposite of Stewart

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BMP wrote:
Like it or not, Lawrance is beautiful, pretty, hot, and attractive, the opposite of Stewart


I like both :wub2:

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Was there any doubt he would hate this?


No, not if you've seen Battle Royale.


I don't even know what the fuck that is.

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Chippy wrote:
I don't even know what the fuck that is.


It's a Japanese film that The Hunger Games book completely rips-off. It's what this movie aspires to be.

BR is excellent, and I highly recommend it. A couple of pages back, xiayun also mentioned it.


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No thank you.

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CowboyFromHell wrote:
Chippy wrote:
I don't even know what the fuck that is.


It's a Japanese film that The Hunger Games book completely rips-off. It's what this movie aspires to be.

The concept is the same, the execution is much different. Battle Royale almost justifies itself with its prologue, while Hunger Games is a much bigger good vs evil storyline. I love them both, but its easy to see why one would be much more popular than the other.


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Libs wrote:
Real nice language. I assume Algren is Brad Pitt in real life if he's going to dole out gross proclamations like that.

I have done some modelling. :shades:

But being good looking gives me no right to say things like that. Having a voice box and fingers gives me that right.

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This movie is kind of hard to watch now that I've seen the far superior sequels, but it is still based on a very engrossing novel, which saves it from its bad direction. The action scenes and CGI are shit, and the ending is nothing like the book with the dogs being completely different and Peeta seemingly not knowing that Katniss didn't really like him. This is cleared up in the sequel, but it was very jarring when I first watched it. Also, most of the characters (especially Rue) are not given enough screen time to really be developed apart from Katniss, Peeta, Haymitch, and Effie. Tucci as the host is wonderful, as is Lenny Kravitz as the stylist Cinna.

Of course, those are my nitpicks, but the film, for the most part is very good. I liked the trimming of the Madge character, she isn't really needed and it added a much needed plot thread between Katniss and Prim. The pre arena events are all essentially word for word from the book. The games is where the movie meanders a bit. Once Katniss finds Peeta, the rest of the film is too rushed to be really satisfying, as opposed to Catching Fire where I felt everything was able to breathe and most plot elements and characters got enough screen time to feel relevant.

While my initial love for this film has lessened when I realize how much better it could have been without Gary Ross, it is still pretty good. Nowhere near Catching Fire or Mockingjay: Part 1.

B+


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So I binged this series over the weekend and found the differences between Part 1 and Part 2 vs Mockingjay completely justified.

As for this movie its still a good edge of seat thriller from the world building aspects. The games are too short and not as exciting as the things before them. The whole love story aspect is cringe-worthy and not earned at all throughout the movie. Regardless its the surprises that the story keeps throwing in here and there which makes this a great watch. Still second best of the series.


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A!

Literally a star was born

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