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The Hunger Games (2012) (Patreon)

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2025-04-24 01:31:56
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Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Stanley Tucci, Jack Quaid, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Liam Hemsworth, Lenny Kravitz

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Comments

Oceanflower

the books are actually even more brutal than the films. still to this day an excellent YA series and a great book series regardless of genre. In the books it is made clear that the "pitbull" creatures at the end have the eyes of the murdered tributes. I won't spoil Haymitch's story (Woody's character) but the more you learn about him the more you realise he's actually very well-adjusted given everything he's seen and experienced.

Maddy D.

Panem is canonically post apocalyptic North America and there is SO MUCH commentary on politics, propaganda, submission to corrupt systems and abuses of power. I’m sorry you didn’t have a good first experience with the books but I swear by them and it may be worth a revisit. They are so rich in detail and it give a whole other layer being inside Katnisses head.

Youtalkingtome
>>171945539

Honestly, it was so long ago that I read them and I didn't have the appropriate maturity at the time to really appreciate them. I should reread them now (and I see new novels are being published currently).

Jérémy

I'm due for a rewatch so I should probably check your reaction out. I do remember the shaky cam driving me insane (thankfully it's only an issue in the first film) but maybe on a computer screen it won't be as bad.

margo m
>>171955882

i remember having that issue on my initial theatrical watch--but on a television or computer it's not that bad at all!! i think it was the big screen that really did it for me--made me feel a little bit too much like i was in it hahaha

Jamie Morgan

I remember reading the books during university and watching the movies around the time I graduated, and thinking to myself that I should enjoy them while I could because I would eventually grow out of them. Welp, it's over a decade later and they're still as enjoyable, well-made and, sadly, prescient as they were back then. If anything, I appreciate them more now that I'm well into adulthood. A detail I've never picked up on before was when they were showing the photos of the fallen in the sky, they had their district number attached but not their name, so you don't get *too* attached. Reminded me a lot of that godawful Mr Beast gameshow...

Chris

When you hear the premise and know it's a YA set of books, you figure it can't actually... fully go there, and has to shy away from the bad stuff. But the degree to which the whole thing is EFFED UP, and the anger about that, pours off the screen (and the page). And that's what makes it work. I dunno how many times I've seen this, but every time the bit with Rue leaves me simultaneously in an actual puddle of tears and ready to murder the people who did that to her. Agree with some of the others that the second one is really quite good--the film especially. After that though...

dys
>>171986753

I quite like the third and fourth movies, maybe not quite as good as the first two but still very good IMO.

Michelle

Thanks for a great movie choice Cristy! Really hope you guys will continue the series! I loved the book series in late high school, but I remember when I saw the movie I couldn't believe how much harder the violence hit when it was visual. The fact that they're children is so much clearer. The older I get the more outrage I feel when I rewatch it. I think that might be part of the reason this series did so well in the mainstream even though it's YA. It felt like a call to action.

danzthename

It's pretty wild that these were marketed as YA books/movies. They're really dark and violent.

Nicholas Reed

Saying "it's just a ripoff of Battle Royale" and then not watching Battle Royale is hilarious and you are definitely not the only one who did that.

Riley Swain

Something 'funny' that happened with this series was that the love triangle became such a big part of the hype/promo/vibe of the franchise, when the whole point of the love story in the book is that it's a distraction from the real issues... real people seeing it as a YA love triangle franchise is kiiinda similar to Capitol people watching the Games and caring more about the reality show narrative than the lives of children... the meaning and terrible consequences going RIGHT over their heads 😂 Glad you guys are watching this with a focus on the rebellion and social issues -- I can't imagine how people can read/watch the series and come out thinking the most entertaining/poignant part of it was the romance and not the social/political commentary lol

Riley Swain
>>172049579

Also, it's notable that Suzanne collins was inspired by flipping through TV channels and seeing trashy reality TV right after gruesome war coverage

Onno Smits

I, like you guys, didn't watch this until years after they came out. It wasn't as popular in my country, and I had that YA snobbyness you were mentioning. I never read the books. Any media that can introduce the concept and dangers of propaganda and "Bread and Circuses"-control to young people is hugely important, especially in this day and age. From what you said during - and after - the movie, I think you'll really enjoy the remaining films for diving more in the parts you enjoyed, and less in the parts that didn't interest you. The god-awful shaky-cam action also subsides, thankfully.

Youtalkingtome
>>172145197

I'm actually very curious as to what the other films are like? I know that the budget blows up and that the last two films are divisive.