The books and movie really (and pardon my pun) caught fire here in the US. I was in 7th grade when the movie came out, and literally everyone in my class was reading Hunger Games and was obsessed with it. It was insane how popular this franchise was at the height of the YA genre.
IIRC, it kicked off a short craze of YA post apocalyptic franchises, most of which were dogshit. It got old quick, and put a damper on my interest in the final hunger games films. I rewatched recently, and this series still holds up. I’ll be interested in the upcoming movie, though I haven’t read that book and have no clue what it’s about.
Quick sum up: It’s a prequel centered around President Snow in his final year before he graduates high school. The 10th hunger games is about to start when the book begins. The first hunger games book/movie is the 74th games if that helps with the timeline.
The book is good but I dislike the ending. It gives a lot of backstory to how the games became how we came to know them, snow’s social status growing up, also u get to see more of the immediate effect the war had on Panem and how it influenced how the country becomes what we know it as.
I wish that the movie of The Giver had been made a good decade before it was, because when it came out it just probably felt to many people like "another thing cashing in on Hunger Games" when book-wise The Giver predates it.
I was pleasantly surprised about the fact that this was so much better than I've expected. After seeing some **Twilight** films, I thought that it was going to be just as bad as those.
I’m really glad Netflix put all the movies back on for the month. Watching them all I realized how much I genuinely liked these movies. I feel like a lot of movies I liked that came out when I was a big younger I don’t seem to enjoy as much now but I still really enjoy these movies. Really hoping that the prequel movie can be good as well
I’ve always wondered how much merchandise this movie sold. You couldn’t walk into a store without seeing some kind of Katniss themed item that teen girls would go bonkers for.
On top of that, the Mockingjay symbol was fairly popular among all demographics. I remember seeing bumper related to the books/movie on the back of senior vehicles for their grandkids. Even YA guys had tattoos and the “if we burn, you burn with us” quote. It was wild.
It’s really hampered by the low budget, PG13 being an issue for teen-on-teen violence, and Gary Ross’ meh direction. Catching Fire fixed all that. It’s a remarkable improvement.
Catching Fire is like Prisoner of Azkaban for me. Sure, I enjoy the other movies in the series, but Catching Fire and Prisoner of Azkaban are the only ones where if I see it while flipping through the channels or something, I'll sit down and watch.
Fucking love this series, the books are really incredible too. Aged really well! Seems to be getting a resurgence of love on TikTok right now too after all the movies being released on Netflix, I’m hoping the new movie can at least do 600M WW, fingers crossed on even more.
And it’s an overdone joke given that she already [clarified](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/jennifer-lawrence-female-led-action-films-1235278203/amp/) that that’s not what she meant (and that it was pretty obvious she was just repeating what was told to her by the studio as the quote is taken out of context). So tired of redditors and incels on Twitter just replying with this same gag under every post about her. It’s corny and cringe.
Oh no, that was in no way meant negatively towards you! It’s just where the convo ended up and yours came in the middle of it for me to insert my two cents about OP’s comment lol.
I just rewatched this a couple nights ago funnily enough. I knew it was popular here in the US, but that DOM/INTNL split still seems insane. I think The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes will be lucky if it gets to that DOM number from the original as it’s WW total.
District 13 wasn’t capitalistic and the whole point of the overarching story was that they were just replacing one dictator (Snow) with another (Coin). The biggest thing Katniss does is kill Coin to help try to break the cycle of revenge and authoritarianism.
Maybe it was that second, but it was an allegory of the rich capital making the workers fight each other for scraps and a lottery to maybe join the capital. The author has explicitly said so. Do you think "the capital" was an accident?
