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"The Hunger Games" (sudden smash movie)
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Posted on 03/24/2012 4:50:45 PM PDT by Cringing Negativism Network

It seems a box office phenomenon is happening right now.

"The Hunger Games", from previews, seems to be setting all sorts of records this weekend.

Very captivating camera work, and a sort of 'blade runner' sort of theme it would seem.


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: boxoffice; drudgereport; hollyweird; thehungergames
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To: cripplecreek

Hadn’t heard of this story. Thanks.


41 posted on 03/24/2012 5:50:08 PM PDT by rabidralph
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To: Mangia E Statti Zitto

My 14-year old daughter has a good eye, and thought the shaky camera was to show the difference between District 12 and the nice Capitol district - where the camera was in focus and not shaky from then on out. Sort of like in the Wizard of Oz.

As a 51-year old guy that hadn’t read the book, I really enjoyed the movie.


42 posted on 03/24/2012 5:50:39 PM PDT by 21twelve
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To: Cringing Negativism Network

The left hijacked it of course.

It’s more of “The Running Man” novel by Stephen King. Not the movie adaption with Ahnold.

Frankly I am tired of movies where waif girls beat all the larger boys and men. That’s not how it woudl really go down and I cannot suspend disbelief enough to stomach it.


43 posted on 03/24/2012 5:55:31 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

It is violent, but I don’t think it is any worse than what you might see on a T.V. show. However, there was a boy sitting next to us that was 9 or 10 and my wife exclaimed that he was too young. After the death of a special character he and his death left. Although the death was not too graphic or violent, combined with good character development it left me with a tear in my eye.


44 posted on 03/24/2012 5:55:31 PM PDT by 21twelve
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To: Cringing Negativism Network

That’s not a real trailer. It is a fan production, but pretty good for conveying the mood of the contest.


45 posted on 03/24/2012 5:55:44 PM PDT by Truth29
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To: 21twelve

Didnt Schlinders list have the shaky camera at times to show the intensity of the situation? When the capitol police were lining up the children for the reaping was when i noticed the shakiness. Hard scenes to watch as a parent.


46 posted on 03/24/2012 5:56:37 PM PDT by EmilyGeiger
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To: Mrs. Don-o
Suzanne Collins says she got the idea for The Hunger Games while sleepily flicking channels between some reality-show game and footage of the invasion of Iraq until the images began to blur in her mind.

Right, the po' folks send their kids to the meatgrinder while the chickenhawks get fatter. The Iraq war, er, I mean the hunger games, are just entertainment for the wealthy.

There’s also an economic-oppression angle: Poor citizens can barter for food and other necessities by increasing the number of times their names go into the pool for the lottery. Thus, the rich are sheltered, and the poor are disproportionately at risk.

Ah, of course, an "economic oppression" angle!

And I notice that Woody Harrelson and Lenny Kravitz are listed as producers. Who here thinks these guys would put their names on something with a real conservative message?

I can see this thing from a mile away. It is indeed leftist agitprop. Conservatives who see a conservative message in this film are being punked just like the ones who thought Avatar was about respecting property rights.

47 posted on 03/24/2012 6:04:44 PM PDT by Yardstick
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To: Truth29

Provided the budget can support, look for an IMAX showing nearby. It is a little more expensive, but that may cut the crowd when running side by side with regular prints. Also, go on line and use a ticketing service (like Fandango) for that location, if possible, and book your tickets in advance.

That is great advice. Thank you. I will try that. I especially like the IMAX idea. I am not sure why I didn’t think of it. Most likely because it is about 45 minutes from me, but that would be worth the trip.


48 posted on 03/24/2012 6:06:31 PM PDT by napscoordinator (A moral principled Christian with character is the frontrunner! Congrats Santorum!)
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To: Cringing Negativism Network

I decided to take my 18 year old son out to see it as a surprised, after I bought the tickets and was in a terribly long line inside the theater he then tells me he saw it yesterday on a school class field trip.

So I returned the tickets for a refund.

It was a multiplex theater house and even with multiple showings it was sold out every single show.

