| mastergriggy United States. March 24 2012 12:45. Posts 1297 | Profile Blog # |
| I saw it about 30 minutes ago. My impressions: I liked it a lot, thought they didn't cut out too many important parts from the book. Sadly, the overall movie was very toned down for the pg-13 rating. But other than that, it reminded me of a more teenager version of V for Vendetta. Also the outfits they wear during training reminded me a lot of Mass Effect armor for some reason. |
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| Playguuu United States. March 24 2012 13:45. Posts 882 | Profile # |
| What is the point of these "games"? I've never read the books but saw this trailor and immediately thought of Battle Royale meets gladiatorial combat meets mass effect. |
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| Taekwon United States. March 24 2012 13:48. Posts 7971 | Profile # |
To me, just a silly rip off of Battle Royale.
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| mastergriggy United States. March 24 2012 13:49. Posts 1297 | Profile Blog # |
On March 24 2012 13:45 Playguuu wrote:
What is the point of these "games"? I've never read the books but saw this trailor and immediately thought of Battle Royale meets gladiatorial combat meets mass effect.
Basically to give the people under the control of the government just a tiny bit of containable hope so they don't try to rebel (the winner of the games gets riches, fame, etc.) |
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| FinestHour United States. March 24 2012 13:50. Posts 6767 | Profile # |
But...with teenager romance!!!!!!!11!11!!1!11!1!!!1
+ Show Spoiler +why did the guy in charge have to kill himself with the berries? did that happen in the book? |
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| 13_Doomblaze_37 United States. March 24 2012 13:53. Posts 705 | Profile # |
On March 24 2012 13:45 Playguuu wrote:
What is the point of these "games"? I've never read the books but saw this trailor and immediately thought of Battle Royale meets gladiatorial combat meets mass effect.
Point of the games is a sacrifice to remind everybody that the government still controls them I think, i read the first book in a few hours so i dont remember all the details =P |
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| mastergriggy United States. March 24 2012 13:58. Posts 1297 | Profile Blog # |
On March 24 2012 13:50 FinestHour wrote:But...with teenager romance!!!!!!!11!11!!1!11!1!!!1 + Show Spoiler +why did the guy in charge have to kill himself with the berries? did that happen in the book?
+ Show Spoiler [BOOK SPOILERS] +In the second book, you find out that guy is executed (Snow tells Katness this). It doesn't say specifically how, but it might as well have been berries. And he had to do it/was murdered because he screwed up and let two people live in the games (which in effect "showed up" the Capitol). |
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| heroyi United States. March 24 2012 13:59. Posts 963 | Profile Blog # |
`+ Show Spoiler +13 districts
one central govt.
govt known to be corrupted and controlling. Districts try to rebel. They fail and the government "enforces" the hunger game trial to remind them not to rebel and as a punishment watch, potentially, your child die.
Of course the govt does a giant propaganda trying to brainwash them thinking they are being take care of
^Intro to the book |
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| WolfintheSheep Canada. March 24 2012 14:12. Posts 1768 | Profile # |
On March 24 2012 12:17 obesechicken13 wrote:
Show nested quote +On March 24 2012 11:02 WolfintheSheep wrote:
So...this is essentially Battle Royale, but for teenagers, adapted into a movie for even younger teens?
You're not even close to the first person to say that in this thread. As for Battle Royale, I think it's a film about senseless violence... violence so senseless in fact that people see things in it that aren't even there in attempts to make sense of it. It's a movie to pamper the spoiled and messed up who just want to watch people die. Hunger Games isn't senseless. I don't know if I will see the film in theatres anymore. There have been a few bad reviews in this thread.
Battle Royale is about yanking your emotional chain around, to be blunt. It's about creating a vested interest in characters that you know are going to die, somehow making you hope that they beat the odds, and then slapping you back down. If it was just about people getting killed off, no one would care about it.
Hunger Games...I honestly don't know much about it, but from what I've read/heard, it's essentially Battle Royale with the wish fulfillment of the kids actually standing a chance against the system, instead of having a completely false illusion of a chance. |
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| obesechicken13 United States. March 24 2012 14:25. Posts 4264 | Profile Blog # |
On March 24 2012 14:12 WolfintheSheep wrote:
Show nested quote +On March 24 2012 12:17 obesechicken13 wrote:
On March 24 2012 11:02 WolfintheSheep wrote:
So...this is essentially Battle Royale, but for teenagers, adapted into a movie for even younger teens?
You're not even close to the first person to say that in this thread. As for Battle Royale, I think it's a film about senseless violence... violence so senseless in fact that people see things in it that aren't even there in attempts to make sense of it. It's a movie to pamper the spoiled and messed up who just want to watch people die. Hunger Games isn't senseless. I don't know if I will see the film in theatres anymore. There have been a few bad reviews in this thread.
