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earendel is Catching Fire

#1 Post by earendel » Mon Nov 25, 2013 2:48 pm

Saturday I went to see the second movie in the Hunger Games series. While I realize these are "young adult" fiction, I found the books interesting. I wasn't particularly impressed with the first movie, but this one was much better, adhering closer to the book than the first one, albeit with a few plot points left out.
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#2 Post by MarleysGh0st » Mon Nov 25, 2013 2:55 pm

Stop, drop and roll!




Oops, sorry, just reacting to the subject line, there. :wink:

I'll probably go see this, later in the week. The movie may adhere more closely to the book, but I didn't like the second two books nearly as much as the first.

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#3 Post by earendel » Mon Nov 25, 2013 3:02 pm

MarleysGh0st wrote:Stop, drop and roll!




Oops, sorry, just reacting to the subject line, there. :wink:

I'll probably go see this, later in the week. The movie may adhere more closely to the book, but I didn't like the second two books nearly as much as the first.
I thought "Catching Fire" was the best of the three, with "Hunger Games" second and "Mockingjay" a distant third (a disappointing denoument).
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#4 Post by danielh41 » Mon Nov 25, 2013 3:46 pm

earendel wrote:
MarleysGh0st wrote:Stop, drop and roll!




Oops, sorry, just reacting to the subject line, there. :wink:

I'll probably go see this, later in the week. The movie may adhere more closely to the book, but I didn't like the second two books nearly as much as the first.
I thought "Catching Fire" was the best of the three, with "Hunger Games" second and "Mockingjay" a distant third (a disappointing denoument).
I had mixed feelings about a lot of what happened in Mockingjay, but the more I thought about it, the more I thought it demonstrated the devastating effects of war very well.

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#5 Post by BackInTex » Mon Nov 25, 2013 4:36 pm

Didn't read the books but enjoyed the first movie. I'll see the 2nd sometime, maybe before it leaves the theatre, fut not a definate.
..what country can preserve it’s liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? let them take arms.
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War is where the government tells you who the bad guy is.
Revolution is when you decide that for yourself.
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#6 Post by Catfish » Mon Nov 25, 2013 5:34 pm

earendel wrote:
MarleysGh0st wrote:Stop, drop and roll!




Oops, sorry, just reacting to the subject line, there. :wink:

I'll probably go see this, later in the week. The movie may adhere more closely to the book, but I didn't like the second two books nearly as much as the first.
I thought "Catching Fire" was the best of the three, with "Hunger Games" second and "Mockingjay" a distant third (a disappointing denoument).
Ditto.
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#7 Post by heelsrule1988 » Mon Nov 25, 2013 6:37 pm

Hope you all stayed for the credits. Or at least the first song. :)

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