that dress is extremely plain compared to what I had thought of when reading the book

2/2/2012 6:28:03 PM

looks like katniss starts with the pin and gives it to prim...interesting change...

2/2/2012 6:30:04 PM

Seems kinda dumb

2/2/2012 6:55:16 PM

^^it makes me wonder if madge is in the story at all bc (iirc) that was kind of her only role in the plot

2/2/2012 8:18:19 PM

^she has a slightly more important role in catching fire, but from what i've heard she isn't in the movies at all

2/2/2012 8:32:21 PM

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"seems like a thread for the hunger games film would only discuss the first book, but somebody cried when i made that request last page. the thread was kinda poorly titled, which makes it even more confusing"

Poorly titled? I got the name of the movie in there. What else do you need? I would have drawn you a picture, but it's not possible.

There's already a thread for the books, as per TWW usual, if you want to discuss the books, do it there.

2/2/2012 8:36:37 PM

And the book thread was made after that post

2/2/2012 8:42:06 PM

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"looks like katniss starts with the pin and gives it to prim...interesting change..."

i think i'm pretty pissed about that

we'll see how the rest of the movie goes, but i think i'll still be annoyed by that change

2/3/2012 6:46:04 AM

Bad move, if that's really accurate. The pin was the symbol for the rest of the districts, it's what made her the mockingjay. By putting it on Prim it really throws all of that out the window.

[Edited on February 3, 2012 at 6:52 AM. Reason : ]

2/3/2012 6:52:11 AM

katniss still ends up with it in the arena. at the end of that most recent trailer you her and cinna looking at it.

2/3/2012 7:11:35 AM

^Looks like Cinna is the one wearing it though...maybe he gives it back to her?

I liked what Madge represented in the second book so if she's gone comepletely from the series it will take away from everything.

2/3/2012 7:34:30 AM

^ Really?? It will take away from EVERYTHING?? Calm down people...

2/3/2012 7:41:03 AM

Madge is not a particularly important character.

2/3/2012 8:21:10 AM

Really, the only importance to Madge is her aunt's history, and that she gives Katniss the pin. But if she ends up with it in the arena anyways, it shouldn't affect the movie too much.

2/3/2012 9:44:58 AM

Madge gives a different dimension to Katniss' personality that won't be there anymore. She also personifies a different kind of D12 lifestyle that likely won't even be shown in the movie now.

2/3/2012 9:56:59 AM

They can do that through Haymitch and the luxury that was afforded him after winning the games.

2/3/2012 12:50:12 PM

there's a huge difference between a middle aged alcoholic and a teenage girl who is the closest thing to a friend katniss has besides gale

2/3/2012 12:55:01 PM

i do agree the friendship with Madge is an important element to Katniss's character but i do not agree that it will affect the overall movie. the movie cant follow the book verbatim for timing and budget reasons so the cutting of Madge isn't that big of a deal, IMO. how Katniss actually gets the mockingjay pin is irrelevant, just as long as she gets it.

2/3/2012 2:02:34 PM

i feel cutting madge out of the movie changes the story somewhat significantly. unless they have some other way of showing katniss having an actual friend other than gale or peeta.

2/3/2012 9:18:34 PM

http://www.nextmovie.com/blog/hunger-games-scenes-cut/

5 Scenes that probably won't make it to the movie.

And these will obviously will:







[Edited on February 4, 2012 at 5:19 AM. Reason : ]

2/4/2012 5:15:51 AM

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"especially if, as has been hinted, they show Gale's perspective throughout the Games"

do not like. the whole feeling inside the arena is that nothing exists except the 24 tributes and their imminent deaths. if they cut back to things going out outside the arena it will throw off the connection between the audience and katniss' state of mind.

2/4/2012 11:50:11 AM

agreed


they probably want him to have a larger role in the movie though

2/4/2012 12:27:25 PM

It would mostly screw with the second film, since so much happens outside of the arena that we are not supposed to know about until afterwards...they can't show outside reactions to the 74th games and then not do it for the 75th...

