tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717233037560933311.post709517946755312783..comments2024-03-28T03:14:14.901-06:00Comments on Autobiography of an Anglophile: The Hunger Games PremiereDianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02957349442523993974noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717233037560933311.post-37898910510635176172012-04-10T19:37:34.225-06:002012-04-10T19:37:34.225-06:00The facial hair was so bizarre! Sometimes I found ...The facial hair was so bizarre! Sometimes I found it difficult to concentrate, because I was so distracted the whiskered designs.Dianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02957349442523993974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717233037560933311.post-81093459746420494992012-04-10T07:50:32.459-06:002012-04-10T07:50:32.459-06:00Just saw it in Rhode Island last week. Thought it ...Just saw it in Rhode Island last week. Thought it was conceptually interesting, the whole love triangle thing was a bit heavy-handed, the eccentric facial hair of the rich men from the capital was,um, strange. And.. for a movie which explores our obsession with violence--the way we often view violence as entertainment--it's quite interesting that this film (about violence) did so well at the Dannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16056019091928682664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717233037560933311.post-80189010858941185132012-03-29T00:30:22.462-06:002012-03-29T00:30:22.462-06:00Violet: I definitely understand why you take issue...Violet: I definitely understand why you take issue with the subject matter of The Hunger Games. In fact, it's been suggested that the writer is slyly getting a dig in at the audience for reading the book. They are, after all, being entertained by the events of the 'games' just like the depraved Capitol citizens in the novel obtain a sick sense of enjoyment from them. <br /><br />But Dianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02957349442523993974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717233037560933311.post-17279322395732289452012-03-29T00:25:26.908-06:002012-03-29T00:25:26.908-06:00Maggie: I'm so glad you enjoyed the movie too!...Maggie: I'm so glad you enjoyed the movie too! Funnily enough, I had been discussing that strange aspect to the Cinna/Katniss relationship. I'm glad to hear I wasn't the only one who got that vibe. It seemed touchy in a way that's really inappropriate. I don't know if that's what the filmmakers were trying to convey (I hope not!) but it sounds as though that's what Dianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02957349442523993974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717233037560933311.post-19778475909797200312012-03-27T19:44:16.418-06:002012-03-27T19:44:16.418-06:00I haven't read the books or seen the movie, an...I haven't read the books or seen the movie, and am not likely to. I have an ethical problem with the concept of violence as "entertainment", and with corporations making a lot of money from movies & video games that portray violence. I have a much bigger ethical problem when adults sanction (even simulated) violence perpetrated on, or by, children. I know The Hunger Games is Violethttp://still-life-with-books.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717233037560933311.post-46956376486256117962012-03-26T19:46:03.829-06:002012-03-26T19:46:03.829-06:00Well, Miss Diana, I just have to say that I totall...Well, Miss Diana, I just have to say that I totally -- as in 100% -- agree with your well-written account of the movie. As the books are certainly better written and more interesting than the "Twilight" series, I too was hopeful that the story wouldn't be massacred by a poorly acted and filmed adaptation. And man did it actually surpass my hopes for greatness! <br /><br />ThoughtMaggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00461382328281545595noreply@blogger.com