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Anyone here a fan of the Hunger Games? Our whole Noodle.mx team (Jeremy, Jenny, Dan, and me from ONCE and the Ramen Noodle; and Eve and Chris from Are You Just Watching? (on hold)) are going to see it this afternoon.
My wife Jenny and I finished the first book a couple weeks ago. I’m looking forward to the movie. Are going to see it? What did you think of the books?
[adrotate group="5"]I’m reading it right now. My son is 10 but reads books that tend to be a bit older and wants to read it so I am screening it for him. Not to pry but I see that you have Christian movie reviews as one of your Podcasts. My son goes to a Christian School and and we go to a Christian Church and we have heard from a lot of our friends that we shouldn’t read the book. So far I haven’t found anything that I find objectionable and I have actually found several Christian review sites that recommend the book and have good discussion questions. I have also heard that many Christian schools are reading the book in middle and high schools. We are okay with the Harry Potter books and the movies though so I tend to have a bit of a different philosophy on those types of things – I think it is okay to read and watch them as long as you have a good discussion about them afterward. I think I will go see the movie after I finish the book. I don’t know what the movie is rated so I don’t know if my son can see it yet. Not trying to bring up religion here specifically – just noticed that Christianity was mentioned on your signature and wondered . . .
It’s rated PG-13 in the US. I read the books last year and somehow am surpised so many children and teens like it. It’s so brutal! I mean, they’re psychologically really good (especially the third), but wow. I was really surprised to know they’re such a hit. Then again, many children’s books don’t seem age appropiate when you read them when you’re older, so …
I’m going to watch the film with some friends. I’m looking forward to it, to see what they did with the story.
DId you see the marketing of the film? Amazing! So well thought. The homepage, the facebook pages, the app. I don’t want to know how many thousands of dollars they invested.
The books are okay. They are easy reads. I thought the first two were a lot better then the last one. I thought there was major lack of character growth issues in the third one where i didn’t care when characters died. And i thought the end was left us with depression and i really think the author was trying to go for hope at the end and failed. Hopefully they can work out some of those problems in the films. I went and saw it this afternoon and thought the film was good. It definitely felt like the beginning of a series in some ways.
They are definatly worth reading!! Although I do agree with hjbau about the last book being not so great although the start of it is quite good. But yeah, to anyone reading these posts who are not sure whether they should read them, the answer is YES! I couldn’t put them down and the movie is reasonably true to the books.
@ mia: I’ve read on many sites that Lionsgate spent around $40 million dollars in advertising alone, not to mention the actual budget of making the movie. Crazy amount of money, but it worked! Third best opening weekend at the box-office of all time.
I think the film is great and a very faithful adaptation. The violence is tempered a bit than what is present in the book. The theme of gratuitous violence as entertainment that the first book explores translates well to the screen. There are moments that make you cringe, but they should make you cringe; just like when any “bad” or “evil” character *coughReginacough* does something you know is wrong. I think what Hunger Games explores is a great launchpad of discussion for young readers. I’m 24 and just read them a few months ago myself, but I can see how younger teens would understand and gravitate toward the story. I recommend them as well.
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