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Book 1 of The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins.
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This is one that I liked just as much the 2nd time around too.
I reread it over Christmas and I liked it just as much as I did the first time. It's one of my favorite book series.I don't think I would mind if they made this book into a movie, it could be a really cool movie.
So long as they have the right actors - in other words, NOT Kristin Stewart.
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Agreed, but I'm not sure who I would want to be Katniss. She is so much a person in my head, that any actress I know from any other movie wouldn't click as her and any actress would (like Harry Potter) forever be know as Katniss Everdeen.
I feel the same way. And also I hope the roles of Gale and Peeta are fulfilled well. I feel like that guy from I Am Number Four would make a good Peeta. Alex Pettyfer. But it could also be some obscure actor I've never heard of - I'd actually probably prefer it that way, so the whole time I'm not thinking No, he's supposed to be [insert other character he's played here]!
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Yeah same. I haven't seen him either, just in previews.
Caitlin wrote: "A.S. Halsey wrote: "So long as they have the right actors - in other words, NOT Kristin Stewart."Agreed, but I'm not sure who I would want to be Katniss. She is so much a person in my head, that ..."
I completely agree with both of you. Katniss Everdeen will need just the right adtress to play her because her character is such a strong one. And for those of us who have read the books, once or more, will have either great like, or dislike for the actress they choose for her role.
She'd be such a hard role to play. She's really complicated and deep, which makes the books very interesting and relatable but could be problematic for the movie.
True. Movies are short and it's hard to get all of a character described and get people to connect with them when it would be someone like Katniss. One a side note my friend named her fish after Katniss, I love it.
I normally hate it when books/book series I like get made into movies because they don't usually translate well into movies because they can only put so much into a movie, and tend to leave out the really important stuff, or just change it altogether. But if they do really make a movie out of these I hope they do a good job of it. And find just the right actors/actresses because they can make or break a movie.
You guys have to see this, these kids did a really good job... i seriously almost cried. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_jw3z...
Its the scene when Rue dies...
I've read the whole trilogy! It was awsome!
My favorite book is the first, closely followed by the second. Mockingjay, I felt, was so different from the first two, to the point where it's hardly comparable. What I didn't like was that Suzanne Collins wrote in such a stereotypical love triangle. There really wasn't all that much room for romance in that trilogy - it was so packed with action and dystopia and desperation and insanity that the romance felt like it was added as a sort of afterthought. In my perspective, at least.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_jw3z...
Its the scene when Rue dies..."
I've seen it and love it and if they can do the movie like that I'll be pretty happy.
A.S. Halsey wrote: "My favorite book is the first, closely followed by the second. Mockingjay, I felt, was so different from the first two, to the point where it's hardly comparable. What I didn't like was that Suzann..."I'm glad she added the love triangle, it made it a little less depressing, in my oppinion.
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Same with me, they are all good but they slowly go down in quality for me.
I still need to read this series! I've heard so much about it, but only glanced once or twice. Didn't really think to read it. But now that they're about to make a movie on it, I want to read it before the movie comes out! I don't want the movie to change my opinion on whether to read the book or not.
Rae wrote: "You guys have to see this, these kids did a really good job... i seriously almost cried. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_jw3z...
Its the scene when Rue dies..."
I saw it. I cried :(
A new video from the same people who did the Rue video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mUjss...
This is a brief video of Haymitch's time from the Second Quarter Quell. I think this is talked about in Catching Fire. Here is some related info on Haymitch's time in the games taken from The Hunger Games Wikia website: "The 50th Hunger Games was the year of the second Quarter Quell. In honor of this anniversary, twice the number of regular tributes were sent into the arena, giving a total of 48 tributes. The Games were won by District 12's Haymitch Abernathy, who went on to mentor Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark in the 74th and 75th Games."
WARNING!: The video is a little bit graphic and gory but it is AWESOME!!!!!! Trust me! : )
I am afraid to even want to watch the movie. I loved the books so much, all of them, that I would hate to think what Hollywood might do to them. My only complaint about this amazing series.... I didn't want it to end!
It's really good book with sad, dramatic, romantic, and funny parts that makes me wan'a read it forever.
I always wanted to know why there is entertanment to the death, because all there is are good children fight to death, but I still love the awsomeness in it.
Jeremy wrote: "the hunger games is amazing the movie was awesome I can't wait to read the books"
Good!! You'll get so much more out of it. It's a complex book, but they did quite well with adapting it to the big screen. Jennifer Lawrence is brilliant which helps, but still...the book was so much better.
Good!! You'll get so much more out of it. It's a complex book, but they did quite well with adapting it to the big screen. Jennifer Lawrence is brilliant which helps, but still...the book was so much better.
I saw the movie this weekend, and i am sorry but i thought it was rubbish. I LOVED the books, but the movie tired, boring and lacked anything to make me feel for the characters. Even the action scenes within the games were boring, I liked that the stuck close to the books but where was the excitment, the tense atmosphere, The anger and resentment from Katniss, she just seemed bewildered like a cat in the headlights, which didn't come across in the books.It just lacked something for me (just my opinion of course) which is a shame because the books were just fantastic.
See I thought they nailed Katniss. She didn't feel anger and resentment in the first book; she couldn't "afford" to care enough about anything else but protecting her family. She didn't get all ticked off really until Mockingjay. Before that she was just scared and willing do anything to keep everyone she loved alive.
