The Hunger Games Thread

[Aqua Tofana]

To be honest, I didn't really picture THG as that kind of movie which has indie pop/rock songs in it... should be interesting how they pull that off.

 

[YoninahAliza]

The soundtrack list sounds fantastic!!! A nice mix of artists but also it seems to be in keeping with the history of District 12 which was once Appalachia and a place where folksy music has it's roots. Can't wait to hear the other songs. On the HuffPo Site it says the album will be dropping March 20... only a few days before the movie's release.

 

[Niusity]

I love the list but I can't imagine how they're going to work in the movie. I'll tell you for sure after I listen to the whole album.

 

[Alvedansen]

i hope they're not in the movie but it's just some kind of soundtrack ~inspired by THG~. movies with these sort of soundtrack are always so juvenile to me. THG should be a bit more serious with a proper score, not indie songs (especially since i hate indie rock)

 

[loladonna]

The soundtrack is making me even more wary of this film. They really missed an opportunity to go more bleak and truly capture the horror of a post-apocalyptic world. The Taylor Swift-heavy soundtrack makes it seem like this movie will be saccharin and sanitized. I'm guessing there will be no blood, no nudity and no real violence.

 

[enkeli05]

I'm not sure about the soundtrack fitting in the movie either but we'll see.

 

[Birkin]

Maybe it is not the music in the movie, and it is something like they did with Armageddon, there were two scores. One was a comercial soundtrack and the other the music of the actual movie.

 

[sobriquet87]

I thought Trent Reznor was doing the soundtrack/score? Why do they have so many actual songs in the film? One or two songs is good, but 17 is WAY too many. I just hope they release a separate album for the Trent Reznor score.

But there's a new interview with Elizabeth Banks that has me a tiny bit nervous. From what she says, it sounds like they may have toned it down a little too much for my liking. The books are anything, but toned down. There's some dark things in the THG series, so hopefully the films reflect that.

As a parent, did you have any reservations about The Hunger Games's dark subject matter?
EB: The movie is going to be PG-13, and I think that's about right. My nephew's 11, and he read it and loves it. The book has adult themes, for sure. Gary Ross, the director, and Suzanne Collins [who wrote the novels] did a great job patrolling what happens visually in the movie, what we can show and what we can't show. But I remember taking my 6-year-old niece to a Harry Potter movie with those dark shadow things that were scary as sh*t, and the guy doesn't even have a f*cking nose. That's like nightmare stuff, in my opinion. This is a lot of hand-to-hand combat, but it's nothing you wouldn't see on a video game or an episode of CSI. We don't have guns.

popsugar

 

[YoninahAliza]

^Trent left the project apparently (either on his own accord or from the studio but I'm not sure exactly why). Thanks for posting that interview with Elizabeth Banks it's an interesting read. Also, a film can have a good amount of violent/blood and still be considered PG-13. So I'm not going to worry too much at the moment.

 

[Alvedansen]

that's the stupidity of American censoring, blood and violence is ok, but a boob/make-out session or someone cursing is far worse

 

[YoninahAliza]

^Haha yeah. I think MPAA needs to sort out it's priorities when it comes to the rating system. The last few Harry Potter films were all rated PG-13 and they had some pretty scary scenes so I think the Hunger Games could probably get away with having some scary scenes as well. Although, granted Harry Potter didn't really much blood or brutality. So we shall see...

The one thing I hope is that I don't see is really young children at the theaters for THG, I'm talking about children 12 or under, I've seen so many children at movies aimed at "young adults" and it's awful. I mean, why would you bring your child to a film which is about children killing one another. How do you even explain that??? But I can pretty much guarantee that their will be at least one family that has little children with them. It happens pretty much every time.

 

[Alvedansen]

new tv spot

 

[Birkin]

I have the feeling the movie is going to disappoint me, but i hope for the best.

 

[MissKateCherie]

I just finished the first book and I love it! I'm so excited for the movie!

 

[Dora]

Total film

New poster

fantastiqueworldblog.wordpress

 

[Alvedansen]

sorry if this was mentioned before, but THG will have a runtime of 142 minute (2 hours 22 mins)

 

[Niusity]

^ i've read somewhere it would last 113 minutes. It's fine if it is going to be longer because there are so many details in that book that need to be included.

I've also read somewhere that there will not be Madge due to time restriction.

 

[Dora]

President Snow

thehob.org

 

[jemina]

I imagined president to look mush younger.

 

[DreamstarXOX]

Still very excited for the movie! also excited about the soundtrack! love the fact that Birdy will be on it.

Only thing i dislike about the movie so far, and the only disappointment is Gale. Sorry i just can't seem to agree with Liam Hemsworth as Gale. Just imagined him so totally different than Liam. But yeah, maybe he'll be able to make it right somehow.