Just watched the movie with my wife after reading the book.
I honestly thought Totem was trolling when he made this thread originally. I didn't think it would actually be THAT bad. Maybe I'm biased because I read the book first, which was pretty good, although the story could have been told better by a more experienced author. We both thought the movie was outright terrible... It was like a fan-made adaptation of the book made by a bunch of film school students to be posted on Youtube.
Edited, Aug 17th 2012 5:04am by Kuwoobie
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You guys are just being led by the mainstream media outlets. Can't just one of you have an original thought?!
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Way bad choice of username for the record...
At least I wasn't the only one that thought that.
Got around to seeing this movie this evening. As I'd guessed, some of you people thought way too hard about it.
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Wow. Regular ol' Joph fan club in here.
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I liked the Hunger Games movie. It was a disturbing subject for me to digest when I read the book. Watching it in movie form was much more entertaining. baa
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Jophiel wrote:
Got around to seeing this movie this evening. As I'd guessed, some of you people thought way too hard about it.
At the risk of treading somewhere in the realm of agreement with gbaji, this is something that I wonder about sometimes. People do the same sort of overanalysis with the Harry Potter books, too. I don't quite get the folks that read only the Hunger Games and Harry Potter, then mine for depth and nuance in them like they're writing a thesis. They're fine enough books, but poring over them is at odds with their nature.
If you're going to do that much thinking about a book, why not do it over one that can sustain that sort of analysis?
Edited, Aug 20th 2012 10:00am by Eske
Eske Esquire wrote:
If you're going to do that much thinking about a book, why not do it over one that can sustain that sort of analysis?
George Carlin wrote:
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Eske Esquire wrote:
People do the same sort of overanalysis with the Harry Potter books, too. I don't quite get the folks that read only the Hunger Games and Harry Potter, then mine for depth and nuance in them like they're writing a thesis. They're fine enough books, but poring over them is at odds with their nature.
I don't necessarily disagree but I'd rank someone who tries to act smart by tearing down children's literature a bit lower than someone who over-analyzed children's literature. Someone who gets way into Harry Potter, be it analyzing themes in the book or trying to find a connection (beyond bad pseudo-latin) between the spells or chronicling the mythology or even writing fan fic is trying to extend a pleasant experience that ended in its official form. Even if I'm not into Harry Potter, I can "get" that and it's not hurting anything even if I personally find some of the efforts silly. Someone who is trying to tear down popular children's (or tween/teen) literature/film is just exercising self-aggrandizement by going after a ridiculously easy target. It's a lot harder to respect that. I mean, holy shit, really? You managed to find plot holes in Harry Potter or Twilight or The Hunger Games? You must be a genius.
Belkira wrote:
Wow. Regular ol' Joph fan club in here.
Jophiel wrote:
....self-aggrandizement by going after a ridiculously easy target.
Totem's specialty.
Edited, Aug 20th 2012 5:56pm by Elinda
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Eske Esquire wrote:
People do the same sort of overanalysis with the Harry Potter books, too. I don't quite get the folks that read only the Hunger Games and Harry Potter, then mine for depth and nuance in them like they're writing a thesis. They're fine enough books, but poring over them is at odds with their nature.
I don't necessarily disagree but I'd rank someone who tries to act smart by tearing down children's literature a bit lower than someone who over-analyzed children's literature. Someone who gets way into Harry Potter, be it analyzing themes in the book or trying to find a connection (beyond bad pseudo-latin) between the spells or chronicling the mythology or even writing fan fic is trying to extend a pleasant experience that ended in its official form. Even if I'm not into Harry Potter, I can "get" that and it's not hurting anything even if I personally find some of the efforts silly. Someone who is trying to tear down popular children's (or tween/teen) literature/film is just exercising self-aggrandizement by going after a ridiculously easy target. It's a lot harder to respect that. I mean, holy shit, really? You managed to find plot holes in Harry Potter or Twilight or The Hunger Games? You must be a genius.
Agreed on all points.
I should be honest here: I'm referring in part to my fiancee, who's endlessly impressed by the fact that the house elves in Harry Potter are a metaphor for real-life ethnic prejudices.
PS: Elves as the target of prejudice, that's a new one!
Edited, Aug 20th 2012 12:51pm by Eske
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Grace Chetwin and Susan Cooper wrote way better series than Harry Potter any day for what its worth. That is all.
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On the other hand, Dr. Seuss books were just pages and pages of plot holes and inconsistent characterizations, and that's not even counting the awful butchering of the English language. I have no idea how he even got published with that infantile writing.
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