Basilisa Marie Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 Has anyone else seen the movie yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groo the Wanderer Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 Been reading about it. Sounds kinda razzle dazzle. I'll probably d/l the book and read it on Kindle first though (through the Phatmass Amazon link of course) before I let my daughter see it. Need to judge if the violence would be too upsetting for her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r2Dtoo Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 (edited) [quote name='Groo the Wanderer' timestamp='1332600522' post='2407013'] Been reading about it. Sounds kinda razzle dazzle. I'll probably d/l the book and read it on Kindle first though (through the Phatmass Amazon link of course) before I let my daughter see it. Need to judge if the violence would be too upsetting for her. [/quote] I would ask the people who have read the books and seen the movies about that. They seem to say that the violence is toned down in the movies. Edited March 24, 2012 by r2Dtoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basilisa Marie Posted March 24, 2012 Author Share Posted March 24, 2012 (edited) [quote name='r2Dtoo' timestamp='1332600869' post='2407019'] I would ask the people who have read the books and seen the movies about that. They seem to say that the violence is toned down in the movies. [/quote] Very much so, I was pleasantly surprised. There's one scene where the heroine drops a bees' nest on a group of other teens in the area, and one girl gets stung so much that she dies. The description in the book is pretty graphic and colorful, but in the movie there was just a really quick shot of her looking a bit swollen. You see a few snapping necks, "clean" dead bodies, some blood on weapons and a little on people, and a few palm-sized nasty leg wounds. The gore is really toned down, because if they portrayed everything in the book the way it was described it surely would have been an R-rated movie. But in the movie, the camera cuts away from the actual acts. It's a violent movie, but not in a way that glorifies violence at all. If anything the point is to show how terrible these "games" are, and it's very clear that those people who love the games are the bad guys. edit: I can't spell. Edited March 24, 2012 by Basilisa Marie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strictlyinkblot Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 I read somewhere that the version of the film that's shown over in UK is different to America, apparently they had to recut it and tone down the violence to get a 12's film certification. Personally I really enjoyed it but it is violent. Less so then the books but there's still the theme of children killing children. I love the scenes where we see things we don't get to see in the books because the books are only told from Katniss's point of view. Like the control room for the games, Haymitch talking to the sponsors, the uprising during the games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r2Dtoo Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 [quote name='Basilisa Marie' timestamp='1332601944' post='2407030'] Very much so, I was pleasantly surprised. There's one scene where the heroine drops a bees' nest on a group of other teens in the area, and one girl gets stung so much that she dies. The description in the book is pretty graphic and colorful, but in the movie there was just a really quick shot of her looking a bit swollen. You see a few snapping necks, "clean" dead bodies, some blood on weapons and a little on people, and a few palm-sized nasty leg wounds. The gore is really toned down, because if they portrayed everything in the book the way it was described it surely would have been an R-rated movie. But in the movie, the camera cuts away from the actual acts. It's a violent movie, but not in a way that glorifies violence at all. If anything the point is to show how terrible these "games" are, and it's very clear that those people who love the games are the bad guys. edit: I can't spell. [/quote] Hmmm, I wonder how they're going to do all that with the third book. Might be kinda difficult. [quote name='Strictlyinkblot' timestamp='1332602139' post='2407033']I love the scenes where we see things we don't get to see in the books because the books are only told from Katniss's point of view. Like the control room for the games, Haymitch talking to the sponsors, the uprising during the games. [/quote] That would be interesting, but part of the suspense of the books was not knowing what was going on outside of the Games at the time. Granted, I already know the story, but if you don't it gives away something that the books didn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r2Dtoo Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 Holy croutons, the movie is 2h and 22min long? Why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG45 Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 I read the books last summer, hoping to see the movie next weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IcePrincessKRS Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 We watched it last night. I poked or pinched my husband every time they deviated from the books, even if it was slight. He got pinched a lot. It was a good movie but it left me kind of wishing I'd read them after watching the movie bc I get nitpicky when they deviate from the book. It kept to the plot pretty closely, it was mostly just little things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIKolbe Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 [quote name='r2Dtoo' timestamp='1332604011' post='2407044'] Holy croutons, the movie is 2h and 22min long? Why? [/quote] take your ADHD meds and you'll be fine.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FutureSister2009 Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 I want to see it so bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r2Dtoo Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 [quote name='MIkolbe' timestamp='1332608936' post='2407092'] take your ADHD meds and you'll be fine.... [/quote] I don't have health insurance at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG45 Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 Hey Icey, answer one question for me if you don't mind? [spoiler]Do they actually manage to make her flaming dress work?[/spoiler] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IcePrincessKRS Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 [quote name='BG45' timestamp='1332610207' post='2407104'] Hey Icey, answer one question for me if you don't mind? [spoiler]Do they actually manage to make her flaming dress work? Yeah, but not at all the way I imagined it.[/spoiler] [/quote] I answered inside the spoiler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG45 Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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