- Deborah Fillman My husband liked it more than I did, he hasn't read the books. But we couldn't talk about it b/c he had no idea who I was talking about when I named names!
- Deborah Fillman And that bit about changing the rules midstream? I almost walked outFriday at 11:54pm · ·
1 - Deborah Fillman That was a MASSIVE departure from the plot. The only one perhaps, but it was so big, it ruined it for me.
- Deborah Fillman There was no announcement. It was a sudden thing they did when Katniss realized it was just the two of them left and wanted to try to manipulate them into letting them both winFriday at 11:55pm · · 1
- Deborah Fillman And what they never explain is why she wants him to live and not her at the end, in spite of Prim. She sees that he's a great communicator--a la Reagan--and that he could be a voice for rebellion, so she wants to save HIM, the people person, but he loves her and wants her to live b/c she is the warrior who could LEAD the rebellion.Friday at 11:56pm · · 1
- Daniel Brent Ken, there is no 'intense' part of the movie. First half I literally almost fell asleep. So slow.......zzz and poorly written.
- Deborah Fillman And you never really know in the books if they love each other for real, or if it's all a put on, even they don't know, as it would really be, in real life people would be confused and conflicted.Friday at 11:57pm · · 1
- Daniel Brent Good, I feel vindicated. All Sarah said is 'it wasn't that bad' , I bit my tongue but , (....yes it was....)
- Daniel Brent I'm a big softy , but I felt absolutly no emotions for the characters or the story... Just no way I could.
- Deborah Fillman I thought I was all alone! All the "girls" were screaming and clapping at the end.Friday at 11:59pm · · 1
- Deborah Fillman SAME, and I gotta tell you, when I read the book, I really deeply cared.
- Deborah Fillman But Jennifer Lawrence --poor thing b/c she is a good actress--was just so miscast! OMG, I can't get past it, she was BORRRRING as Katniss
- Deborah Fillman Yes, I really enjoyed the books, surprised I did actually. I'm a mother of three young girls, I thought I'd be destroyed by the subject matter
- Daniel Brent I know right! I could tell by the premise she should have been a great heroin in the books. So disapointing
- Deborah Fillman but it got me thinking about a lot of things, and I cared about the characters, and I felt it was complex, and they were too, and the story could be eerily prescient
- Daniel Brent They glazed over the 'Distopia thing' in the movie. I hope they did better in the books.
- Deborah Fillman Well what's great about her is she IS, but she is a RELUCTANT heroine
- Deborah Fillman In fact, she is appropriately bitter about how much people come to rely on her to "save" them
- Deborah Fillman OH, they do, big time, so much rich detail about how they live, how they survive, how starving they are, WHY it's called the Hunger Games--how could they not explain that???
Deborah Fillman Yes, people reassured me b/c the author collaborated, but hell, I think they cut her out completely. Though I will tell you, Elizabeth Banks was PERFECTION. She was EXACTLY like her character (whose name you never learn in the film, but it's Effie Trinket)
Daniel Brent Yeah, they glazed over everything that could have been interesting in that world. Replacing it with mush.- Deborah Fillman I wonder if it was intentional b/c of how much it would remind people of some of our dark side ;)Saturday at 12:04am · · 1
- Deborah Fillman And they played UP the technology way too much in the film, the books are NOT that sci-fi. They have high tech to be sure, but they don't go into detail in the books about it like they did in the movie--it doesn't mesh--they "NEED" coal but they can genetically engineer bees and manufacture killer dog creatures out of thin air??
- Deborah Fillman Stuff like that doesn't translate to film well, you can't suspend disbelief as well as you can in a book I guess, or I should say, the separation between what the Capitol can do and how they live and what the rest of the districts can do and how THEY live is MUCH bigger.
- Deborah Fillman It feels more like traveling from Appalachia to Washington DC present day in the books, with some better tech I suppose, but not THAT much better, yk? in the book they make clear that the reason they need coal is that the nuclear district--13 was destroyed by a nuclear explosion of massive proportions in the rebellion, so they must REVERT to coal.
- Deborah Fillman There's so much crucial interesting context LOST b/c they had to linger so longingly on her hairdo and her dresses.Saturday at 12:09am · · 1
- Deborah Fillman And I'm sorry, when Peeta can camouflage himself, it's b/c he's good at hiding UNDER REAL bark and leaves, he doesn't have special magical powers to paint bark on his skin with non-existent brushes and imaginary paint!Saturday at 12:09am · · 1
- Deborah Fillman They DO talk about how he used to decorate the cakes and such, and he is an artist, no question about it, but the cammo. ability is just his "skill" in the wilderness, they meshed the two in a weird way, I think as a vehicle for special effects.
- Daniel BrentAnother thing that struck me was, to me there seemed like there should be some dialog about why they are sending their kids out to slaughter each other? Like some philosophical , ethical debate in the families or in the cities etc. Really ...bothered me that no one really seemed to give a crap about it. I mean they cared about the sister being chosen but that's about it. Wasn't even subtly suggested as far as I could tell.
I assume in the book there was discussion about it and people were emotionally torn by it. Also what about the Government philosophy? What was it all about. No details or subtle hints beyond the basic. Was the 'president' some kind of socialist dictator / leader?
Why were some poor and some rich? Just endless questions.See More 
Teresa Summerlee Isanhart Whoa, I wasn't expecting such a poor review. Fascinating read, Daniel and Deborah.- Daniel Brent I'm not a movie hater, honest. But this is just so bad, hard to put in words. Very sad for what sounds like a great book.
Simone Macdonald Gonzalez-Carreon Go see 21 jump street, totally funny and silly
Ash RyanI didn't even like the books. Creating a world in which life itself is literally a zero-sum game, requiring people to kill others in order to live themselves, is bad enough---but creating such a world for kids (both the characters and the ...audience) is really malevolent. I always hated Lord of the Flies for the same reason. This isn't as bad as that, though---at least here the characters are fighting against the situation, with at least some success.
Still, the series is very bad (or at least extremely overrated) both thematically and in terms of its sense of life. I wrote a review contrasting it with the Harry Potter series which you might find helpful: http://www.amazon.com/review/R2JOIXZO8BCAQF/ See Moreref=cm_aya_cmt?ie=UTF8&ASIN =0545265355 Yesterday at 2:18am · · 2
Nick Aaland From what I understand, like Clemens, this is basically a remake of Lord of the Flies or Battle Royale, only meant for children and with a mary-sure added so little girls would love it and make the author millions?
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