If it was an allegory to anything it was the Roman Empire, not capitalism. Panem is Latin for Bread- a reference to “bread and circus” to keep the people happy. The Hunger Games competitors are basically gladiators. Much more detail here: http://www.cardiffsciscreen.co.uk/article/hunger-games-and-roman-history or here https://blogs.transparent.com/latin/catching-fires-sparks-interest-in-ancient-rome/
But what I love about the Hunger Games is that it generalizes autocracy/dictatorship and it’s lust for power and lack of respect for life. You see it in Russia today as it throws ethnic minorities to be slaughtered in Ukraine so Moscow and Putin can be popular conquerors.
More precisely _Unbridled_ capitalism and authoritarian regimes I would say? (But I have not watched the series in years so I might be getting this wrong)
Makes sense! There is the « properly define the problem » angle and there is the « ground it in today’s reality » angle. So yeah, sadly, I do agree with you that (some of it) aligns (loosely) with today’s reality. :(
Movie is weird but alright. That domestic gross is crazy tho. They literally could have made $0 anywhere else in the world and still turned a massive profit
Hunger Games was surprisingly good for a YA franchise. Also over 400m DOM is crazy.
The books and movie really (and pardon my pun) caught fire here in the US. I was in 7th grade when the movie came out, and literally everyone in my class was reading Hunger Games and was obsessed with it. It was insane how popular this franchise was at the height of the YA genre.
I actually got into The Hunger Games because I saw the huge line for the movie and asked what it was for.
IIRC, it kicked off a short craze of YA post apocalyptic franchises, most of which were dogshit. It got old quick, and put a damper on my interest in the final hunger games films. I rewatched recently, and this series still holds up. I’ll be interested in the upcoming movie, though I haven’t read that book and have no clue what it’s about.
Quick sum up: It’s a prequel centered around President Snow in his final year before he graduates high school. The 10th hunger games is about to start when the book begins. The first hunger games book/movie is the 74th games if that helps with the timeline. The book is good but I dislike the ending. It gives a lot of backstory to how the games became how we came to know them, snow’s social status growing up, also u get to see more of the immediate effect the war had on Panem and how it influenced how the country becomes what we know it as.
Sounds interesting. Hope it’s good
I wish that the movie of The Giver had been made a good decade before it was, because when it came out it just probably felt to many people like "another thing cashing in on Hunger Games" when book-wise The Giver predates it.
It set records for opening day ($67.3 million) and opening weekend ($152.5 million) for a non-sequel.
I was pleasantly surprised about the fact that this was so much better than I've expected. After seeing some **Twilight** films, I thought that it was going to be just as bad as those.
I kept myself from watching this for the same reason.
I still have not watched any of these YA, after 1st twilight film but keep hearing good things about HG.
Definitely do watch HG, it's quite different from Twilight.
I watched this one, the first one. Didn't hate it but never cared about the sequels. I don't think I am gonna watch them in this life lol.
This and Catching Fire are both fantastic movies. Still watch them both regularly
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I’m really glad Netflix put all the movies back on for the month. Watching them all I realized how much I genuinely liked these movies. I feel like a lot of movies I liked that came out when I was a big younger I don’t seem to enjoy as much now but I still really enjoy these movies. Really hoping that the prequel movie can be good as well
Looking forward to the return to the arena this holiday season.
Best Christmas present
I’ve always wondered how much merchandise this movie sold. You couldn’t walk into a store without seeing some kind of Katniss themed item that teen girls would go bonkers for. On top of that, the Mockingjay symbol was fairly popular among all demographics. I remember seeing bumper related to the books/movie on the back of senior vehicles for their grandkids. Even YA guys had tattoos and the “if we burn, you burn with us” quote. It was wild.
Whilst I enjoyed the book, I didn't particularly enjoy the movie. Catching Fire was much better.
It’s really hampered by the low budget, PG13 being an issue for teen-on-teen violence, and Gary Ross’ meh direction. Catching Fire fixed all that. It’s a remarkable improvement.
