The Hunger Games (1 Viewer)

[joker]

Saw the movie on Friday w/my step-daughter and thought it was really good. She loved it so much she went back with her mother and sister the next day, and she wants to see it again this weekend. For a long movie I really didn't think it dragged on much if at all. The bottom line for me is if I've been entertained, and it was definitely worth the price of admission.

PS -

Spoiler

not having read the books, can someone tell me how Peeta got his wound in the book? How is it a piece of character development as noted above a few posts ago?

PPS - this wasn't as violent as some have made it out to be, IMHO

 

[LAUNCH]

I haven't read the books and rarely watch any movies. Do I need to go see this? Am I going to be the only person who hasn't seen it if I don't? I haven't read much of the thread.Please advise.

No. God no. It's a movie based on a successful series of young adult novels. Did you see Twilight? Not saying they're the same thing thematically but they were hyped because of the popularity of the books (especially with young females).

I've read the series and while I guess my daughters may be able to relate better because they are told the ages of the tributes, but I think that had the tributes been in their 20's or 30's I can't really see how this would have changed anything in the story. The main characters tend to act more rational and adult like than many of the actual adults.

 

[Kirby]

Saw the movie on Friday w/my step-daughter and thought it was really good. She loved it so much she went back with her mother and sister the next day, and she wants to see it again this weekend. For a long movie I really didn't think it dragged on much if at all. The bottom line for me is if I've been entertained, and it was definitely worth the price of admission.PS - not having read the books, can someone tell me how Peeta got his wound in the book? How is it a piece of character development as noted above a few posts ago?PPS - this wasn't as violent as some have made it out to be, IMHO

I didn't think it dragged either. Was suprised how fast it went.Cato cut him with a sword like they said... he saw Peeta helping Katniss get away after the tracker jackers stung her. I don't know how it was a piece of character development though.Yea... i was hoping for more graphic kills... disappointing.

 

[Chaka]

Saw the movie on Friday w/my step-daughter and thought it was really good. She loved it so much she went back with her mother and sister the next day, and she wants to see it again this weekend. For a long movie I really didn't think it dragged on much if at all. The bottom line for me is if I've been entertained, and it was definitely worth the price of admission.PS - not having read the books, can someone tell me how Peeta got his wound in the book? How is it a piece of character development as noted above a few posts ago?PPS - this wasn't as violent as some have made it out to be, IMHO

Spoiler

At the point when Katniss drops the wasp nest and has that hallucinatory experience the audience is of the belief that Peeta has joined up with the kids from district 1 & 2 and is helping them to hunt Katniss. When Kat gets the bow but just kind of sits there Peeta runs up to her and tells her to run, while the kid from district 1 is running up behind Peeta. In the film we are not sure if it's a hallucination or reality. It did happen, Peeta got her to run and turned to fight with the kid from district 1 to protect Katniss. That is when he was wounded but he managed to escape, because everyone was hallucinating from the wasp stings.It was an important moment because it demonstrated that Peeta wasn't lying about being in love with Katniss and joined the other kids as a means of helping her. Essentially he always had the intention of sacrificing himself to save her.

ETA They did a good job handling the violence in the film.

 

[wadegarrett]

I have never read any of the books, and thought the movie was just OK.

I didn't read the book, and I thought it was just ok. Actually, no, the first half was really good, but once they set foot in the arena it started to go downhill. For a movie based on a fight to the death, there was shockingly little action on screen. I felt jipped in a way.

These.

 

[Steve Tasker]

I haven't read the books and rarely watch any movies. Do I need to go see this? Am I going to be the only person who hasn't seen it if I don't? I haven't read much of the thread.Please advise.

No. God no. It's a movie based on a successful series of young adult novels. Did you see Twilight? Not saying they're the same thing thematically but they were hyped because of the popularity of the books (especially with young females).

