I'm not sure what all the hype is about, but hubby and I decided to give it a try Saturday afternoon. It had been a while since we went to the movies. Paid our $12 admission, bought a soda and sat down. The best part about the movie was the seating -- nice big comfy chairs and the closest person in front of us was probably 3 feet away.

Anyhow, it is a very slooooow moving. The movie was just slightly above snoozing. It's a definite chick flick as it is centered around a young girl (and the boy who loves her). I've seen more blood from a paper cut. Woody Harrelson was pretty good, and the costumes were funky.

If you're not expecting a lot, this movie is for you! :yay:

Kids love the books. I was told they had to tone down the movie to get a PG-13 rating but the books are pretty intense.

the books suck majorly. The writing is horrible, I cannot believe someone decided to actually publish something that reads like a drunk 4th grader wrote it.

Only reason to go see the movie would be lenny kravitz :drool:

Kids love the books. I was told they had to tone down the movie to get a PG-13 rating but the books are pretty intense.

that was my other issue..the books aren't *actually* intense..there is violence..but it is in a very strange disspassionate way..intended to be shocking, I guess, but reads like you are reading off a shopping list..and somehow I do not think that was the auther's intended affect.

If you're not expecting a lot, this movie is for you! :yay:

:lol:

I liked the first book but not enough to read the second book.

I haven’t read them yet. I have about 40 pages left in Desperation by Stephen King and then maybe I'll give them a try.

Only reason to go see the movie would be lenny kravitz :drool:

Why? :confused:

Why? :confused:
Because Lenny Kravitz is dead sexy. :lol:

I liked the books and the movie, but I can see how the movie wouldn't be that great for someone not familiar with everything that happened in the books. I'm not too pretentious to enjoy a good YA junk-food-for-your-brain book every now and then, and there's no shame in it. :cheers:

Why? :confused:
exactly :high5:
Because Lenny Kravitz is dead sexy. :lol:

I liked the books and the movie, but I can see how the movie wouldn't be that great for someone not familiar with everything that happened in the books. I'm not too pretentious to enjoy a good YA junk-food-for-your-brain book every now and then, and there's no shame in it. :cheers:

Uh no nnot really :dead:

exactly :high5:


Uh no nnot really :dead:
Yeah, but you think Anthony Bourdain is sexy so... :lmao:

Yeah, but you think Anthony Bourdain is sexy so... :lmao:I'm on your side on this debate, Nickel. I think Lenny is God....or at least MY God. I love him, and I'm convinced that if he were to meet me, he would immediately fall in love with me and demand that I leave my husband so that we could run off together and live in Tahiti under a beautiful moon and we'd live a life sipping frozen drinks on the beach. Or something like that.

:hot:

I'm on your side on this debate, Nickel. I think Lenny is God....or at least MY God. I love him, and I'm convinced that if he were to meet me, he would immediately fall in love with me and demand that I leave my husband so that we could run off together and live in Tahiti under a beautiful moon and we'd live a life sipping frozen drinks on the beach. Or something like that.

:hot:

:smack: Bob is way sexier than Lenny

Because Lenny Kravitz is dead sexy. :lol:


I don't understand what he has to do with the movie. Did I miss something?

Yeah, but you think Anthony Bourdain is sexy so... :lmao:

Have you seen that picture of him naked? I am sure that HUGE #### is messing slightly w/ my decision :really:

:smack: Bob is way sexier than LennyYou are so right.

But Bob indulges me by having the CD player fully loaded with all of Lenny's music.

I love Bob. Almost as much as I love Lenny.

I don't understand what he has to do with the movie. Did I miss something?

he plays Cinna the stylist in the movie

I don't understand what he has to do with the movie. Did I miss something?
He was in the movie. :eyebrow:
Have you seen that picture of him naked?

No, and I hope I never do. :lmao:

Have you seen that picture of him naked? I am sure that HUGE #### is messing slightly w/ my decision :really:

don't get me started again :killingme :hot:

he plays Cinna the stylist in the movie

Ooooh, I didn't recognize him at all.

Who the hell names their child Lenny Kravitz?

Who the hell names their child Lenny Kravitz?
Wiki says he was named after his uncle, who was killed in the Korean War.

I enjoyed the books and plan on seeing the movie soon. I don't have high expectations as I know they've skipped over a lot of the stuff in the book and rushed it. I was going to go to the first morning show this past weekend since the ticket price was only $4.50 and figured the bratty kids/annoying loud adults weren't up yet, but I can't work myself up to go to the movies alone just yet :lol:

Who the hell names their child Lenny Kravitz?

