oh i see . . no wonder lolz ..

but president snow mention something about hope . means he dislike the district ? ..

man i was like feeling sad when then she makes that 3 kupang sign . that part is so like something

let me guess . a rebellion against the peace makers ? ..

that hope part, i didn't really pay attention to it lol.

you mean after she did the finger sign, the riot happened in the movie?

There isnt much love or romance in the book. Actually it was not a big part of the story. Because in the book, Katniss always said that she will not get marry and have kids cause she wouldnt want them to be in The Hunger Games. Later, Gale get more jealous about Katniss and Peeta but then Peeta however was the opposite of Gale. in a way, he respected Katniss choice on who she picks. He was not jealous and it seems like he will be happy as long as Katniss is happy. I feel that, there's real love for ya. If you ever read book 3, you will feel so super sad at what happen to Peeta. Seriously, i read it till the end with no break at all just to see what will happen to them. Love was not a great part in the story but it was still a thing which drive the story forward.

Hunger games is a good story. Period.

The movie got some nice visual, decent storyline, the killing part kinda remained me of "Battle Royale" and those people from the Capitol got some colourful dressing & makeup lol . Overall movie is enjoyable imo.


Rating: 3.5/5

Just my two cents

Just came back from the movie.

Let's just get down to the bits I liked and did not like :

Liked :
- The story is futuristic Gladiator
- The chemistry between the characters
- The whole uprising/rebelion plot, again set in the future
- The contrast between futuristic and rural elements
- The Hunger Games themselves being brutal
- Incredible intensity to the start of the Hunger Games (the countdown, the silence)
- Amazing acting performances from pretty much everyone (except perhaps Peeta played by Josh Hutcherson, quite rigid but still OK)

Disliked :
- Shaky camera aka handheld method - - why oh why do they use this. The film started off with this method and kept going on and on. I was like "Oh dear". The last time I hated this so much was "Battle LA", while that movie was crap, this had real emotions but even so, disliked it. As the movie progressed, it stopped. Thank goodness. But no, it still didn't let up and fortunately the use of this method during say, running sequences was not so noticeable. It still crept up but not as bad as the beginning of the film.

- The darkness - - again, reading the book, you do get a sense of night/dark sequences but here it is quite possibly like a sigh of relief when things get brighter. I didn't like it, but I was engrossed enough in the movie that it didn't matter too much.

- The real brutality - - completely lacking. The book had you going "Ouch" and "Wow, that's cruel." But here, not so much. Typical loss of a book to movie adaptation. If you didn't read the book, you would view it as brutal enough but those who knew the source material know it could have been so much more darker. Yup, PG-13 is the real reason here. Pushing the violence further would not have given it this rating. Rue's ending was emotional, and well done.

- Not enough screen time for characters - - I felt that much of the characters here, including the other District tributes, Cinna, Effie and Haymitch was did not have enough screen time. What happened to the whole Katniss hates Haymitch, Haymitch favors Peeta, Cinna being the likeable one to Katniss? Nope. None of this really happened in the movie. Too bad though, because yes indeed the movie could have gone on without this but again, fans of the book you know what you're missing. As for the tributes, something simple as the name Foxface was used in the movie without any explanation. Really lacked any connection with the other tributes, in fact as they showed up you probably think you're seeing them the first time.



It felt rushed towards the end. And you do get the sense of it not being concluded. Bring on "Catching Fire", due for a 2013 release.

8/10

if i remembered correctly:

I can't believe this movie run time is 2 hours and 30 minutes, I didn't feel that long, unlike watching transformers there are certain parts i feel bontot kejang already, but this movie, none. I know the movie is long, but when i watched it, it doesn't feel like that eventho the movie is SOOOO simple. But overall nice, i like it.

Didn't know about the book until I saw the trailer..lol xD

The close-up shots were amazing and really captured the emotion of Katniss. Sound effects, could have done better for the action sequences.

Can't wait to watch the second part!

Anyone knows where to get the MockingJay Pin? Heard u need to buy the set of novels to get it 0.0

Agreed the violence in the movie have been massively reduced but I think it's to cater wider audience. The story still remains the same so enjoy the movie guys n gals!!! 10/10 for my :-) can't wait for Cathing Fire!!!

Guess what they call The Hunger Games in France?



This post has been edited by QuickFire: Mar 25 2012, 09:32 AM

Lol now that's funny. With cheese?

I will also like to know how to get the mockingjay pin. XD Seems nice to me.

this movie has 70m box office already lol.

just checked wiki

Where to watch??? Everywhere sold out!!!!

Everywhere so out? TGV and GSC got i think. Depends on where you are now

U kidding me ....I watched during 1st day at Summit USJ GSC...Not even full lolz

I like Foxface grab and run stunts, she is always a step ahead of Katniss and very cute.

No, that is a farewell gesture of District 12. Just that the District 11 citizens felt so moved that they went on a rebellion.

omg i feel the same!

haha. actually i like foxface in the book too.
but in the movie, she's cuter than what i imagined in the book haha