I didn't see Twilight and have no intention to see it. I see these books compared to the Harry Potter series a bit...I read the first HP book and loved it and got extremely bored during the second and never finished it (and subsequently never read any of the rest). I've seen at least 3 of the movies because my brother was a big fan and while I didn't hate them, I'm certainly not going to be watching them again on my own.I was just confused because a group of my friends (25-26 year old guys) were all making plans to see the movie this upcoming weekend. They're big into superhero movies and the LOTR films...definitely not Twilight, though...at least not that they'd admit publicly.

 

[Rick James]

I thought the "bad guys" (Cato and crew) were poorly written, also.

 

[SmoovySmoov]

Loving the irony of people coming in here for no other reason than to make fun of a film/book, they have never read, for being childish.

I'm loving that a grown man gets so defensive over a series of books aimed at tweens.

 

[Idiot Boxer]

My kid was reading "Diary of Anne Frank" but since the protaganist was a young girl, I figured it must be kiddie lit...so I was going to read Ol' Yeller instead. But gave it to my dog.

 

[The Doctor]

wakka wakka

 

[Chaka]

Loving the irony of people coming in here for no other reason than to make fun of a film/book, they have never read, for being childish.

I'm loving that a grown man gets so defensive over a series of books aimed at tweens.

Nice try you mature adult you.

 

[Marvin]

My kid was reading "Diary of Anne Frank" but since the protaganist was a young girl, I figured it must be kiddie lit...so I was going to read Ol' Yeller instead. But gave it to my dog.

The Hunger Games is a young adult novel written by Suzanne Collins. It was first published on September 14, 2008, by Scholastic, in hardcover.

Scholastic Inc. is the world's largest publisher and distributor of children's books.

Young-adult fiction or young adult literature (often abbreviated as YA),[1][2] also juvenile fiction, is fiction written, published, or marketed to adolescents and young adults, approximately ages 10 to 20.[3] The Young Adult Library Services (YALSA) of the American Library Association (ALA) defines a young adult as "someone between the ages of twelve and eighteen". Authors and readers of young adult (YA) novels often define the genre as "literature written for ages ranging from ten years up to the age of twenty" (Cole). Another, though somewhat controversial, definition is that Young Adult Literature is any text being read by adolescents. Accordingly, the terms young-adult novel, juvenile novel, young-adult book, etc. refer to the works in the YA category.

No reason you can't enjoy it, Kylie.

 

[Marvin]

I haven't read the books and rarely watch any movies. Do I need to go see this? Am I going to be the only person who hasn't seen it if I don't? I haven't read much of the thread.

Please advise.

No. God no. It's a movie based on a successful series of young adult novels. Did you see Twilight? Not saying they're the same thing thematically but they were hyped because of the popularity of the books (especially with young females).

I didn't see Twilight and have no intention to see it. I see these books compared to the Harry Potter series a bit...I read the first HP book and loved it and got extremely bored during the second and never finished it (and subsequently never read any of the rest). I've seen at least 3 of the movies because my brother was a big fan and while I didn't hate them, I'm certainly not going to be watching them again on my own.I was just confused because a group of my friends (25-26 year old guys) were all making plans to see the movie this upcoming weekend. They're big into superhero movies and the LOTR films...definitely not Twilight, though...at least not that they'd admit publicly.

There are grown men that dress up like stuffed animals and rub all over each other at conventions too.

 

[Psychopav]

Saw the movie on Friday w/my step-daughter and thought it was really good. She loved it so much she went back with her mother and sister the next day, and she wants to see it again this weekend. For a long movie I really didn't think it dragged on much if at all. The bottom line for me is if I've been entertained, and it was definitely worth the price of admission.

PS - not having read the books, can someone tell me how Peeta got his wound in the book? How is it a piece of character development as noted above a few posts ago?

PPS - this wasn't as violent as some have made it out to be, IMHO

I haven't read the books but now that I saw the flick w/ 2 of my kids, I will be. Please don't unspoil spoiler tags. The bolded is the first I've heard of this because the post you refer to used spoiler tags. Thanks.