2/4/2012 2:31:56 PM

it would be better for the story if they spent time during flashbacks developing the other characters, rather than showing them in the present as they watch/react to the games

2/4/2012 2:55:38 PM

so pre-sale tickets are already being sold, and they've beaten out that other book following about sparkly vampires. http://www.iwatchstuff.com/mt/mt-search.cgi?tag=hunger%20games&blog_id=1

and if you didn't know, like i did *grrrr*, it's being shown at IMAX

2/27/2012 7:44:31 PM

the bow pic reminds me of:

2/27/2012 7:53:20 PM

i finished this books in a week.

i'm kind of obsessed now

3/11/2012 12:58:02 PM

3/14/2012 6:50:03 PM

i bought my tix the other night! yay!

3/14/2012 9:10:36 PM

Bump for people too lazy to search before making threads.

3/21/2012 2:21:23 AM

Yup, that's me. Too lazy to lazy to search

3/21/2012 3:45:02 AM

el nacho u mad?

3/21/2012 4:25:54 AM

Why are people so obsessed with this stupid crap. what is this, 1984 meets Twilight.

3/21/2012 1:13:21 PM

3/21/2012 1:21:04 PM

I love these books but do not like twilight at all.

3/21/2012 1:25:04 PM

i wouldn't say the hunger games are comparable to twilight other than the sci-fi/fantasy aspect, but that's only my opinion

3/21/2012 5:11:28 PM

sci/fi perhaps, but fantasy? no.

3/21/2012 5:25:05 PM

Let me know if this is good. Haven't read the books, but I keep hearing comparisons of this movie to Battle Royale.

[Edited on March 21, 2012 at 5:31 PM. Reason : .]

3/21/2012 5:29:22 PM

^That's because they're essentially the same premise.

Books were great. I think comparisons to Twilight are only in relation to how quickly popularized they became, and that they are very easy reads. I can't think of anything else the books have in common.

3/21/2012 6:03:05 PM

Anyone else trying to catch this flick at the mission valley cinema??

3/21/2012 8:23:24 PM

WHY IS YOUR USERNAME YELLING AT ME???

3/21/2012 8:28:56 PM

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"I think comparisons to Twilight are only in relation to how quickly popularized they became, and that they are very easy reads. I can't think of anything else the books have in common."

2 Dudes 1 Girl.

3/21/2012 9:40:21 PM

Oh they're exactly alike now!

Anyway, WRAL is going to show something tomorrow night on where they filmed in NC.

3/21/2012 10:33:44 PM

I can't wait to see this.

3/21/2012 10:35:09 PM

I'm excited but I won't be able to see it right away.

3/21/2012 10:52:28 PM

Hunger Games v Battle Royale http://m.io9.com/5888124/did-the-hunger-games-really-rip-off-battle-royale

And I've never, nor will I ever, read that Twilight shit.

Had my tickets for Saturday for awhile now. Bummed I'm not seeing it at IMAX for the first time, but I'll see it again.

3/22/2012 8:25:40 AM

how early should we arrive at imax to get decent seats? we're going on sunday at 450.

3/22/2012 9:14:06 AM

If you want a good seat, probably 3 or 3:30

3/22/2012 10:36:52 AM

Yep, if it's anything like the Harry Potter opening weekends at Imax, people will show up 2 hours early.

