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 The Hunger Games Movie, From the book by Suzanne Collins

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post Mar 26 2012, 10:24 AM

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i didn't read the books.

the idea of this movie is good but i think it is being executed poorly. the movie contains much important scenes/points left unexplained and few flash back shot are done in a way/style that makes the flashback scene seems unnecessary to the movie.

there are few shots about surviving in this death game doesn't make sense as well. one of the example:
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and also, i think the ending aren't ended nice enough as it doesn't give a strong hint about a trilogy or what actually happened with the triangle relationship.
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post Mar 26 2012, 04:56 PM

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QUOTE(killdavid @ Mar 26 2012, 04:08 PM)
I guess watching Battle Royale first kinda stole the thunder away from The Hunger Games.
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somewhat agree
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post Mar 27 2012, 09:17 AM

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QUOTE(killdavid @ Mar 26 2012, 04:08 PM)
I guess watching Battle Royale first kinda stole the thunder away from The Hunger Games.
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i think you got the wrong idea of the thunder killdavid meant
QUOTE(Eisenmeteor @ Mar 26 2012, 06:03 PM)
Not exactly, though set in the future the story behind the games is different.

Battle Royale: Social problems rise among youth,resulted in the government allow the Battle Royale thing to happen

Hunger Games: 13 Districts tried to rebel, they failed then Panem have the games annually to remind the districts of their rebellion would cause two kids from each of their area to die each year. For Panem, its entertainment, for the 12 districts its not.
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both based on dictatorship, survival death games and what the audience gets or feel from watching both movie.

QUOTE(n00b13 @ Mar 27 2012, 02:21 AM)
There's something people seem to have missed in this movie, especially those who wondered why Katniss fell for Peeta so fast.

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the movie doesn't have a nice ending i mentioned earlier because it leaves the audiences that didn't read the books nor expecting a trilogy with hmm.gif rclxub.gif shocking.gif

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post Mar 28 2012, 10:30 AM

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QUOTE(alpha0201 @ Mar 27 2012, 08:56 PM)
i like this quote from one of the commenter at kotaku

"Do you know what they call The Hunger Games in Japan?"

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one of the commenter said: Za Hahnngah Gay-muzoo
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post Apr 4 2012, 02:28 PM

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QUOTE(Claire Farron @ Apr 4 2012, 12:51 PM)
Had any of you guys watched Battle Royale ?
did the writer of hunger games took a bit of inspiration form that movie/ novel ?

I just watched Battle Royale yesterday after seeing people comparing it to HG.
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the author claimed that she got inspired from reality shows & footage from invasion of iraq
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunger_Games#...ion_and_origins
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post Apr 6 2012, 11:39 PM

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QUOTE(elm0001 @ Apr 6 2012, 07:22 PM)
oh, i think you dont know what the careers are in this movie.

the careers have been training for the hunger games since when they're small.
they are not like peeta, who helped his parents in bakery shop and bake cakes.

the careers are stronger than him. you think he can do all those without experience -.-
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when it comes to life and death and being trapped in a game where only 1 alive and the rest killed. I dont think the people will consider who were they or experienced enough. more elaboration on the term killed?: stabbed, beheaded, exploded, shot to death, poisoned etc; waugh think all of this just makes me go insane enough to use whatever i have to survive. I mean, if i know i dont hv the chance to survive, why bother to play along?

It's the basic instinct of survival. Even when u accidentally touched a boiled hot water, u will shove ur hand away. It's all in programmed in your mind, experience is just to enhance and sharpen the skill.
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post Apr 9 2012, 02:00 PM

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QUOTE(n00b13 @ Apr 9 2012, 01:03 PM)
So instead of just waiting, better to risk burning to death? Again, this is your idea of "smart tactics"?  laugh.gif
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the enemies were actually waiting and sleeping in an open area. unsure.gif
though there would be more options in either escaping or killing.

You're in the Games, and you're up in a tree when the Career's come by, and decide to make camp nearby. You:
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post Apr 9 2012, 02:18 PM

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QUOTE(dlct87 @ Apr 9 2012, 02:01 PM)
her thigh was injured by the fire earlier on, and she don't have a weapon that can kill all of them in quick succession (until Rue pointed the tracker-jacker nest for her)
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she got medication and recovered quite fast from it. katniss knows how to make weapon from woods and she know how to survive in the jungles, based on the scenes where she tracks the fire, tracks, setting traps and etc. and yet, she chose to sleep due to tiredness.
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post Apr 9 2012, 02:25 PM

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QUOTE(dlct87 @ Apr 9 2012, 02:20 PM)
the medication effect was seen after she woke up from her sleep, so it wont matter either, and while she can make weapons from woods, its the bow that she's most proficient with, and there's obviously not enough materials for her to made one
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still, there are plenty of chances for both katniss and the careers to kill each other during that period of times and yet.. laugh.gif

it would be more fun and exciting to watch if they added something there or shorten the scene.
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post Apr 9 2012, 02:32 PM

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QUOTE(dlct87 @ Apr 9 2012, 02:28 PM)
well the career did tried to climb the tree (but failed because of size issue), tried to shoot her with the bow tongue.gif
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weren't the career trained? and they gave up with just one try? hmm.gif

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post Apr 9 2012, 02:41 PM

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QUOTE(dlct87 @ Apr 9 2012, 02:35 PM)
all i can say is the career got cocky and overestimated the situation, its a movie, this kind of stuff (bad guys letting good guys escape) happens all the time lol
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well, i would say it's not 'cocky', it's more like they were being turned into no-brainers(I don't know it's the author's fault or the director) and being indecisive(because they listened to Peeta's words) even though they are being highlighted as trained for the games.

i still would prefer that scene to be shorten or to add in extra interesting shots.
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post Apr 9 2012, 02:45 PM

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QUOTE(dlct87 @ Apr 9 2012, 02:35 PM)
both the careers and katniss was badly affected by the fire and was really worn out from that, so they just decided to deal with each other the next morning lol
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hmm.gif the careers doesn't seems to look tired or worn out.
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post Apr 9 2012, 02:59 PM

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QUOTE(n00b13 @ Apr 9 2012, 02:43 PM)
I don't see why this is an issue. He was trained to fight and kill, not necessarily to climb trees. And again, why waste energy climbing the tree when they can just wait for her to die?
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it's part of training in any of curriculum clubs camps or forces(armies, fire fighters, etc). maybe not on trees, but the purpose is to train to have sharp minds to overcome obstacle, which i think, is shown poorly in that scene.

if careers were trained since they're child, i would imagine they would go through something similar. so, i do have an issue in here, which is, either they show that careers are what they being said being trained for the games, or they shorten the the scene.
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post Apr 9 2012, 03:52 PM

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QUOTE(dlct87 @ Apr 9 2012, 03:44 PM)
we aren't likely to come to any kind of agreement on this, so lets just rest it before it turn into anything nasty shall we? laugh.gif
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