Anyone read these books?

Topic started by Atary77 on March 22, 2012. Last post by TheFreeMan 1 year, 1 month ago.
Post by litrock (560 posts) See mini bio

@Christina: You and me, we agree. I really dug the second one, and I thought the third one was interesting if problematic. It has great ideas I hope they'll get around to putting in a movie.

Post by Atary77 (119 posts) See mini bio

@TheFreeMan: Yeah, teenaged angst alone is what makes me want to stay away from it. But at the same time I realize, these really aren't meant for me so as long as they offer something intelligent for it's intended audience then I'm cool with it.

Post by TheFreeMan (899 posts) See mini bio

@Atary77: Well, to be fair, a lot of the "angst" I've noticed stems from the fact that the main character got put into a competition where people were impaling each other with spears, so it's probably not right to label it so (at least beyond the romantic stuff). I don't know much about PTSD but I've read that the books strongly imply that's what Katniss suffers from.

Trailer 3: The Hunger Games

After reading these books, I'm curious as to how they're going to faithfully adapt the gorier portions into a PG-13 movie, but I guess we'll find out in March. They're certainly not showing much in these trailers.

Trailer 2: The Hunger Games

Running Man with kids? This movie is basically everything I've ever wanted.

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