So how do folks here feel about The Hunger Games? Having no particular attachment to the source material, I thought it felt like a fun throwback to stuff like Logan's Run and Rollerball, where everybody assumed that in the future, fashion would be wacky and TV shows would kill people. The emphasis on ability to manipulate the media being a survival skill on a par with archery was a nice touch too.
Anyway, I don't know how avidly you'd like me to follow developments, but Elizabeth Banks has revealed the first teaser poster, and it totally has that Logan's Run vibe to it, as well as a callback to fascist architecture...
[UPDATE: There's another one.]
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I never read the book and despite everyone I know saying the movie was terrible, I quite liked it. I found the world it was set in to be very interesting. I wanted to see more of it, and less of the Games themselves, to be honest.
I love sci-fi that embraces weird make-up and crazy clothing. It's just so much more fun and visually interesting.
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@Bearr Haha, I first read your sentence as you "despise everyone" you know that didn't like the movie; and thought "wow, that is really defensive of a film."
Anyway, getting to see the world in the movie is pretty cool. You actually get to see a lot more of the world in which they live through the movie rather than the book. The book is a first person narrative, so if Katniss doesn't see or hear it, neither do you. During the games in the book you can see how very cut off and isolated Katniss must feel, and can only guess what Haymitch is doing to help her (if anything).
I loved the books and the first movie didn't stray too far from the source material. And this poster is awesome, so yes, cover it.
I did like the books, for the most part. They are quick reads, so if your evenings are free you could probably get through all 3 in a week or so.
I don't really remember thinking much about the first movie. There was definitely some cool stuff in it, but I honestly can't remember all the details to say exactly what I liked and what I didn't like. I do remember thinking how much the violence was toned down from the book, and thinking the love interest was not really well cast.
I didn't like or hate this book. I didn't bother with the first movie. Maybe after they all come out (and I've forgotten certain details) I will borrow them all and do a marathon.
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The books are great fun, even though the second one is a bit of a retread of the first one. Loved the last one, though.
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Reminds me of this...
http://www.lindsayfincher.com/gallery/d/20578-2/dprk_workers_party_monument_08.JPG
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The original Rollerball and Logan's Run were great, you don't see movies like that anymore. They didn't feel the need to hand hold the audience and took the time to set things up. That's all I have to say about that.
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I really enjoyed the books, I thought the movie was cast well but played out poorly. To be fair, I don't think they could have really done the book justice the way it was written.
I'm not thrilled about the casting for Finnick in this movie, primarily because his main physical characteristic is that he is ridiculously built and gorgeous and the heartthrob of the nation, and the guy they have picked is "meh" at best. Hopefully his acting makes up for it. Anyway, I'm going to keep my expectations extremely low.
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Is Jennifer Lawrence still involved with the movies? Yes? Then you have my 'OK' to cover them.
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Considering that the first movie has already made her a multi-millionaire........yeah, she's still doin' them
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It looks like they are standing in front of some device Cobra might use to try to take over the world.
I'm a fan of the books and I quite enjoyed the movie. This is a pretty sweet poster....but it doesn't really give any information about the movie for a non-reader. That kind of defeats the purpose of a movie poster in general