The Kravitzes I guess. :lol:

I enjoyed the books and plan on seeing the movie soon. I don't have high expectations as I know they've skipped over a lot of the stuff in the book and rushed it. I was going to go to the first morning show this past weekend since the ticket price was only $4.50 and figured the bratty kids/annoying loud adults weren't up yet, but I can't work myself up to go to the movies alone just yet :lol:

I'll rent it when comes out, read the book and it was interestingly different. Too bad they had to go for the PG though. I'm sure it helped the income, but killed the movie

He was in the movie. :eyebrow:


No, and I hope I never do. :lmao:

GUUUuuuuurrrrrllllllllllll do yourself a favor and google it! :hot:

Lenny Kravitz is sexy until you meet him in person. Wiki says he is 5'7" to 5'9" and I am going to say he isn't either - he is 5'5" - shorter than me. He wears shoes to give him height. Call me a snob but it is hard to fantasize about a man who is shorter than me. :drama:

Since I'm curious, I will wait to see his naked self when this movie hits the Red Box.

The Kravitzes I guess. :lol:



I'll rent it when comes out, read the book and it was interestingly different. Too bad they had to go for the PG though. I'm sure it helped the income, but killed the movie
I think it was PG-13. There was still a lot of killing, but the deaths were quick and the camera didn't linger. One of the deaths in particular (I don't want to give anything away) was much faster than it should have been. They left a lot out, but to be honest I liked it better that way. I already read the book, and I don't know that I could watch Katniss walk around the woods by herself for too long. :lol:

Lenny Kravitz is sexy until you meet him in person. Wiki says he is 5'7" to 5'9" and I am going to say he isn't either - he is 5'5" - shorter than me. He wears shoes to give him height. Call me a snob but it is hard to fantasize about a man who is shorter than me. :drama:

Since I'm curious, I will wait to see his naked self when this movie hits the Red Box.
Jason Statham is shorter than me and I think he's dead sexy too. I don't plan on ever meeting either so my opinion stands. :lol:

and I don't know that I could watch Katniss walk around the woods by herself for too long. :lol:

My eyes bulged just slightly when I saw it was 2.5 hours long :lol: but yeah it would've been Titanic-like, had they included everything.

Jason Statham is shorter than me and I think he's dead sexy too. I don't plan on ever meeting either so my opinion stands. :lol:

Luckily, he's just a smidge taller than I am and I'll be a'ok with that when I marry him :lol:

Lenny though, I can definitely do without. I was a bit surprised to see him on the cast list.

My eyes bulged just slightly when I saw it was 2.5 hours long :lol: but yeah it would've been Titanic-like, had they included everything.



Luckily, he's just a smidge taller than I am and I'll be a'ok with that when I marry him :lol:

Lenny though, I can definitely do without. I was a bit surprised to see him on the cast list.
Lenny Kravitz was an amazing Cinna. I actually wish they'd included more of the Cinna-Katniss interaction because he was exactly the way I imagined that character to be.

So this is pretty much the new twilight. Right?

I did the audiobook on a roadtrip thing for Book 1 and 2... working on 3 right now.

I appreciated the movie... but I felt that the story could have been told better as a TV mini-series on HBO or Showtime... one of those channels with a bigger budget...

Call me a snob but it is hard to fantasize about a man who is shorter than me. :drama:

I'm 6'2"..........enjoy:coffee:

Jason Statham is shorter than me and I think he's dead sexy too. I don't plan on ever meeting either so my opinion stands. :lol:

nummies

I read all the books and am going to wait until the movie hype dies down before I go.

I liked the hunger games trilogy. I thought it was interesting. I also liked that the main character was a girl. I also liked the Harry Potter and Twilight series, which I know not everyone liked. I can't think of a movie that was better than then book. I'd always spend like 15 minutes after watching every HP movie venting about all the important things they left out.

I even got my husband to read (and by read, I mean listen to, because now that he's figured out the library has all these books on tape, he's quit reading actual books) the first one and he seems interested in reading the following rest.

Romney gives thumbs up to 'The Hunger Games' (http://content.usatoday.com/communities/onpolitics/post/2012/03/mitt-romney-the-hunger-games-grandchildren-/1)

ZeitGeist | Way Too Early (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26852192/vp/46865319#46865319)

Mitt Romney took a day off from campaigning this weekend, so what did he do in his downtime? He took a couple of his grandchildren to see The Hunger Games.

Romney was asked on CNN today about a picture tweeted by his son Matt, showing him with Matt's two children at the movies.

The GOP front-runner said he is a fan of the Suzanne Collins' books about a dystopian future and "enjoyed" the movie, which hauled in $155 million at the box office during its weekend debut.

"That was weekend fun. It was nice to see a flick for the first time in long time," Romney said.

I haven't seen the movie yet, but I would imagine it had to be really toned down from the book. The book was pretty brutal.

:smack: Bob is way sexier than Lenny

I think I should be worried...


.... or scared..

Just saw the movie, it was okay, but not quite as good as the book.

:yeahthat:

My daughter insisted we go opening day. The whole family has read the books. We all were a bit disappointed in what was left out in the movie, but they did have to fit a lot into a certain time frame. I agree that it may have been better served as a mini-series.

:yeahthat:

My daughter insisted we go opening day. The whole family has read the books. We all were a bit disappointed in what was left out in the movie, but they did have to fit a lot into a certain time frame. I agree that it may have been better served as a mini-series.

That would have been much better.