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tp4tissue:
Were all Terrible movies..

Thoughts ?

fohat.digs:
I don't know anything about Battle Royale, but I did read the Hunger Games books when they came out. My kids were at just the right age and were reading them, and I generally tried to read what they were reading so I would be "in on it" and also so that we could talk about it.

90% of the time movies are simple-minded and lame compared to their source books, and Hunger Games was no exception (although I will say that the Harry Potter movies were considerably more successful than most). Woody Harrelson and Donald Sutherland were pretty well cast but I think that the films overall failed miserably to capture the bleak atmosphere of the books. In their defense, I don't know how you could really capture the despair and hopelessness that the books created in a mere movie.
 

noisyturtle:

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Were all Terrible movies..

Thoughts ?

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tp4tissue:

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Did we watch the same movies?

Tp4 would rank Hunger games 2/10,  BattleRoyale -3/10

Darthbaggins:
The movies in The Hunger Games, would have been good if I had not read the series.  There was a ton they left out that would have made them alot better.   Battle Royale I have yet to watch but that could be since it more than likely doesn't fully peak my interest.  Now my expectations are lower so I might enjoy it, lol.

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