Skip the Hunger Games

[smoe]

I love to eat food and games, so I'll probably check it out. Does the movie share some of the recipes?

[FireDrgn]

I remember a saying about a book, a cover, and something about not judging it.

of course but the real trick is to do it without judging the person that judged a book by the cover.

[Pigslilspaz]

of course but the real trick is to do it without judging the person that judged a book by the cover.

I never judged. 

[Seanaldinho]

I never judged. 

I never judge out loud. Life is much funnier this way.

[B4Buster]

The book was meant to be for a younger crowd, but attracted a broader group of readers. I haven't read nor seen the movie, but I do know that about it. It may explain some opinions about one dimensional characters, etc. The author didn't want it going of the heads of squeakers.

[stealth]

After seeing the Hunger Games I said to my self,"I wanna use a bow". I'll probably be a punk and use a crossbow.

[Krupinski]

After seeing the Hunger Games I said to my self,"I wanna use a bow". I'll probably be a punk and use a crossbow.

If I ever take a trip to the UK, I'm gonna have Batfink teach me how to use a bow... 

[BoilerDown]

I actually saw this with some fellow (but much younger) college students at Purdue this past weekend.  I liked it, but they liked it a lot more, except for one guy who said they butchered it compared to the book.  I haven't read the book, haven't read or seen Harry Potter (except I saw half of the first movie on TV), no Twilight or whatever else Hunger Games can be compared to.  So in that regard, I'm a clean slate.

I thought the actors were indistinguishable in age from college students, even if they were supposed to be high school aged.  I thought Woody Harrelson was really good.  I thought the female lead was pretty good, but she didn't look strong enough to do some of what she did (but not nearly as bad as all the waif-fu movies you see).  That said the girl in True Grit was 10x better.  I thought the male lead was so-so.  I thought the plot had some serious problems that my college-aged friends who had read the book explained away as the result of the book being simplistic and aimed at 13 year olds.

All in all I thought it was good but not great.  From the sales numbers people are quoting, expect 2-5 sequels.