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The Hunger Games - Worthyness - 2012-03-27
I read a few reviews on the movie. Apparently, a lot of critics felt there should have been MORE gore to the movie instead of less. They also complained a lot about shaky cameras o_o
Glad I finished the book though. Now I can go watch the movie somewhere; someday when I have time T.T
The Hunger Games - Sarah - 2012-03-27
I watched it last night and found it very enjoyable.
The Hunger Games - Chicocl - 2012-03-28
Well I just started the book a couple hours ago, i'm at page 13x and i must say that it isn't a bad book but neither one of the best so far. I have read Sophia's world by jostein gaarder, I'm a legend from richard matherson, Harry potter saga, Lords of the ring saga and others (only one book of twilight because i had to for a literature class, i still regret it). The book is catchy, the times are fine (the flashbacks and the thinking of katniss), the back story is nice but there are some things i don't like, maybe it'll change in the future.
The Hunger Games - Polantaris - 2012-03-28
My Kindle gave me a free sample of the book (I think it's just the first chapter). I find it hard to read the writing style. There's a LOT of fragmented sentences in the author's writing. As much as I want to read the book, that's really a hard thing to get used to. I'm used to books where the author completes sentences, and doesn't constantly make use of one and two word sentences to bring out ideas. I have to question whether or not the publisher reviewed the book for grammar.
That being said, I'm interested in the movie still, even after reading this whole thread. It seems that the people who are annoyed are more annoyed over little details...stuff you couldn't possibly transmit 100% into the movie. It just will never happen. The only part that I can understand as a complaint is the apparent lack of character development in the movie. From reviews I've read, that's lacking in the first book as well. In fact, it's one of the main complaints I saw while looking over reviews in the Kindle Shop (After weeding out the "OMFG THES BEEK ES ARESUM," of course). Many people complained that they were unable to connect with Katniss emotionally because she seemed to be a drone in the first book. It also apparently is better later on, so I'm not surprised this is also a complaint in the movie.
Every time there's a movie based upon a book, there's always the few people who insist that it HAS to be more like the book. Are you sure about that? Would you really enjoy something that was EXACTLY the same in EVERY SINGLE WAY? Somehow I doubt it. Small changes here and there that do not change the premise, major story, nor conclusion, are welcome. Why do you want to know exactly everything that will happen? Why waste your money seeing that movie?
The Hunger Games - Blake - 2012-03-28
Haven't seen the movie yet, but I did just finish all the books a couple days ago. I am looking forward to seeing it, but I really don't think the movie could do justice to the book. A lot of the book is being inside the person's head, and without that, it's not going to be nearly as good.
Also, to another poster who mentioned it.. Could the blonde girl have been Glimmer? Glimmer was supposed to have blonde hair and green eyes I believe.
And to the person above, yes, I completely agree about the grammar of the book. It was atrocious. There were comma splices and incomplete sentences all up in that peach.
The Hunger Games - Worthyness - 2012-03-28
Blake Wrote:Haven't seen the movie yet, but I did just finish all the books a couple days ago. I am looking forward to seeing it, but I really don't think the movie could do justice to the book. A lot of the book is being inside the person's head, and without that, it's not going to be nearly as good.
Also, to another poster who mentioned it.. Could the blonde girl have been Glimmer? Glimmer was supposed to have blonde hair and green eyes I believe.
And to the person above, yes, I completely agree about the grammar of the book. It was atrocious. There were comma splices and incomplete sentences all up in that peach.
LOL I wouldn't know. The site that i was reading it on took out all the commas, the apostrophes, the quotation marks, and the structure (i.e. wall of text format). I still think that the writing was much better than Twilight (that was atrocious). I suppose it's a style of writing based on how we think. It;s not like we think in complete sentences every minute. I guess that's how writing is going these days- make it easier for people to figure out considering the way US english is going...
The Hunger Games - Polantaris - 2012-03-28
Worthyness Wrote:LOL I wouldn't know. The site that i was reading it on took out all the commas, the apostrophes, the quotation marks, and the structure (i.e. wall of text format). I still think that the writing was much better than Twilight (that was atrocious). I suppose it's a style of writing based on how we think. It;s not like we think in complete sentences every minute. I guess that's how writing is going these days- make it easier for people to figure out considering the way US english is going...
I never read Twilight, maybe I'll try to get a sample of that to bleed out my eyes.
Books are supposed to be the one thing that supports proper grammar and spelling. It's a horrible thing when you see a book that does the opposite of it's job. Sure, they're supposed to invoke imagination and what not as well, but the last few years have shown that to be dead as well (with rare exceptions).
The Hunger Games - Chicocl - 2012-03-29
I just finished reading the first book and I must say that i had a connection with Katniss character but Peeta was horrible, I felt like watching futurama when Leela protects Fry. Hope the next book is better because right now it feels like if the characters had an adventure but never evolved.
The Hunger Games - Raph589 - 2012-03-29
Catching Fire is better, at least, in my opinion. But Peeta... let's just say he doesn't really evolve until Mockingjay =/
The Hunger Games - icephoenix21 - 2012-03-29
In all honesty, all the hype about it makes me not want to read or see it; although ironically enough I'm being dragged to see it in a few hours.
The Hunger Games - Worthyness - 2012-03-30
icephoenix21 Wrote:In all honesty, all the hype about it makes me not want to read or see it; although ironically enough I'm being dragged to see it in a few hours.
The way I see it, you can only truly complain about the hype if you've experienced it as well. I don't like it when people complain about how "overhyped" something is without experiencing it themselves. Which is why i couldn't stand twilight- I read a few chapters and I couldn't continue because the writing was so bad and the plot was just so... terrible. I watched the movies too just so I could say something about it >.O
The hyper fans of of the series' generally counter your argument with "OMG did u lyk not read any of it? u shuldnt cumplan if u didnt read it frst"
The Hunger Games - icephoenix21 - 2012-03-30
Worthyness Wrote:The way I see it, you can only truly complain about the hype if you've experienced it as well. I don't like it when people complain about how "overhyped" something is without experiencing it themselves. Which is why i couldn't stand twilight- I read a few chapters and I couldn't continue because the writing was so bad and the plot was just so... terrible. I watched the movies too just so I could say something about it >.O
The hyper fans of of the series' generally counter your argument with "OMG did u lyk not read any of it? u shuldnt cumplan if u didnt read it frst"
I dunno, that's just the type of person I generally am. I don't really hop on bandwagons per se, or at least not at first.
The movie was decent, though.
The Hunger Games - Razmos - 2012-04-01
Happy April Fools!
Hint: All the achievements are possible to obtain
And may the odds be ever in your favor.
The Hunger Games - Jon - 2012-04-01
Razmos Wrote:Happy April Fools!That was so beautiful.
Hint: All the achievements are possible to obtain
And may the odds be ever in your favor.