The Hunger Games!

[alby]

Anyone excited about this?

Here's a great article I found that lays it out for you.

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For those who have decided to boycott the movie because you argue the concept has already been done in the past, that's like saying you're not watching basketball anymore because you've already seen someone pull off a windmill dunk. This is how the movie industry works, films will get re-made and story lines will be re-told. It's similar to what Jay-Z says when referring to the beef between hip hop artists: "Nothing is going to change. Only thing that changes is the participants."

full article link here: http://www.gymclassallstars.com/2012/03/whats-poppin-hunger-games.html

 

[Phoenix]

I have no idea what this is. But interestingly enough, I JUST heard about Hunger Games from Danica Patrick who tweeted this just moments ago:

Danica Patrick ‏ @DanicaPatrick I started reading the second hunger games book (laying by the pool, again) this week. Its so good already, which is good for long flights!

 

[ScipioCowboy]

I read the first book in the trilogy, and was impressed. It was very good.

I intend to read the other two as soon as I finish The Forest of Hand and Teeth trilogy.

 

[ethiostar]

I read the first book in the trilogy, and was impressed. It was very good.

I intend to read the other two as soon as I finish The Forest of Hand and Teeth trilogy.

I read the first one as well and I will probably read the other two. However, I wasn't too impressed with it.

Here was the review i posted on the Rate the Last Book You Read thread.

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

I finished the book last night. It took me two days to get through it. It was engaging and i really wanted to know how the story was going to end. I also liked the world the author created (apocalyptic and not entirely original but still). However, It seemed a bit one dimensional and shallow, not at all thought provoking as i expected it to be. The entire time i was reading the book, I kept thinking that the book is really for young adults. It's not because the main characters are teenagers but because of the writing style. Maybe young adults are the intended audience but I'm not sure. I'll probably still read the next one in the series because i want to see where the story goes.

 

[Gemini Dolly]

I read the first one a few months ago. Took me one week. Could not put it down.

Probably read the second one sometime this summer.


TEAM PEETA!

 

[JohnnyHopkins]

I have no idea what this is. But interestingly enough, I JUST heard about Hunger Games from Danica Patrick who tweeted this just moments ago:

Danica Patrick ‏ @DanicaPatrick I started reading the second hunger games book (laying by the pool, again) this week. Its so good already, which is good for long flights!

Pics, or it didn't happen!

 

[ScipioCowboy]

TEAM PEETA!

One of the worst puns in literary history.

Peeta...the baker's son.

 

[ScipioCowboy]

I read the first one as well and I will probably read the other two. However, I wasn't too impressed with it.

Here was the review i posted on the Rate the Last Book You Read thread.

That's a fair review. The Hunger Games is marketed as YA (Young Adult) fiction, which is a very popular genre now thanks to Harry Potter and Twilight.

 

[ScipioCowboy]

I read the first one as well and I will probably read the other two. However, I wasn't too impressed with it.

Here was the review i posted on the Rate the Last Book You Read thread.

One point I'd like to make about The Hunger Games from a thematic standpoint:

The author, Suzanne Collins, likes to blur traditional gender roles. Peeta, for instance, tends to be more sensitive and nurturing while Katniss is aggressive and generally out of touch with her feelings.

Most intriguing is that, when a female character does act feminine in a traditional way, it's almost always associated with deliberate deception. Consider when Katniss and Peeta were trying to convince Capitol that they were romantically involved. It's the only time in the book that Katniss acts like a moody, swooning teenage girl, yet it's all part of an elaborate hoax.

 

[CowboyMike]

I read the entire series about two months ago after being pushed by my girlfriend to do so. I'm glad she did. I couldn't put them down until finished.They were all on my Nook, so I read them one after the other.

The series is excellent and thought provoking. It is geared towards the young adult audience, which is why I was initially hesitant. But the story is very good and it is a fun read. It deals with some shocking moments that you are actually surprised is in a young adult novel. You find yourself very frustrated for the protagonist, which is evidence of a good book, I think.

I would recommend reading them, especially if you're planning on seeing the movie.

 

[ragman]

I read all three books and enjoyed them.

I have a Facebook friend who works for a local TV station, who went to an advance screening yesterday. She loved it, and said it was MUCH better than the Twilight movies.

 

[StevenOtero]

I read all three books and enjoyed them.

I have a Facebook friend who works for a local TV station, who went to an advance screening yesterday. She loved it, and said it was MUCH better than the Twilight movies.

I don't understand why people are comparing it to Twilight.

 

[Idgit]

I bet the movie is pretty good. It'll be like Battle Royale for the faint of heart.

 

[SaltwaterServr]

An author once came up with the 36 literary plots and/or dramatic situations. Every story ever written falls into one of those categories.

That was published in 1916.

Supposedly the list of those plots was developed by someone else, expanded and refined a bit.

The original list is over 200 years old.

So yeah, you have seen it all before.

 

[kristie]

i need to read the book. my mother-in-law gave me her copy of it. i'm seriously slacking here. :laugh1:

 

[justbob]

Read all three recently----Hmmmmmmm---Good -not great ---drug it out to long maybe

 

[Faerluna]

Seriously, What Are The Hunger Games and Why Should I Care if I’m Not 14?

Hunger Games mania is upon us. The Young Adult trilogy-turned-blockbuster is due out this weekend, and some of you out there still have no idea what these crazy Food Games are all about. Fear not, as we have compiled a detailed Hunger Games explainer, just in time for G-day. Be you screaming tween, good-sporting parent, or disgruntled old timer, this explainer will guide you as we as a nation prepare for the newest (and unavoidable) pop-culture phenom.



http://gawker.com/5894646/

 

[Alumni2k11]

Precious is the Michael Jordan of the Hunger Games.