 

[Kirby]

Saw the movie on Friday w/my step-daughter and thought it was really good. She loved it so much she went back with her mother and sister the next day, and she wants to see it again this weekend. For a long movie I really didn't think it dragged on much if at all. The bottom line for me is if I've been entertained, and it was definitely worth the price of admission.PS - not having read the books, can someone tell me how Peeta got his wound in the book? How is it a piece of character development as noted above a few posts ago?PPS - this wasn't as violent as some have made it out to be, IMHO

Spoiler

At the point when Katniss drops the wasp nest and has that hallucinatory experience the audience is of the belief that Peeta has joined up with the kids from district 1 & 2 and is helping them to hunt Katniss. When Kat gets the bow but just kind of sits there Peeta runs up to her and tells her to run, while the kid from district 1 is running up behind Peeta. In the film we are not sure if it's a hallucination or reality. It did happen, Peeta got her to run and turned to fight with the kid from district 1 to protect Katniss. That is when he was wounded but he managed to escape, because everyone was hallucinating from the wasp stings.It was an important moment because it demonstrated that Peeta wasn't lying about being in love with Katniss and joined the other kids as a means of helping her. Essentially he always had the intention of sacrificing himself to save her.

ETA They did a good job handling the violence in the film.

Spoiler

I thought that it came through that it wasn't a hallucination. It showed Peeta telling her to run, then she goes into the hallucination back in her district and her mom tells her to run but with Peeta's voice and she snaps back to reality to see Peeta telling her to run. I thought that was the point of showing him first and last.

 

[Idiot Boxer]

My kid was reading "Diary of Anne Frank" but since the protaganist was a young girl, I figured it must be kiddie lit...so I was going to read Ol' Yeller instead. But gave it to my dog.

The Hunger Games is a young adult novel written by Suzanne Collins. It was first published on September 14, 2008, by Scholastic, in hardcover.

Scholastic Inc. is the world's largest publisher and distributor of children's books.

Young-adult fiction or young adult literature (often abbreviated as YA),[1][2] also juvenile fiction, is fiction written, published, or marketed to adolescents and young adults, approximately ages 10 to 20.[3] The Young Adult Library Services (YALSA) of the American Library Association (ALA) defines a young adult as "someone between the ages of twelve and eighteen". Authors and readers of young adult (YA) novels often define the genre as "literature written for ages ranging from ten years up to the age of twenty" (Cole). Another, though somewhat controversial, definition is that Young Adult Literature is any text being read by adolescents. Accordingly, the terms young-adult novel, juvenile novel, young-adult book, etc. refer to the works in the YA category.

No reason you can't enjoy it, Kylie.

Get off my lawn Gramps.

 

[Marvin]

My kid was reading "Diary of Anne Frank" but since the protaganist was a young girl, I figured it must be kiddie lit...so I was going to read Ol' Yeller instead. But gave it to my dog.

The Hunger Games is a young adult novel written by Suzanne Collins. It was first published on September 14, 2008, by Scholastic, in hardcover.

Scholastic Inc. is the world's largest publisher and distributor of children's books.

Young-adult fiction or young adult literature (often abbreviated as YA),[1][2] also juvenile fiction, is fiction written, published, or marketed to adolescents and young adults, approximately ages 10 to 20.[3] The Young Adult Library Services (YALSA) of the American Library Association (ALA) defines a young adult as "someone between the ages of twelve and eighteen". Authors and readers of young adult (YA) novels often define the genre as "literature written for ages ranging from ten years up to the age of twenty" (Cole). Another, though somewhat controversial, definition is that Young Adult Literature is any text being read by adolescents. Accordingly, the terms young-adult novel, juvenile novel, young-adult book, etc. refer to the works in the YA category.

No reason you can't enjoy it, Kylie.

