The Hunger Games

[JoeyMoretz]

I also liked the Capitolians' sense of fashion. Maybe that's the future of a society influenced by Lady Gaga?

Could you imagine! Suicide rates would be going through the roof!

[justinodunn]

The Hunger Games was really good! Loved the movie, what will the second movie be about?

[JoeyMoretz]

The Hunger Games was really good! Loved the movie, what will the second movie be about?

Spoiler!

I think in the way they left the movie at the end, I think they set it up as though that man is on a mission to kill Katniss. I'm not sure.

[sandra]

I loved the movie. Loved it. A lot. I don't have a lot more to say, really. Except:

I also didn't like this idea of the people in the city wearing lots of bright colours and things like that. Weather the book mentions that or not I'm not sure, but I thought this brought the power of the feel down completely!

It's supposed to be that way, to contrast the poor quality of life the people in the 12 districts have with the very rich lifestyle of the capitol citizens. I understand it can be weird at first, their fashion sense is quite...unique, but I don't get how it can get "the power of the feel down completely"?

- The insane shaky cam during combat scenes. I hate when you can't follow fights in movies. It was kind of obnoxious.

Actually, I thought that was very well done! A girl on tumblr wrote a post about it, I'll just post it here, because she words everything perfectly.

What the scene conveyed to me was that as soon as the tributes stepped off their platforms, an additional layer was added to the movie - in that we’re watching something that is being watched by people within the text. Like a play-within-a-play, if you will. Only we’re shown by having the scenes in the Gamemaker’s room that The Games are filmed through the lens of entertainment; that people in the Capitol are watching these kids being slaughtered and enjoying it. Haymitch says earlier on in the film that “it’s a tv show”, Gale says “all they want is a good show”, but we, as viewers of the whole film and not just the Hunger Games, are not watching to be entertained, and instead we’re meant to be horrified and disgusted.

So instead of having the violent scenes meticulously shot and edited as they would be in-world, we see them instead through the eyes of Katniss - in the inital bloodbath scene she begins running towards the Cornucopia/the bow, only to stop almost involuntarily to watch the Careers running around decimating people. We see the chaos of the Games from Katniss’ eyes because they are not meant to be glorified to us, and if they had shot it like that tbh I think it would undermine the purpose of the film/novels as a whole.

So yeah, I think the camerawork throughout the whole film was very specifically rendered, and to great effect.

s: apriki

[LoveHurts]

I also liked the Capitolians' sense of fashion. Maybe that's the future of a society influenced by Lady Gaga?

Could you imagine! Suicide rates would be going through the roof!

Well I certainly would not be suiciding myself. I'd love it.

[Nirvana2K7]

Read the books a while back, saw the movie on Sunday and was very disappointed.

Some parts felt rushed in comparison to the book (which is to expected with any book to film adaptation) and I just generally didn't enjoy the film in the same way I did the books.

And yes, that shaky camera work was so annoying, it's such a common thing these days but I have no idea why because it's atrocious.

[JoeyMoretz]

I think films are getting worse IMO. Not that all of them are done badly, it's that they are all losing their originality. I mean you get films like Avatar which took the way we view movies to the next level, I think. Movies like that have people talking about them all day, every day. That doesn't happen anymore.

The last movie that had me talking about it non stop was Let Me In - hence, why I am here right now, I guess.

[justinodunn]

I think films are getting worse IMO. Not that all of them are done badly, it's that they are all losing their originality. I mean you get films like Avatar which took the way we view movies to the next level, I think. Movies like that have people talking about them all day, every day. That doesn't happen anymore.

The last movie that had me talking about it non stop was Let Me In - hence, why I am here right now, I guess.

Let Me In... A movie that made me think about it for days. Such a dark, and beautiful film. And yes you are right, movies like John Carter are getting so typical and boring in my opinion...

[Isabelle]

Not that all of them are done badly, it's that they are all losing their originality.

Yes. There are only a number of really, really great movies per year, and there's usually one or two that really blow your mind. That said, there are some majorly under-appreciated films out there, too.

About certain films bringing movie viewings to the next level, I think you're right about that too. We get these fantastic films like Hugo and Avatar, and that really raises the bar for how we see other ones. But that's not Hollywood's fault.

As for the originality, I, personally, think that Hollywood should stop with the remakes and start working on original screenplays. Believe it or not, I still have faith in Hollywood's ability to make wonderful, original movies.

[JoeyMoretz]

Isabelle, I think now we are waiting on the next generation of producers and writers to rise up to the task. Hollywood has seen too much of the big names now, their glory is limited.

But then, they say that experience is key above everything. But. Nowadays society likes youth to take it all by being adventurous. Hollywood needs to expend the expendables -- directors wise.