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I want to put it out there that I haven't read the book (I did however read The Most Dangerous Game), but after watching the trailer and reading a few reviews, I've gotten the impression that this is quite a morbid and unwholesome film. I can't exactly say why I get that feeling, but I mean c'mon, isn't it taboo in our society to kill kids? Plus don't we already have enough of a problem in this country of kids shooting, maiming and killing each other in school?

This movie seems, eek I don't know, just plain negative... Good movie directing and a love story or two can make any disturbing plot or ideology agreeable to the audience in cinema, but the underlying story still comes across loud and clear.

To somebody who's seen the film: What was the underlying story/moral of this film? Was it something negative like I'm assuming? Or am I totally off-base and making a fool of myself in my first comment on the Stranger.. -Chris
Posted by Seattle Rider]]> Fri, 06 Apr 2012 10:25:31 -0700 The Stranger
Some of the archery passages in the book were a little off (I enjoyed reading it nevertheless), but would it have been so difficult to spare an hour on set to teach an actress how to at least hold a bow correctly?
Posted by Card Zero]]> Thu, 29 Mar 2012 10:20:13 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Geshundeit]]> Wed, 28 Mar 2012 05:18:30 -0700 The Stranger Posted by mngmay]]> Tue, 27 Mar 2012 22:39:30 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Astraea]]> Tue, 27 Mar 2012 13:44:07 -0700 The Stranger Posted by clearlyhere]]> Tue, 27 Mar 2012 08:17:03 -0700 The Stranger Posted by clearlyhere]]> Tue, 27 Mar 2012 08:16:46 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Eric from Boulder]]> Tue, 27 Mar 2012 06:44:11 -0700 The Stranger
There is the boy peeta, the girl katniss, aaaaannnnddd?
Posted by fetish]]> Tue, 27 Mar 2012 06:12:38 -0700 The Stranger
I agree that this is true, but don't agree that it is a positive recommendation. I read the first two of the books in about six hours each, as excellent reading for on an airplane or something. I got them for free, and I still won't pay for the third, although I might read it eventually.

Books that you can read that fast are not great books. They are extremely silly books, without complexity of grammar, of story, or of character. Nothing surprising happened in the books at all, and there was no real depth of description of anything.

There are also some pretty gigantic narrative holes. I think people may not notice them because they are papered over with violence porn. But hey, we can feel good about reading about graphic violence, because the message of the book is anti-authoritarian!

Also, Katniss Everdeen has got to be the stupidest heroine-who-outsmarts-people ever.
Posted by Thisbe]]> Tue, 27 Mar 2012 03:57:35 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Eric from Boulder]]> Mon, 26 Mar 2012 19:22:58 -0700 The Stranger
Even if that arrow was originally resting on her outstretched finger, it definitely suggests Lawrence was not taught how to shoot a bow (good way to mess up your finger and disturb the trajectory of the arrow). We should also note that: she is holding the knocked arrow at chin level; her string is not dampened (which it probably would be on a hunting bow); the arrow is probably half a foot too long; the arrow is knocked off of the typical served portion of the string; her "expert archer" character apparently needs to wear finger protection for what amounts to a 25# bow.

I guess you can make a weak case about "instinctive shooting", but it looks to me like Jane Austen meets Survivorman.


Posted by Approaching 40 in LA]]> Mon, 26 Mar 2012 18:28:48 -0700 The Stranger Posted by freesandbags]]> Thu, 22 Mar 2012 19:49:24 -0700 The Stranger Posted by DME]]> Thu, 22 Mar 2012 06:13:30 -0700 The Stranger Posted by bored guy]]> Wed, 21 Mar 2012 22:23:14 -0700 The Stranger Posted by sahara29]]> Wed, 21 Mar 2012 20:42:49 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Grivetti]]> Wed, 21 Mar 2012 19:58:45 -0700 The Stranger Posted by McGee]]> Wed, 21 Mar 2012 17:20:08 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Film Facts]]> Wed, 21 Mar 2012 17:04:43 -0700 The Stranger
Squee! Really, really looking forward to Hunger Games.
Posted by Anne18]]> Wed, 21 Mar 2012 16:31:26 -0700 The Stranger Posted by tkc]]> Wed, 21 Mar 2012 15:59:09 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Womyn2me]]> Wed, 21 Mar 2012 15:00:02 -0700 The Stranger Posted by benjammin509]]> Wed, 21 Mar 2012 13:47:56 -0700 The Stranger You don't so much read it as smash it directly into your brain through your face; even people who hate to read manage to swallow The Hunger Games whole in less than 24 hours.

Exactly. I can't wait to see it come alive on screen.
Posted by Snarky Amber]]> Wed, 21 Mar 2012 12:42:04 -0700 The Stranger
Got taken by someone with two free tickets, still not worth the two hours of my life.
Posted by Theodore Gorath]]> Wed, 21 Mar 2012 11:58:35 -0700 The Stranger