Comments on: ‘Hunger Games’ Will Begin To Play On March 23, 2012 https://staging2.theplaylist.net/hunger-games-will-begin-to-play-on-march-23-2012-20110125/ Mon, 16 Nov 2020 13:02:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Dylan https://staging2.theplaylist.net/hunger-games-will-begin-to-play-on-march-23-2012-20110125/#comment-105294 Fri, 13 May 2016 15:13:53 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2011/more/uncategorized/hunger-games-will-begin-to-play-on-march-23-2012-120676/#comment-105294 I\’m interested in seeing how popular this series gets. I just started the first book. I\’m not sure it\’ll reach the level of popularity as Harry Potter, never mind Twilight, the main reason being both HP and Twilight were popular BEFORE the movie. The pre book hype release resulted in IMMENSE popularity. The first book came out in 2008 but I don\’t think anyone heard about it until last year when the LAST book came out. HP was popular shortly after the first book and Twilight really became popular after the second. The bright side is that at least if it does reach immense popularity, it\’s a pretty good book as opposed to Twilight. I\’m not sure it will though. I\’m interested in seeing what happens though.

]]> By: Leah Zak https://staging2.theplaylist.net/hunger-games-will-begin-to-play-on-march-23-2012-20110125/#comment-105295 Fri, 13 May 2016 15:13:53 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2011/more/uncategorized/hunger-games-will-begin-to-play-on-march-23-2012-120676/#comment-105295 I finished reading the first book a few days ago and they are going to need a damn good team on the adaptation or this is going to be total schlock.

It\’s an engrossing adventure (I might or might not have lost track of time and read the entire second half in a night/early morning) but very internal, and as a young adult novel, prone to the same over-the-top melodrama/romance that makes the Twilight movies so ridiculous… The same guy behind both Pleasantville and Seabiscuit at the wheel doesn\’t isn\’t giving me too much hope that this will go above and beyond what I saw on the page, which makes me sad, because a little polish and this could have great potential to rise above Young Adult novel fare.

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