Battle Royale is about yanking your emotional chain around, to be blunt. It's about creating a vested interest in characters that you know are going to die, somehow making you hope that they beat the odds, and then slapping you back down. If it was just about people getting killed off, no one would care about it. Hunger Games...I honestly don't know much about it, but from what I've read/heard, it's essentially Battle Royale with the wish fulfillment of the kids actually standing a chance against the system, instead of having a completely false illusion of a chance.
violence so senseless in fact that people see things in it that aren't even there in attempts to make sense of it |
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| Dice17 United States. March 24 2012 14:28. Posts 514 | Profile Blog # |
Saw this movie at midnight and I loved it but maybe thats because I did not expect it to be exactly like the book, but even so I saw it with a bunch of friends and I liked it.
My main pet peeve was that the music could have been better during the action scenes just like it was in the trailer but I still loved it and I really want to see it again. |
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| Mjolnir March 24 2012 14:32. Posts 813 | Profile # |
Without spoiling it, can those who have seen this movie comment on whether or not it's similar to Battle Royale? They sound extremely similar - like, bordering on copyright infringement sorta similar.
EDIT: El Oh El - nvm, I see it's been asked above me. Forgive that I didn't read above for fear of spoilers... you never know when they're gonna get ya.
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| NB Canada. March 24 2012 14:41. Posts 7010 | Profile Blog # | |
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| Halcyondaze United States. March 24 2012 14:47. Posts 503 | Profile # |
On March 23 2012 11:35 Whole wrote:
Show nested quote +On March 23 2012 11:24 Golgotha wrote:
isnt this based upon the the popularity of battle royale? battle royale is the origin of the idea of these violent games.
the author of the Hunger Games never heard of Battle Royale until someone told her about it. #funfact
That is exactly what I would say if I had written the books. Coincidence? |
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| Timurid Guyana (French). March 24 2012 14:53. Posts 655 | Profile # |
Hunger games has a very similar concept to battle Royale with the battle ground setup and shit. The difference is BR focuses on the thought of if you can kill your best friend or your lover to survive while adding silly teenage drama as a filler. the Hunger Games i feel is more relatable to the story of Spartacus with the concept of an oppressed people rising against their oppressors.
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 R!! Brazil. March 24 2012 14:57. Posts 937 | Profile # |
| I found the movie disgustingly retarded, the participants reactions never made any sense on so many levels,I mean, most of them acted like complete psychopaths and yet they created a hunting group!? This isn't Big Brother, you aren't supposed to be friends with people you are gonna eventually have to kill, there's absolutely nothing to gain from it, unless you don't intend to kill anyone, which obviously wasn't the case for Cato and the others.Why did they act throughout the whole thing like it was something acceptable and normal to participate in that shit in the first place?Another thing, wtf were those magically created dogs, suspension of disbelief went to hell so many times it's ridiculous, people don't act like that.But still, worth watching because Jennifer Lawrence was simply put divine. |
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| Dice17 United States. March 24 2012 15:16. Posts 514 | Profile Blog # |
On March 24 2012 14:57 R!! wrote:
I found the movie disgustingly retarded, the participants reactions never made any sense on so many levels,I mean, most of them acted like complete psychopaths and yet they created a hunting group!? This isn't Big Brother, you aren't supposed to be friends with people you are gonna eventually have to kill, there's absolutely nothing to gain from it, unless you don't intend to kill anyone, which obviously wasn't the case for Cato and the others.Why did they act throughout the whole thing like it was something acceptable and normal to participate in that shit in the first place?Another thing, wtf were those magically created dogs, suspension of disbelief went to hell so many times it's ridiculous, people don't act like that.But still, worth watching because Jennifer Lawrence was simply put divine.
As many LoL players would say "only in brazil" |
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| biology]major United States. March 24 2012 15:21. Posts 614 | Profile # |
| good premise, was expecting some loss of humanity and brutal shit, instead got some twilight/pg13 girl bullshit. Enjoyable if you are female 12-16 years old, otherwise save your money |
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| Mjolnir March 24 2012 15:39. Posts 813 | Profile # |
On March 24 2012 15:21 biology]major wrote:
good premise, was expecting some loss of humanity and brutal shit, instead got some twilight/pg13 girl bullshit. Enjoyable if you are female 12-16 years old, otherwise save your money
See, that's what I was afraid of. I hear people saying it's great, and the reviews are favourable but I'll be damned if I want to sit through a teen-angst drama in new packaging. I like the idea but part of me was pretty sure that it'd be like Twilight on speed and instead of Vampires you'd have teens hunting each other. I can't stomach movies aimed toward teens and all the teen-drama/romance that goes with it. It's so freaking trite.
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| scarper65 March 24 2012 15:41. Posts 1244 | Profile Blog # |
On March 24 2012 15:39 Mjolnir wrote:
Show nested quote +On March 24 2012 15:21 biology]major wrote:
good premise, was expecting some loss of humanity and brutal shit, instead got some twilight/pg13 girl bullshit. Enjoyable if you are female 12-16 years old, otherwise save your money
See, that's what I was afraid of. I hear people saying it's great, and the reviews are favourable but I'll be damned if I want to sit through a teen-angst drama in new packaging. I like the idea but part of me was pretty sure that it'd be like Twilight on speed and instead of Vampires you'd have teens hunting each other. I can't stomach movies aimed toward teens and all the teen-drama/romance that goes with it. It's so freaking trite.
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