Get off my lawn Gramps.

Have fun with your berks, Ashley.

 

[wadegarrett]

I thought the "bad guys" (Cato and crew) were poorly written, also.

Poorly written and poorly cast IMO.

 

[bigbottom]

I thought the "bad guys" (Cato and crew) were poorly written, also.

Poorly written and poorly cast IMO.

They were pretty one-dimensional in the book as well.

 

[Psychopav]

I haven't read the books and rarely watch any movies. Do I need to go see this? Am I going to be the only person who hasn't seen it if I don't? I haven't read much of the thread.

Please advise.

No. God no. It's a movie based on a successful series of young adult novels. Did you see Twilight? Not saying they're the same thing thematically but they were hyped because of the popularity of the books (especially with young females).

I didn't see Twilight and have no intention to see it. I see these books compared to the Harry Potter series a bit...I read the first HP book and loved it and got extremely bored during the second and never finished it (and subsequently never read any of the rest). I've seen at least 3 of the movies because my brother was a big fan and while I didn't hate them, I'm certainly not going to be watching them again on my own.I was just confused because a group of my friends (25-26 year old guys) were all making plans to see the movie this upcoming weekend. They're big into superhero movies and the LOTR films...definitely not Twilight, though...at least not that they'd admit publicly.

I tell you what, I didn't know a darn thing about the books or the movie until probably 4 days ago. My kids came home saying how much they wanted to see it. Then I saw a TV news review by a local newspaper guy who said the violence wasn't over the top gory (but that the books were more graphic). He also mentioned that, politically speaking, it would line up with pretty much either left or right, depending on how one looked at it.With all the Patriot Act, Homeland Security, and unilateral executive branch decisions being made lately, a little dystopian fantasy story isn't a bad thing to expose my early teen kids to. They could use a little shaking up right about now, and frankly there isn't enough awareness of the totalitarianism rampant in the 20th century for my taste. Good opportunity to make them think. I'm looking forward to the books, actually.

 

[Psychopav]

I thought the "bad guys" (Cato and crew) were poorly written, also.

Poorly written and poorly cast IMO.

They were pretty one-dimensional in the book as well.

I got a bit of a Lord of the Flies vibe from them in the movie. I didn't mind the one dimensional aspect only because of that I think.

 

[Marvin]

I thought the "bad guys" (Cato and crew) were poorly written, also.

Poorly written and poorly cast IMO.

They were pretty one-dimensional in the book as well.

Unpossible. They are good books.

 

[Kirby]

I thought the "bad guys" (Cato and crew) were poorly written, also.

Poorly written and poorly cast IMO.

They were pretty one-dimensional in the book as well.

Unpossible. They are good books.

Pretty possible... Katniss told the story and she hardly knew them.

 

[Marvin]

I thought the "bad guys" (Cato and crew) were poorly written, also.

Poorly written and poorly cast IMO.

They were pretty one-dimensional in the book as well.

Unpossible. They are good books.

Pretty possible... Katniss told the story and she hardly knew them.

I'm not buying it.

 

[joker]

Saw the movie on Friday w/my step-daughter and thought it was really good. She loved it so much she went back with her mother and sister the next day, and she wants to see it again this weekend. For a long movie I really didn't think it dragged on much if at all. The bottom line for me is if I've been entertained, and it was definitely worth the price of admission.PS -

Spoiler

not having read the books, can someone tell me how Peeta got his wound in the book? How is it a piece of character development as noted above a few posts ago?

Spoiler

PPS - this wasn't as violent as some have made it out to be, IMHO

I haven't read the books but now that I saw the flick w/ 2 of my kids, I will be. Please don't unspoil spoiler tags. The bolded is the first I've heard of this because the post you refer to used spoiler tags. Thanks.Whoops - sorry. I've edited the post to put my question in spoiler tags

 

[Psychopav]

Saw the movie on Friday w/my step-daughter and thought it was really good. She loved it so much she went back with her mother and sister the next day, and she wants to see it again this weekend. For a long movie I really didn't think it dragged on much if at all. The bottom line for me is if I've been entertained, and it was definitely worth the price of admission.PS -

Spoiler

not having read the books, can someone tell me how Peeta got his wound in the book? How is it a piece of character development as noted above a few posts ago?

