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I went in to the movie not knowing anything about it and walked out quite happy. I thought the beginning was kind of slow but not so bad that it destroyed the movie.

Yeah, I never read the books and I was a bit confused by this flashback. If it wasn't for the fact that they talked about this later in the movie I never would have known what was going on. And I didn't really care for Peeta too much, either.

Wow. The only complaint I had seen about casting was some disappointment that they didn't choose a WOC for Katniss. This is… unexpected.

I'm pretty okay with the movie. The costumes were my favorite part. Much like the Harry Potter series, I wondered how people who hadn't read the books would understand everything since so much gets left out, but it was all tied together pretty nicely. For being such a long film, I felt like the characters didn't get developed as much as I would have liked, but again, I think they did a pretty good job. The second book is my favorite and I'm looking forward to seeing how that one is adapted. Also, I agree that the movie wasn't nearly as gory or as terrifying as the books were to me.

I don't really think the comparison between these to books/movies is very fair. I've seen both movies (although I have yet to read Battle Royale) and they do have similarities but they're also very, very different stories. I'm not going to get into why right here because I don't want to spoil the movies for people but a big example of how different the stories are is that Battle Royale is only one book while The Hunger Games is a trilogy that is based on more than just the games themselves. In The Hunger Games, the games are only one aspect of the story whereas in Battle Royale, that is the story.

And the two movies are also not very comparable. The Battle Royale movie was pretty much just a gorefest while The Hunger Games focuses more on psychological warfare and the emerging revolution in Panem.

I was hoping for that, too!

I saw the movie opening weekend, and thought the casting was just great. People who were upset by the decisions lack imagination, and reading comprehension skills. I thought she captured the spirit of that character beautifully. I forget that I live in a bubble sometimes, until I read the comments. None of that showed up in my twitter feed because I don't follow buttfaced dumbasses.

I thought they could have spent less time on prep, and more on the backstory, and time in the arena, but overall I enjoyed the film. I was hoping to see Haymitch knock Effie's wig askew and fall off the stage at the Reaping, but you can't have everything!

It's strange to me that her weight is even an issue, even for a hungry district. In the real world, she's still a pretty thin woman. Only in Hollywood does she have a thicker body.

To alleviate some of the rage inducing Hunger Games related topics, this happened:

That's adorable. I like that one of them is sitting on a copy of Battle Royale.

So I saw the movie, but have not read the books. I liked it, but was not in love with it. I was hoping I would have been in love though, since it seemed up my alley. I probably went in expecting too much.

I think the main drawback of it for me was the romance between Katniss/Peeta. It felt like a cop out, didn't seem necessary... seemed too much like annoying romance pandering. I understand it's possible if I read the books I won't mind the romance, maybe it won't seem as annoying. I kind of felt at the end like I think it would have been better had Peeta died, or maybe if they never killed Rue and had Katniss and Rue become a duo and kept Peeta as a jerk with the bad kids, that would have felt more awesome to me. I understand that the way I just described it though, it would become a totally different story.

This was one of the things that I wasn't sure if the movie communicated well -- the romance wasn't supposed to feel real. Katniss was playing at it because Haymitch told her to. There are a lot of "what's real, what isn't?" issues that come into play with the feelings there, but it's not supposed to be a natural-seeming romance. It's supposed to be what they're doing because it's what the Capitol viewers -- the ones we're supposed to see as heartless -- want them to do.

I liked the movie too, but felt that it was missing some vital information. Haymitch was so nice in the movie but in the book he is a mess, barfing on himself all the time, making scenes and embarrassing everyone, and really pretty angry in general. I felt like his character was watered down and missed so much of his complexity. The scene with the bread wouldn't have made any sense if I hadn't read the book. The mockingjay pin story line was completely taken out. And the romance didn't come through in the same way as in the books, again a complexity issue. Oh well, you can't have everything stay the same in a movie adapted from a book.

My ten year old son said the same thing about Haymitch "He wasn't drunk enough!"

Yes! This is amazing!

I was sooo underwhelmed by this movie - highest grossing openning? why? I guess because the books are such a hit, but otherwise... meh. Wasted 2 1/2 hours of my life.

Exactly! I've not read the books, but I told my sister that the movie felt super rushed even though it was long. I mean, it's hard to get attached to characters when they die if you only spend about 10 minutes onscreen with them.

Awesome. Good for her. I thought she looked lovely and that her physique met the discription of her in the book as (paraphrasing) thin but not sickly. Because she hunts her and her family don't starve like the rest of District 12. Sounds like an environment not too friendly to vegans. :)


I enjoyed the book. I agree it could have been more, but I also enjoyed what it was. I think it will get young people thinking, like Lard* of the Flies and 1984 did me in high school.


*I keep editing this to make Lard Lard and the change refuses to stick. O... why is the o not working? What the shizzle? Y'all know what I mean.

The movie was well done. I rarely enjoy both a book and a screen adaptation but I was impressed by both. I am looking forward to the next two books. I am patiently waiting for the trade paperbacks as I am too cheap to buy the hardcovers.

I just saw it! I was kind of...underwhelmed. I so enjoyed the books, and I think others here got it right saying it was missing some forward energy and development. I did enjoy most of the casting, though.

I just read the 3 books over this past weekend. They were pretty good and I'll be interested to see the movie once the DVD becomes cheap enough.

It was @ the cheapo theater down the street from the campground! Not that we would have wanted to sit through a movie. But its probably @ cheapo theaters up there now too if you have them. I wanna go see it tomorrow @ our other cheapo theater.

I thought they did it really well. But maybe I was just excited to see the North Fork Reservoir from the ground, where they don't let anyone go at all, and I can see it from work. Holla @ ya Craggy Mountains!

Oh, I think I figured out what The Seam look was meant to be. Atreyu from Neverending Story.

Those wolf things, totally Gmorkish.