Posted on 11/29/2013 5:51:52 AM PST by Bill Russell
Thanks,
Humblegunner.
In my mind’s eye, Rue was black (the book implied it) so she didn’t surprise me in the movie. Cinna, however, I imagined as white due to his “green eyes”. But no big deal, because Lenny Kravitz played him to perfection. I can’t imagine anyone getting that part so right.
Some critics argue The Hunger Games is a rip off of Battle Royale. Battle Royale is a Japanese novel/film about Shuya Nanahara, a high-school student who is forced by the government to compete in a deadly game where the students must kill each other in order to win.
It was one of the ten highest-grossing films in Japan. The novel was published in 1999 and the film released in 2000.
thank you for posting this review.
I absolutely agree that Lenny Kravitz played Cinna to perfection. (I like his music also) I easily could have missed the clues to Rue’s ethnicity.... I remember keying in on Katniss saying how much she reminded her of Prim, which, to me, included a physical resemblance.... I guess this is why reading the book is always better than seeing the movie....we write the images of the script in our heads as we read....
Thanks for the ping.
You might want to throw in a break or a paragraph before and after the pic.
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The less well known photo of that scene is even more dramatic. Taken with a wider view, shows a long line of tanks stacked up down the road - with the one young man in the front stopping them all.
That sounds remarkably like the Hunger Games. BTW I’ve read the first two books and enjoyed them. I do not detect any liberal agenda, quite the opposite in fact. I will look into Battle Royale, thanks for the tip.
Animal farm book and film, Film available on U tube
1984 book and film for older teens 14 plus
Brave new World book for older teens 14 plus
The Earth Abides Book re released recently
The Long Walk book and film, have not seen film, book is moving and powerful
I would not have wanted my granddaughter to read/watch them until this year but I’m okay with it now. I remember when she was 3 we watched the first Ice Age movies. Its really good. The later ones stink. She and I had watched it maybe 8 times and by this time she was 8 years old and finally she realized that the mother of the baby dies. Sometimes God protects our little ones better than we do.
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I’ve yet to see Animal Farm or 1984. I won something about 1984 through a radio contest (soundtrack?) but never received it - IIRC, that was mid or late 1970’s. Brave New World and Earth Abides - both good. Haven’t heard of the Long Walk, will check it out. Thanks for the list.
Have you seen this?
Incite Your Passion with the Instigator
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vC8PqBKHrXA
Kind of a cheesy knock off capitalizing on the success of the movie..... But I’ve seen several articles talking about the blossoming interest in archery because of the movie...Businesses have to capitalize on the trends of the moment....
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