Spoiler

PPS - this wasn't as violent as some have made it out to be, IMHO

Spoiler

I haven't read the books but now that I saw the flick w/ 2 of my kids, I will be. Please don't unspoil spoiler tags. The bolded is the first I've heard of this because the post you refer to used spoiler tags. Thanks.

Whoops - sorry. I've edited the post to put my question in spoiler tagsThanks!

 

[Kirby]

I thought the "bad guys" (Cato and crew) were poorly written, also.

Poorly written and poorly cast IMO.

They were pretty one-dimensional in the book as well.

Unpossible. They are good books.

Pretty possible... Katniss told the story and she hardly knew them.

I'm not buying it.

Maybe you can find it at the library so you don't have to.

 

[Marvin]

I thought the "bad guys" (Cato and crew) were poorly written, also.

Poorly written and poorly cast IMO.

They were pretty one-dimensional in the book as well.

Unpossible. They are good books.

Pretty possible... Katniss told the story and she hardly knew them.

I'm not buying it.

Maybe you can find it at the library so you don't have to.

Heyyoooo!

 

[Steve Tasker]

I tell you what, I didn't know a darn thing about the books or the movie until probably 4 days ago. My kids came home saying how much they wanted to see it. Then I saw a TV news review by a local newspaper guy who said the violence wasn't over the top gory (but that the books were more graphic). He also mentioned that, politically speaking, it would line up with pretty much either left or right, depending on how one looked at it.With all the Patriot Act, Homeland Security, and unilateral executive branch decisions being made lately, a little dystopian fantasy story isn't a bad thing to expose my early teen kids to. They could use a little shaking up right about now, and frankly there isn't enough awareness of the totalitarianism rampant in the 20th century for my taste. Good opportunity to make them think. I'm looking forward to the books, actually.

I hadn't heard of the books until mid-January. I was working with the weird guy in our office (kinda a loner) and he started raving about these books and how good they were. I know he's big into Star Trek and other sci-fi stuff. I don't know if these books are sci-fi-ish at all but it really does seem like all of the sci-fi fans that I know really enjoyed the books/are looking forward to seeing the movies. I've never really been a sci-fi guy.

 

[proninja]

I didn't read the book. I went with my wife and a few friends, one of which had read the book. We came out disappointed. The one who had read the book said that the main character was a lot less angry in the film than the book.I was expecting to see her kill more than one person with the bow. I mean they built her up as an expert with the bow and one kill is all you get?!? and that kill was more reflex than enything else. We also thought that the movie dragged on unnecessarily in a few spots (like right after Rue's death).

She had two kills with the bow.

Two?

 

[Guest]

I didn't read the book. I went with my wife and a few friends, one of which had read the book. We came out disappointed. The one who had read the book said that the main character was a lot less angry in the film than the book.I was expecting to see her kill more than one person with the bow. I mean they built her up as an expert with the bow and one kill is all you get?!? and that kill was more reflex than enything else. We also thought that the movie dragged on unnecessarily in a few spots (like right after Rue's death).

She had two kills with the bow.

Two?

That's what I am counting, unless I am missing something?Do you remember her last shot?

 

[proninja]

I saw the movie with my wife last night. It was entertaining enough.

 

[Chaka]

I thought the "bad guys" (Cato and crew) were poorly written, also.

Poorly written and poorly cast IMO.

They were pretty one-dimensional in the book as well.

Yup. They only touched on it briefly in the film but the kids from District 1 & 2 consider it an honor to be selected and generally train for the Hunger Games for their whole lives. They should be one dimensional.

