The Hunger Games

[backwardsk]

Anybody into this trilogy and going to see the movie this weekend?

I read these last year, and have been looking forward to this when I learned that Woody Harrleson would play Haymitch.

The wife and I will check it out tomorrow.

[backwardsk]

Don't know why it has a thumbs down. I must have fat-fingered it.

[thundercleetz]

My wife read the triology in less than a week. She loves the books. I got "assigned reading" to finish the first one this past week so we could both go see the movie tonight. I finished the first book yesterday. I surprisingly liked the story. I thought it was going to be a really girly book. It is a very easy read and there is a lot of action. The movie is getting great reviews and seems to be of high production quality. I am excited to go see it tonight.

[backwardsk]

That's too funny. I read them based off of a recommendation from my sister-in-law. Then I noticed all of the "young adults" reading it on the train.

[allstar1579]

My wife read the triology in less than a week. She loves the books. I got "assigned reading" to finish the first one this past week so we could both go see the movie tonight. I finished the first book yesterday. I surprisingly liked the story. I thought it was going to be a really girly book. It is a very easy read and there is a lot of action. The movie is getting great reviews and seems to be of high production quality. I am excited to go see it tonight.

I did it the other way around, I read them at the beach last summer (I like quick easy reads on vacation) and had to make her finish reading it this weekend so we can go see it Tuesday night.

It's definitely not the sappy love story everyone thinks it is (at least the people that haven't read it and try to post about it) and the 2nd and 3rd are even less about boys and girls. I'm excited to see the movie, should be pretty action packed.

[square634]

The first book was pretty good, but I thought the second two were pretty bad overall. The "good" and "evil" are way too cut and dry for my taste, but I guess that's what you get in a children's/young adult series.

My girlfriend and I are seeing the movie tonight, I'll report back.

[waroriole]

The first book was pretty good, but I thought the second two were pretty bad overall. The "good" and "evil" are way too cut and dry for my taste, but I guess that's what you get in a children's/young adult series.

My girlfriend and I are seeing the movie tonight, I'll report back.

Yeah, I liked the first one. The second one was too predictable, but OK. The last one was just awful. The girl was so obnoxious and lacked any redeeming qualities that made you want her to succeed.

[SammyBirdland]

Took my 13 year old daughter to see Hunger Games on Friday Night. I enjoyed it a lot. I haven't read the book, but my daughter did. The people behind us talked the entire time, so I got filled in on all the differences between the movie and the book as the movie went along

[Gurgi]

Yeah, I liked the first one. The second one was too predictable, but OK. The last one was just awful. The girl was so obnoxious and lacked any redeeming qualities that made you want her to succeed.

I liked the first one a lot. The second was just so-so. The third I quit reading halfway through. I just couldnt deal with the lazy story anymore.

I think the author didnt know what to write and just put down anything.

[square634]

I think they should teach Ender's Game over Hunger Games, but that's just me. My girlfriend was flipping through the book to check a fact, and I had forgotten how annoying and jarring the first person present tense was.

[Spoonless]

I think they should teach Ender's Game over Hunger Games, but that's just me. My girlfriend was flipping through the book together check a fact, and I had forgotten how annoying and jarring the first person present tense was.

They absolutely should teach Ender's Game! There's a woeful lack of science fiction taught, at least in public schools where I am. Heck, I didn't even read Fahrenheit 451, 1984, or Slaughterhouse-Five until well after high school.

[Frobby]

They absolutely should teach Ender's Game! There's a woeful lack of science fiction taught, at least in public schools where I am. Heck, I didn't even read Fahrenheit 451, 1984, or Slaughterhouse-Five until well after high school.

I know 1984 is still required reading in Montgomery County -- my 16-year old son just read it, and loved it.

My 22-year old daughter, who is quite literate, picked up The Hunger Games about a month ago and couldn't put it down. She ended up reading the whole trology in about a week, saw the movie (which she also loved), and is now re-reading the series. And she is nobody's girlie-girl.

[Nigel Tufnel]

Adam Jones just tweeted that he's on his way to see the Hunger Games.

[MikeAD]

I know 1984 is still required reading in Montgomery County -- my 16-year old son just read it, and loved it.

My 22-year old daughter, who is quite literate, picked up The Hunger Games about a month ago and couldn't put it down. She ended up reading the whole trology in about a week, saw the movie (which she also loved), and is now re-reading the series. And she is nobody's girlie-girl.

I wish they would make 1984 into a movie now. With the right direction and the right mindset it could be an amazing piece.

For those who have read the Hunger Games, do the books focus more on the over barring, future government?

[allstar1579]

I wish they would make 1984 into a movie now. With the right direction and the right mindset it could be an amazing piece.

For those who have read the Hunger Games, do the books focus more on the over barring, future government?

The first book touches on it a little bit, you get the impression for sure, but it really focuses on the games. The 2nd and 3rd books are where you see that the games are made to try to distract the people from realizing the govt needs them more than they need the govt. Rule with fear and all. Then it shifts from the games focus to more rebellion against the govt.