The Hunger Games

[natashaspy]

has anyone gone to see the movie The Hunger Games yet?  i've seen previews, looks pretty good but cant decide if i want to pay to see it or wait til the dvd comes out lol. 

[philly4life123]

Saw this movie last Saturday and it was amazing! I read the book as well and it was very entertaining. Can't wait to see the second movie already!

[imwicked]

has anyone gone to see the movie The Hunger Games yet?  i've seen previews, looks pretty good but cant decide if i want to pay to see it or wait til the dvd comes out lol. 

I loved the book and can't wait to see it on the big screen. But I am going to wait awhile so the crowds thin out.

[tashamjoy]

I didnt read the books but I did see the movie thought it was pretty good !!

[solarflare7]

I haven't seen it yet nor did i read the books but i'm still deciding if i want to go see it or not

 :-

[sunflowers20054u]

I went to go see the movie.  The movie was great, though I did not really like the "story behind why they did it"  Just like Titanic was good but it is a movie of many people passing away and a ship sinking.

[LenoraMinogue]

I loved the Hunger Games. That movie was even better than I expected.

[lvstephanie]

I haven't read the book(s) yet, but I just saw the movie last weekend... It was ok... Sort of an action movie, but it felt like a lot of the plot was glossed over. I'm pretty sure that the screen writers were trying to keep as close to the book(s) but time constraints (in terms of the movie length) kept them from fully exploring the plot. Also being an action movie, the audience is more excited about watching the action than in learning the backstory and digging into the plot.

(Spoiler alert... sort of)
For example, the introduction to the reason for the Hunger Games was that there was a civil war (?) and the losing side (traitors) had to enter into these hunger games as retribution for being traitors (still didn't know why they were called the "Hunger Games", just that they were). Later Katniss asks Gale (her friend in their village ("district")) how many times his name is entered in the hunger games drawing and he mentions several (I had thought prior to this that each person was entered in once). Still later Katniss mentions something about not entering their name in multiple times for food, and now I'm beginning to understand the underlying story a little better. I'm guessing that there was some war or uprising over food (or lack of) and the Hunger Games are a double edged sword where people can get food credits by entering their name in multiple times into the drawing. Unfortunately most of these statements were mentioned more as an aside and if you weren't paying full attention to the movie you may have missed it.

I also felt the timing of the movie was off... In the early part of the movie when Katniss is getting tips to winning the Hunger Games, there's mention of many survival skills (finding water is your biggest friend, etc.) which suggests that the games will take place over many days, even weeks or months (sort of like today's reality show Survivor). However from the movie it felt like everything happened within a few days, maybe a week tops. Again I think it was due more to the movie wanting to hit all the action whereas the book(s) may do more expository about the plot and character interaction.

I think I would probably enjoy the movie better if I had read the book first, but I also don't think that the movie was a complete waste of time or money. I'd be interested to here from people that have read the book and how they felt about the movie...

[natashaspy]

i havent read the book yet either, but have had several people compare it to Orwell's 1984 in a way...govt. ruling over everything completely... so i'm still undecided about going.  maybe i will check the book out first thanks all!

[PMZ908]

no......but im sure the book is better.

[joyroos18]

cant see well enough anymore to read a book so i guess the movie will have to do

[sgerman]

I really NEED to read the book- the 1st and the 2nd. All the hype is contagious and I want to read it. I will eventually and then I will see the movies. My suggestion is to always read the book BEFORE you watch the movie because there are usually drastic differences between the two.

[opalpapp]

 I didn't see the movie but I heard the book is better so I think I am going to read the book first then by DVD later.

[workmama]

No, I haven't seen the movie yet. I will wait for it to come out on DVD. I can't afford movie tickets now. In my city, they want $10 for one movie ticket! OUTRAGEOUS!!!!       I can get about 2 movies to own for that price, or I can go to my local movie rental store or Redbox and rent 5 movies to see for that price! I cannot wait for The Hunger Games to come out so I can relax and see it from home with my family. 

[bessie1111]

I saw it at a matinee with my son and friend.  My son read the book and said the movie was very close to the book.  My understanding (though not sure) that they are called the Hunger Games, is that the winning district gets more food rations for the next year.  Food is limited since the catastrophic war.  I thought the movie was intense, but good and would like to read the books.