 

[Psychopav]

I thought the "bad guys" (Cato and crew) were poorly written, also.

Poorly written and poorly cast IMO.

They were pretty one-dimensional in the book as well.

Yup. They only touched on it briefly in the film but the kids from District 1 & 2 consider it an honor to be selected and generally train for the Hunger Games for their whole lives. They should be one dimensional.

I noticed when they mentioned it because at one point early on I was thinking - wait, in this kind of society, wouldn't they have people training all their lives for this? Looks like some of the districts do. Also interesting that the farther out the district, the less closely they held to the tradition. I assume/hope that the books and sequels will flesh this out a bit more, and open up the story to more of an epic.

 

[timschochet]

My 11 year old saw it Friday night, couldn't wait. My wife took her. They both loved it.

I don't know much about it. Sounds like a Running Man/1984 ripoff for young teens, but that's fine if it's done well.

My larger question, which I don't expect anyone to have a good answer is: why is THIS film and book a hit? Why were Twilight and Harry Potter hits? I have nothing against any of these works, but there are hundreds if not thousands of others that try for the crown every year, and yet these are the ones chosen. What is the element that sets them apart, and gets millions of people to pay attention? And why am I generally immune to it?

 

[Psychopav]

Something I found interesting: I'm on a conference call for work right now and at the beginning of the call we were waiting for someone to join. Another caller said that the person we were waiting on might join but the odds were against it because they're putting out fires or something. I immediately thought "may the odds be ever in your favor."

Guess this movie got inside my head a bit. I actually liked it a lot better than Avatar for example, but only because it had a theme I could buy into.

AH! And our missing piece on our call just jumped on. Whew! Figured he was blown up or something...

 

[Fennis]

My kid was reading "Diary of Anne Frank" but since the protaganist was a young girl, I figured it must be kiddie lit...so I was going to read Ol' Yeller instead. But gave it to my dog.

Spoiler

the nazis get her

 

[Marvin]

Ooof. Seems like there are A LOT of racist HG fans.

 

[Chaka]

Ooof. Seems like there are A LOT of racist HG fans.

About 15 million tickets sold, it's not a surprise that some of them went to racists.

 

[John Bender]

My 11 year old saw it Friday night, couldn't wait. My wife took her. They both loved it.I don't know much about it. Sounds like a Running Man/1984 ripoff for young teens, but that's fine if it's done well.My larger question, which I don't expect anyone to have a good answer is: why is THIS film and book a hit? Why were Twilight and Harry Potter hits? I have nothing against any of these works, but there are hundreds if not thousands of others that try for the crown every year, and yet these are the ones chosen. What is the element that sets them apart, and gets millions of people to pay attention? And why am I generally immune to it?

Books that are easy to read for kids but deal with a lot of adult subject material. I haven't read Harry Potter and Twilight but I hear it's a lot of traditionally "adult stuff" that happens but they are written for kids so then parents read them as well and you've managed to write a book that both the kids and parents enjoy.I read The Hunger Games and I'm 31 years old. My neighbor's 10 year old read it and loved it as well.I doubt I'll see the movie, but I think that's part of the answer anyway. Kids and their parents alike getting excited for Harry Potter/Twilight/Hunger Games

 

[Sweet J]

For those who said that they were disappointed by the violence/action in the movie: The Washington Post review that I read indicated that the director was in a tough spot because one of the themes of the book was the rejection of the colluseum/voyeristic view of violence. It's hard for a movie to reject the glorification of violence while at the same time making a violent film. So what it sounds like the movie lost (haven't seen it myself yet) was some of the more violent scenes from the book. It certainly is a tough line to walk.

 

[Marvin]

Ooof. Seems like there are A LOT of racist HG fans.

About 15 million tickets sold, it's not a surprise that some of them went to racists.

It's a pretty sad indicator, guy.

