Posted on 11/30/2013 6:20:26 PM PST by lee martell
I rarely go to the theatre to see movies anymore, but I'm considering going to see Catching Fire. My curiosity got the best of me some years back with Avatar, you remember, the land of the Jolly Blue Giants who were more entitled to live on earth than earthlings. I think I lasted about 20 minutes, when I suddenly realized I didn't give a hoot who did what to whom. I felt that I could have predicted the rest of the film very easily. I left, walking upstream to the darkened back rows, passing by bug-eyed movie watchers, most refusing to take those 3-d paper glasses off. The movie was preachy and way overdone. Of course a few hundred million people would disagree with me on that, which is fine.
A few weeks later, a visiting friend had a nephew, who insisted on seeing the new film THOR. I was truly surprised how much I enjoyed it. I grew up reading Thor comics along with Superman, Archie and others. Even though I knew the basic characters, this movie showed aspects I had not before examined. The movie was fun, in turns ominous and jubilant, as Thor fought his way around monsters, meteor showers and deceitful family members. I found the recurrent special effects of explosions, quakes, quick-wars and noxious mists entertaining, and was not overwhelmed.
I'm thinking about seeing Catching Fire. I've heard some good things about it. I did not see the first one, but hopefully one can enter the theme without knowing the entire story as written. I've heard the movie shows the dangerous aspects of Government overreach. I've seen some speak of this and the Ayn Rand stories as being related or similar in some tertiary way. There is something about that young actress Jennifer Lawrence that I find intriquing. Of course it doesn't hurt that she's attractive and lively. We need some new stars, I think. Is she somebody's daughter, somebody famous? Where did she come from? I just hope the movie is not overly bloody or extreme in it's violence. If I encounter big violence bordering on the bizarre, I'd prefer to read all about it before I see it. I do like a good horror novel once in a while. I used to read a whole lot of Dean Koontz books, until he spent too many chapters writing his characters cracking corny one-liners and worn out knee slappers. I very rarely enjoyed Steven King books, because most of them are written as a 'stream of consciousness' style exercise in loose linked imagery clotted with interior prose.
It’s a trilogy,i suggest you see the first one “Hunger Games” before seeing Catching fire.
If you buy a movie ticket, you are supporting Hollywood and contributing to the advancement of the Liberal agenda.
I urge you to seriously think about that.
Haven’t seen it but here are a few links for ya!
Box office report: ‘The Hunger Games: Catching Fire’ breaks Nov. record with $161.1 million debut
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3095370/posts
‘Catching Fire’ soars and skewers at the same time
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3094260/posts
Catching Fire – A Great Tool For Teaching
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3096553/posts
Catching Fire: my review
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3096933/posts
‘Catching Fire’ in the Coming Century: Will We Heed Its Pointed Warning?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3095118/posts
The Hunger Games Are Real
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3094483/posts
‘Hunger Games’ Success Sparks Interest in Archery
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2872797/posts
‘Hunger Games’ star: ‘Screw PETA’
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2869970/posts
‘The Hunger Games’ ‘ bread and circuses
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2868486/posts
Hunger Games: An eerie reflection of our “new American society”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2866779/posts
The Unseen Message of The Hunger Games
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2865914/posts
The Hunger Games: A Prophecy?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2864898/posts
The Hunger Games: A Glimpse into the Progressive Left’s Endgame
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2864124/posts
Lot’s of detail and ratings here:http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1951264/?ref_=nv_sr_3
Read the books.... movie is good, but read books first.
Almost anything you buy now days is supporting the Liberal agenda.
Jennifer Lawrence is from Kentucky. Her parents are not famous.
You should see the first movie before seeing the second. It picks up where the first ended.
BTW the books are written for young adult readers so not very violent.
Thanks both Jack and Truth29 for the tips. Apparently this movie has been on the minds of many people already. Sometime the zeitgeist of spirit of the moment is encapsulated in music, literature or some other form of communication. Maybe this is another sound of the Gong.
I resisted watching “The Hunger Games” until last week, and finally gave in and watched it on Netflix.
I gave it 5 out of 5 stars. The only disconcerting thing about the movie is that Big Government (in the movie) has arranged it so that children are killing children.
I liked it a lot. Rent Hunger Games and see that first, I’m sure Catching Fire is going to build on that.
I hated “Avatar” too.
Except for the part in the first movie where we get to see a character twist the head and snap the neck of another. Not something I wanted my 11 and 8 year old sons to see. That wasn't the only thing either.
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Someone is going to make fun of me for this, but one other thing that has drawn my interest is something I heard last year. Guess who else likes the Hunger Games Trilogy and had read all the books at least once; I bring you Mitt Romney of the Michigan Mormons. If someone as hardworking and brainy as Mitt Romney thinks there is some merit to these stories, well I want to check that out for myself!
there are a few movie theatres that are letting you see a double feature with district 12 showing first followed by catching fire.
what if you just watch it free online?
In my own experience that is inadvisable.
If I read a book and then see the movie it ruins the movie experience because I can not help critiquing the movie adaptation of the book. I pick out the changes the screen writer made in the plot or changes made to the development of the character.
If I read the book after seeing the movie I pick these things up but I still enjoy the book.
Thanks TomServo. I need to write like that (one day).
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