3/22/2012 10:55:35 AM

http://www.wral.com/entertainment/story/10885797/

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"Fans of "The Hunger Games" are already turning up in North Carolina, seeking out places where the movie was shot, from old-growth forests to an abandoned mill town. And the tourism industry is prepared to cash in on them, with everything from hotel packages and zip lines tours, to re-enactments of scenes from the film and lessons in survival skills. The movie, which opens this weekend and is expected to be a box office smash, is based on a best-selling book about a post-apocalyptic world where teenagers compete to the death in fighting games. It was filmed entirely in North Carolina, from the mountains, where fake trees were planted, filled with propane and blown up, to Charlotte, which served as the Capitol from the story — the seat of power where the teens are sent for training. Also prominently featured in the movie is the Henry River Mill Village near Hildebran, about 70 miles from Asheville, which was the setting for District 12, home of the three main characters, Katniss, Peeta and Gale. Although the mill burned down in 1977, the 20-plus remaining buildings, including the company store, make it look like a ghost town. The village is private property, and the local sheriff's department is working with private security guards to keep people away, concerned about liability if someone gets hurt. But fans are already coming. "I'm getting too many visitors," said the property owner, Wade Shepherd, 83, who hasn't read "The Hunger Games." "Day and night, they're driving through, taking pictures, getting out and walking. I'm just bombarded with people." North Carolina's trees also figure prominently in the movie. At first, pine trees tall enough to suit the filmmakers' needs couldn't be found. But Pam Lewis, film commissioner in the western part of the state when Lionsgate, the film company, was scoping out locations, found a 22,000-acre forest of old-growth trees in Asheville's watershed, and that's where the movie's arena scenes were filmed. The public isn't allowed in this protected watershed area, but plenty of other forests are open to visitors. Filmmakers spent more than $60 million on "The Hunger Games" in North Carolina, and employed about 5,000 people, including stars, extras and crews, making it the largest movie ever made here. Other famous movies filmed in the state include "Dirty Dancing," ''The Last of the Mohicans" and "Bull Durham." "The Hunger Games" is based on the first book from author Suzanne Collins' best-selling trilogy. It's about a futuristic world in which North America has been divided into 12 districts. Every year, a teenage boy and girl (known as tributes) are sent from each district to the opulent Capitol, where they're trained to fight until only one is left. The state Division of Tourism has designed a four-day self-guided tour for fans. The first day includes stops at the Henry River Mill Village plus places where the stars hung out in Asheville. Next is DuPont State Recreational Forest near Brevard, where the arena scenes were filmed, followed by Shelby, where reaping scenes were shot in private warehouse space. A final day in Charlotte includes the Blumenthal Performing Arts Center's Knight Theater, where interview scenes with the teenage "tributes" were filmed. For more adventurous visitors, a company called Hunger Games Fan Tours offers day and weekend trips to waterfalls and other spots in Transylvania County. As part of the tour, actors re-enact some of the scenes shot there, and guests are served food described in the story. Participants also learn survival skills like archery, camouflage, fire-building, how to use a slingshot and how to walk quietly in the forest. The tour even includes a competition — only instead of the loser dying, the winner gets a prize. Prices are $79 for the day tour, or $389 for the weekend trip, with an overnight stay and a nighttime zip line tour in homage to the characters who jumped through trees. The tour will take guests to Triple Falls, where the character Peeta (Josh Hutcherson) hides after he's injured, and to the woods around Bridal Veil Falls, where fake trees exploded and the jacket worn by Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) catches fire. But visitors can't run across Triple Falls like Katniss did in the movie — she was attached to wires and ran on a board. "That's not to be done by human beings," said Tammy Hopkins, co-owner of Hunger Games Fan Tours and director of the county arts council. Asheville is offering package deals in partnership with local businesses. Promotions include a "Walk Like a Katniss Everdeen" package that combines a stay at Cumberland Falls Bed and Breakfast Inn with hiking at Chimney Rock State Park, and "The Capitol Experience" at Grand Bohemian Hotel, where the biggest adventure is a hot stone massage. Of all the locations, the Henry River Mill Village has a backstory that's nearly as colorful as the plot of the movie. The mill, which opened in 1905, produced fine yarn. The village was designed as a planned community with company stores, walkways and green spaces. In 1966, a sheriff was shot and killed in the village by a mill worker. By the time Shepherd bought the town, three years after the mill closed, there were Thursday night poker games on the street, "and by Sunday afternoon, they were all drunk and shooting." Shepherd lives across the river from the town, and says he bought the property "to protect my interests." He doesn't think he could make enough money to make it worth opening a tourist attraction, though he's considering a request to let a tour company bring a group through. In the meantime, he's put the whole place — 72 acres — up for sale for $1.4 million. Potential buyers wondering about the real life-and-death stories that once unfolded here need only look at the Coca-Cola sign in front of the company store, which has a shotgun hole in it. "This is better than the movie, isn't it?" asked Shepherd. ___ If You Go... HUNGER GAMES IN NORTH CAROLINA: A variety of packages and tours are being offered in locations around the state where the movie was shot. From N.C. Division of Tourism, a four-day self-guided itinerary: http://www.visitnc.com/hungergames . Day and weekend tours in Transylvania County from a private company, http://hungergamesfantours.com. From Asheville Convention and Visitors Bureau: http://www.exploreasheville.com/about-asheville/cool-asheville-stories/hunger-games/."

That's pretty cool. I had no idea Bridal Veil Falls was used in the film. Great choice!

3/22/2012 9:18:51 PM