 

[pantherclub]

I thought the "bad guys" (Cato and crew) were poorly written, also.

Poorly written and poorly cast IMO.

They were pretty one-dimensional in the book as well.

Yup. They only touched on it briefly in the film but the kids from District 1 & 2 consider it an honor to be selected and generally train for the Hunger Games for their whole lives. They should be one dimensional.

I noticed when they mentioned it because at one point early on I was thinking - wait, in this kind of society, wouldn't they have people training all their lives for this? Looks like some of the districts do. Also interesting that the farther out the district, the less closely they held to the tradition. I assume/hope that the books and sequels will flesh this out a bit more, and open up the story to more of an epic.

I thought the concept that some of the districts trained for the games was a pretty significant part early on in the books when they all go to Capital City. Thats a shame that they just barely touched on it.

 

[proninja]

Ooof. Seems like there are A LOT of racist HG fans.

About 15 million tickets sold, it's not a surprise that some of them went to racists.

It's a pretty sad indicator, guy.

It was pretty hard to watch the movie, half the people in front of me had hoods on. I'd probably wait to rent it.

 

[Chaka]

Ooof. Seems like there are A LOT of racist HG fans.

About 15 million tickets sold, it's not a surprise that some of them went to racists.

It's a pretty sad indicator, guy.

Of what?

 

[FreeBaGeL]

For those who said that they were disappointed by the violence/action in the movie: The Washington Post review that I read indicated that the director was in a tough spot because one of the themes of the book was the rejection of the colluseum/voyeristic view of violence. It's hard for a movie to reject the glorification of violence while at the same time making a violent film. So what it sounds like the movie lost (haven't seen it myself yet) was some of the more violent scenes from the book. It certainly is a tough line to walk.

I'm not following. One of the themes of the book was a rejection of violence yet it had scenes that were violent, but the movie can't do the same?

 

[FreeBaGeL]

Ooof. Seems like there are A LOT of racist HG fans.

While some of those tweets were clearly racist, there were plenty that were either people who were just caught offguard by the character not looking like they'd imagined (the same way as if she'd been a redhead and they were picturing a black haired girl in their minds) or were pretty clearly joking.I mean, are these really "racist" comments...

"@hg_tweets I just pictured darker skin, didn't really take it all the way to black"

"@abimaxwell I imagined her white"

Seems like the author just did a search on the word "black" for people talking about hunger games and immediately flagged it as racist if it was there. Though, come to think of it, that's pretty much how society works as well.

That was also a pretty egregious use of "A LOT" in all caps when it referenced a whopping 12 tweets, maybe half of which were actually racist.

 

[LAUNCH]

For those who said that they were disappointed by the violence/action in the movie: The Washington Post review that I read indicated that the director was in a tough spot because one of the themes of the book was the rejection of the colluseum/voyeristic view of violence. It's hard for a movie to reject the glorification of violence while at the same time making a violent film. So what it sounds like the movie lost (haven't seen it myself yet) was some of the more violent scenes from the book. It certainly is a tough line to walk.

Translation. "If we made the movie that was described in the book we could have lost a lot of money due to the graphic violence."

 

[Daywalker]

For those who said that they were disappointed by the violence/action in the movie: The Washington Post review that I read indicated that the director was in a tough spot because one of the themes of the book was the rejection of the colluseum/voyeristic view of violence. It's hard for a movie to reject the glorification of violence while at the same time making a violent film. So what it sounds like the movie lost (haven't seen it myself yet) was some of the more violent scenes from the book. It certainly is a tough line to walk.

I'm not following. One of the themes of the book was a rejection of violence yet it had scenes that were violent, but the movie can't do the same?

Yeah I don't see how different the spot the director was in compared to the author. Having read the book and seen the movie I didn't think the movie compromised much on violence.

 

[culdeus]

Am I the only one that thinks the title of the book/movie is pretty dumb/uninspired?