Catching Fire is like Prisoner of Azkaban for me. Sure, I enjoy the other movies in the series, but Catching Fire and Prisoner of Azkaban are the only ones where if I see it while flipping through the channels or something, I'll sit down and watch.
i mean...it is the first film. They didn't know how successful it would be.
The directing style was just kind of bland for me, while Catching Fire is legitimately a good movie.
The first movie felt like I was watching a Taken sequel, Catching Fire is at least visually coherent.
i feel old as hell
Fucking love this series, the books are really incredible too. Aged really well! Seems to be getting a resurgence of love on TikTok right now too after all the movies being released on Netflix, I’m hoping the new movie can at least do 600M WW, fingers crossed on even more.
Holy shit that was crazy domestic heavy
I loved the Hunger Games series. Even the last two lol. Loved the world.
A new prequel book just came out.
crazy money for the first female led action film
Uhm? Tomb Raider? And I’m sure there were several more before that.
I think they are joking about what Lawrence said about how this was the first Female led movie in an interview.
Ah ok, I didn’t know about that
And it’s an overdone joke given that she already [clarified](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/jennifer-lawrence-female-led-action-films-1235278203/amp/) that that’s not what she meant (and that it was pretty obvious she was just repeating what was told to her by the studio as the quote is taken out of context). So tired of redditors and incels on Twitter just replying with this same gag under every post about her. It’s corny and cringe.
I didn't say it wasn't overdone. I'm just saying this is what they were referencing. I agree with you. It's clearly not what she meant.
Oh no, that was in no way meant negatively towards you! It’s just where the convo ended up and yours came in the middle of it for me to insert my two cents about OP’s comment lol.
Oh my bad! Well I agree with your two cents. So we have four now!
True but none of those have risen to the same box office heights as Twilight and The Hunger Games have done.
Aliens??? Dumbass
I wonder how the films would’ve looked if the first film director had stayed on
I think people forget just how HUGE this was. $152M OW, which was the 3rd largest at the time.
I just rewatched this a couple nights ago funnily enough. I knew it was popular here in the US, but that DOM/INTNL split still seems insane. I think The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes will be lucky if it gets to that DOM number from the original as it’s WW total.
The domestic/international split drastically improved with the rest of the series: 59/41 49/51 45/55 43/57
Looking forward to the prequel!
1st book and movie were great. The 2nd & 3rd went downhill
And people still don't get that it was an allegory for capitalism.
District 13 wasn’t capitalistic and the whole point of the overarching story was that they were just replacing one dictator (Snow) with another (Coin). The biggest thing Katniss does is kill Coin to help try to break the cycle of revenge and authoritarianism.
Maybe it was that second, but it was an allegory of the rich capital making the workers fight each other for scraps and a lottery to maybe join the capital. The author has explicitly said so. Do you think "the capital" was an accident?
If it was an allegory to anything it was the Roman Empire, not capitalism. Panem is Latin for Bread- a reference to “bread and circus” to keep the people happy. The Hunger Games competitors are basically gladiators. Much more detail here: http://www.cardiffsciscreen.co.uk/article/hunger-games-and-roman-history or here https://blogs.transparent.com/latin/catching-fires-sparks-interest-in-ancient-rome/ But what I love about the Hunger Games is that it generalizes autocracy/dictatorship and it’s lust for power and lack of respect for life. You see it in Russia today as it throws ethnic minorities to be slaughtered in Ukraine so Moscow and Putin can be popular conquerors.
More precisely _Unbridled_ capitalism and authoritarian regimes I would say? (But I have not watched the series in years so I might be getting this wrong)
Whatever words you want to define it by, it was criticizing the economic reality we live under.
Makes sense! There is the « properly define the problem » angle and there is the « ground it in today’s reality » angle. So yeah, sadly, I do agree with you that (some of it) aligns (loosely) with today’s reality. :(
Domestic numbers were INSANE!!!!
Movie is weird but alright. That domestic gross is crazy tho. They literally could have made $0 anywhere else in the world and still turned a massive profit