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The Hunger Games: Grade, Review, Discuss, Sequel news **SPOILERS**

How would you rate The Hunger Games?

  • A

    Votes: 37 45.1%

  • B

    Votes: 30 36.6%

  • C

    Votes: 10 12.2%

  • D

    Votes: 1 1.2%

  • F

    Votes: 4 4.9%
  • Total voters
    82
  • Poll closed .
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Every year in the ruins of what was once North America, the evil Capitol of the nation of Panem forces each of its twelve districts to send a teenage boy and girl to compete in the Hunger Games. A twisted punishment for a past uprising and an ongoing government intimidation tactic, The Hunger Games are a nationally televised event in which "Tributes" must fight with one another until one survivor remains.

Pitted against highly-trained Tributes who have prepared for these Games their entire lives, Katniss is forced to rely upon her sharp instincts as well as the mentorship of drunken former victor Haymitch Abernathy. If she’s ever to return home to District 12, Katniss must make impossible choices in the arena that weigh survival against humanity and life against love.

THE HUNGER GAMES is directed by Gary Ross, with a screenplay by Gary Ross and Suzanne Collins and Billy Ray, and produced by Nina Jacobson’s Color Force in tandem with producer Jon Kilik. Suzanne Collins’ best-selling novel, the first in a trilogy published by Scholastic that has over 23.5 million copies in print in the United States alone, has developed a massive global following.
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Lead up was discussed here in case you are just becoming aware of the movie and the ensuing phenomenon. The movie opens in 3 days and tracking indicates that The Hunger Games is poised to blow open March records. The current record holder is Alice in Wonderland from two years ago.
Crazy speculation that Lionsgate’s The Hunger Games could gross $125 million its opening 3-day weekend beginning this Friday is more and more looking like reality.
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In the past 12 days I finally read the first book and I must say it was a fast and fun read. The last 2/3 of the book are something of a page turner with only one real slow up in tension.

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So RATE, REVIEW, DISCUSS and may the odds be ever in it's favor!
 
The reviews look good so far, which is encouraging. I liked the trilogy a lot, though I think the first is the strongest of the bunch.
 
The reviews seem to be positive so far, if not overwhelming in love with the movie. I'll be keeping an eye on it.
 
Been wondering about this movie, is this another Twilight or something that is worth watching?
 
Is Katniss not supposed to be white? I just read the book and all I can think of is they say people from 12 have a drab olive colored skin? I didn't take that to mean being a minority?
 
Mr Light said:
Is Katniss not supposed to be white? I just read the book and all I can think of is they say people from 12 have a drab olive colored skin? I didn't take that to mean being a minority?
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There was a bit of controversy around that in fan circles, because a lot of readers had taken that description to mean she might be mixed race.

It's not nearly on the level of The Last Airbender or anything like that, because her race was never stated in the books. I think the biggest issue was that the casting notices unambiguously stated that they wanted a white Katniss when the descriptions of her in the book would have allowed for a range of different races to play her.
 
I've been described as having "olive skin" at times depending on whose doing the commenting. You'd call me "white" though.
She is from District 12 that mines coal. I take that to be the former West Virginia area or even lower south cause the book specifically says they are in Appalachia. That range runs from WV down into TN but the coal rich portions of the range are more in KY, WV and the northern parts of the range. These mining areas have been mostly white for a long time, no reason to think that even in a dystopian world that should change too much. I see no casting "race bending" issues at hand.
 
Collins said in the past there was a lot of racial mixing in the future. Katniss' physical description (olive skin, dark hair) could fit any number of racial backgrounds, and I don't have a problem with Lawrence playing the part (she's been made up suitably), but I think it's legitimate to complain that an ambiguous physical description was explicitly made white before the cast process had even started, when any number of other backgrounds could also have fit.
 
Since the movie isn't even out yet, I wonder who the three assholes are who already rated this an "F?"

We just discussed this book for book club last night, and I'm looking forward to the movie this weekend. Completely different experience from Twilight. Hunger Games has a plot and is written by someone who continued learning after Kindergarten.
 
It hadn't occurred to me look at the poll results yet cause, well it's not out yet. That is a severe case of drive by biased voting. Wish as the OP I could scrub those out. They clearly aren't legit.
 
Of course it's possible that they've seen the film since it's available through illegal means already...but I doubt it. They're just trolls.
 
Predictions of imminent blockbusterdom.

With The Hunger Games set to open this weekend, analysts believe it could be the first huge blockbuster of the year. (Sorry, John Carter.) So big, in fact, that it could make well over its production budget with its opening weekend box office take. That ain't bad.

The film, based on the young adult novel by Suzanne Collins, cost about $90 million to make--not a monster budget, but definitely not a small investment. For comparison, the epic box-office sci-fi dud John Carter cost $250 million and recorded a net loss of $200 million.

Judging by the recent estimates from industry analysts, The Hunger Games could make more than half of what John Carter lost—or 150 percent of its budget—in its first week in theaters.
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In addition to being FAR better marketed (I've never read The Hunger Games novels, but the ads grabbed me from the start), the movie benefits from having a lead actor who can project charisma even through the brief snippets that pre-release marketing affords.

I already know and like Jennifer Lawrence's Katniss just based on seeing about 12 seconds of her, total; I still have no clue who Taylor Kitsch's John Carter is supposed to be, and I've read all the John Carter novels. I can only imagine how befuddled people must be who've never heard of ERB.
 
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