I’ll wait for it to come out on Blueray, funny thing is when the overhyped Girl with the Dragon Tatto came out I passed up on it, picked up the BD movie and I must say it was actually extremely good!


49 posted on 03/24/2012 6:09:01 PM PDT by Eye of Unk (Liberals need not reply.)
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To: vladimir998

I’ve never heard of the book and am very skeptical about anything coming out from Hollywood. Just watched the movie with my wife and highly recommend it, powerful and disturbing, in my opinion...


50 posted on 03/24/2012 6:09:01 PM PDT by exinnj
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To: Cringing Negativism Network
my granddaughter, age 10 loves the books and can't wait to see it in the mall (here in the Philippines) this afternoon. HollywoodJesus has a review HERE
51 posted on 03/24/2012 6:11:38 PM PDT by LadyDoc
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To: 21twelve

I think a lot of the shaky camera was to blur the fact that children are being murdered, especially at the Cornucopia at the beginning.


52 posted on 03/24/2012 6:13:44 PM PDT by melissa_in_ga (Laz would hit it.)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

I hate violent movies so I doubt I’ll see this one.


53 posted on 03/24/2012 6:15:54 PM PDT by KansasGirl
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To: LadyDoc
Collins: It tackles "issues like severe poverty, starvation, oppression, and the effects of war among others."

I'd like to see a listing of her recent political donations.

54 posted on 03/24/2012 6:21:24 PM PDT by Yardstick
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To: Cringing Negativism Network

More like a Battle Royale thing.


55 posted on 03/24/2012 6:21:41 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Barack Obama continued to sponsor Jeremiah Wright after he said "G.D. AMERIKKA!"Where's the outrage?)
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To: I cannot think of a name

Sex in movies does not influence the culture.
Product placement in movies does not influence the culture.
Liberal propaganda in movies does not affect the culture.
Profanity in movies does not affect the culture.
Song placement in movies does not affect the culture.

But smoking and fake gun violence affects the culture negatively.

Odd how that works.


56 posted on 03/24/2012 6:24:24 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Barack Obama continued to sponsor Jeremiah Wright after he said "G.D. AMERIKKA!"Where's the outrage?)
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To: melissa_in_ga

Oh - you are right - they do have it very close, shakey and lots of motion so that you get the idea of the chaos of the battle, but no details.


57 posted on 03/24/2012 6:26:59 PM PDT by 21twelve
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To: Cringing Negativism Network

My 12-year-old son and I saw it today. We both thought it was excellent. Here’s my synopsis: two kids from the flyover beat the spiritually and morally bankrupt cosmopolitan elites at their own game, and strike a blow for freedom.

My son and I had a good discussion over pizza afterward. We talked about freedom, decency, courage, and human dignity, and how the various characters represented, or failed to represent, those things.

There is no sexual content. The romance between the hero and heroine is distinctly old-fashioned. He had loved her from afar since they were children, and was prepared to sacrifice himself for her.


58 posted on 03/24/2012 6:31:29 PM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (I don't have a blog to pimp, nor would I pimp it if I had one. I swear.)
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To: a fool in paradise
There's been a LOT of discussion how the novel version of The Hunger Games reminds people a lot of Koushun Takani's famous novel Battle Royale. However, Suzanne Collins, the author of The Hunger Games, has said publicly a number of times she never knew of Takani's novel until after The Hunger Games was published in 2008.
59 posted on 03/24/2012 6:38:50 PM PDT by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's economic cure)
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To: Babba Gi

She wasn’t too fit for her character.

Her character should have been an athletic outdoorsy girl.

She has a big butt and thighs that they spent the whole show hiding.

She looks like she is a “jogger trying to cut weight” not a runner on semi-starvation diet.

She did a decent job of it - but she looked like her character would look - after 2 kids.

After the movie - I though it was OK - they had to make it for mass market. But I would LOVE to see an X rated movie version - that let it get as dark as the thinking behind it is. Would be a masterpiece.

Also - the film editing - ever shot was like 5 seconds long. And close cropped.


60 posted on 03/24/2012 6:40:44 PM PDT by Eldon Tyrell
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