I agree about the movie making you not feel much for the characters, especially Rue. My emotion over her death came from what I knew to be true in the book, not because I watched them snuggle in a tree for a night. I also thought they screwed up Haymitch royally. My favorite scenes from the movie were the district 12 ones. I thought they infused the right amount of terror and despondence from the kids and parents, mixed with an an overall feeling of helplessness from being in such a crappy situation and it didn't feel overdone or dramatic.
I'm trying to keep my feelings about the book and movie separate, as hard as it is, because A LOT of people that I know saw the movie, loved it and now want to read the books. I call that mission accomplished :)
I agree about the movie making you not feel much for the characters, especially Rue. My emotion over her death came from what I knew to be true in the book, not because I watched them snuggle in a tree for a night. I also thought they screwed up Haymitch royally. My favorite scenes from the movie were the district 12 ones. I thought they infused the right amount of terror and despondence from the kids and parents, mixed with an an overall feeling of helplessness from being in such a crappy situation and it didn't feel overdone or dramatic.
I'm trying to keep my feelings about the book and movie separate, as hard as it is, because A LOT of people that I know saw the movie, loved it and now want to read the books. I call that mission accomplished :)
I agree Janice, if the movie makes people read the books then fair enough, I just hate it when a great series is followed by a below par movie.But i definitely agree that the District 12 scenes were done well, had a very World War 2 ghetto feel to it, very haunting.
Lindsay wrote: "Even the action scenes within the games were boring, I liked that the stuck close to the books but where was the excitment, the tense atmosphere, The anger and resentment from Katniss, she just seemed bewildered like a cat in the headlights, which didn't come across in the books."The only anger I got from Katniss was over Peeta teaming up with the career tributes. I didn't think she was angry over anything else in the first book.
As for bewilderment, she went from an impoverished part of Panem (which she had never left, except to hunt) to the rich part. Of course she's bewildered. She's in culture shock.
I've read THG three times and I so looked forward to this movie. I was bitterly disappointed. They just can't take a book written in first person POV and translate it. I'm surprised it's so popular.
I didn't care for the movie ether, but I would like to point out what I thought they did right. First off the pace of the film was perfect. It moved along just like the first book did and the audience was constantly being rewarded with plot development. However I felt that with the fast pace of the move they should have cut out some of the less important scenes to work on character development. They also could have spent less time having Katniss yell at the world and focused that time of things like making the audience care about Rue. I feel the root of the problem though is Suzanne Collins and her inability to write a screen play. Someone will probably hate me for this but I've never felt that she was a very good author, I think she told an amazing story but her writing style overall is pretty bad(I've only read THG trilogy so that is what I'm basing my opinion on.) So I wasn't really surprised that things like character development went to crap in a movie that she helped write the script for.
I was beyond amazed by the movie. Being a fan of the books for many years now (ok like 2...but I can't remember life before these wonderful books) I was very afraid that they would ruin it for me. I can truly say it did nothing of the sort. I still love the books much, much more but the movie definitely gave me a new way of looking at it. all in all, two thumbs up for the movie! I can't wait to go see it again!
It was like a drug and I couldn't stop reading them. I read all three books a little too quickly really as with the really good ones I try to take my time so I can stay in the pretend world of the book for a longer period of time. I just could not help my self and before I knew it I had read all three of them. :)
Bob wrote: "It was like a drug and I couldn't stop reading them. I read all three books a little too quickly really as with the really good ones I try to take my time so I can stay in the pretend world of the ..."I know the feeling exactly!!!
stayed up till 4 in th emorning for two weeks reading these. when i finished the first one at midnight, i jumped in my car to go to the supermarket to buy the second! there is no better feeling in all the world than being grabbed by a book like that
After going through a three day read-a-thon to finish this series, I went through a major downward spiral of depression that lasted about a week!! I had major Hunger Games withdrawal, I kept expecting to have more, more Peeta... More Katniss... Just more!! lol
My life. I've read it 5 times. This year.Well, each book 5 times this year.
Maria wrote: "After going through a three day read-a-thon to finish this series, I went through a major downward spiral of depression that lasted about a week!! I had major Hunger Games withdrawal, I kept expect..."I feel your pain!!!!
What is it with this book that drew us in? Every other dystopian book I've read from then on is always (unfairly) compared to it... Nothing ever does compare! After I finished the series I was so mad at myself for reading it so quickly!! I felt like a glutton, I should have savored every page!! lol.
I live in Japan and the movie finally came out at the cinema here last week. Was planning to go and see it this weekend. I write kind of young adult dystopian and wanted to know if it's better than my books. I don't pirate movies but the cinema is pricey here, so is it worth going to see or better to just wait for the DVD?
The movie is decent but you're better off reading the books for sure ;)
Maybe. I love a good action movie but I'm not sure the books will be gritty enough. I've seen all the Harry Potter films for example, but I gave up on the books after the first one.
Maria wrote: "What is it with this book that drew us in? Every other dystopian book I've read from then on is always (unfairly) compared to it... Nothing ever does compare! After I finished the series I was s..."I feel your pain!!!!
I loved all of these books. They were all amazing. I was very mad when Prim died though. It broke my heart :[. I still love these books and I always will <3.
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