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Updated With Domestic!! The International Motion Poster For THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE Will Leave You With A Burning Sensation!!
The Kidd here...
THE HUNGER GAMES is set to carry on with the next leg of the book trilogy/movie quadrilogy (the last one now always has to be split into two parts apparently) due in November 2013.
However, to get fans burning with anticipation (ahh... you see what I did there), an international teaser motion poster has made its way online, courtesy of Lionsgate, to start spreading awareness for the next chapter of Katniss Everdeen's story in CATCHING FIRE.
I expect the excitement to start spreading like wildfire among fans any moment now. (Oh, man... I could do this all day.)
UPDATE: Now in English, too (in case you didn't want to have to translate)...
-Billy Donnelly
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Nov. 20, 2012, 12:48 p.m. CST
wtf is with this stupid splitting the book into two movies thing i really fuckin hate it okay
by Stephen
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Look at Game of Thrones... 12 hours for one book, seems to work well. Hoping they do Dune that way next.
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A short course of antibiotics should clear that right up.
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Nov. 20, 2012, 12:54 p.m. CST
With llamas?!!!? THAT'S what was missing in the first.
by openthepodbaydoorshal
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Just can't get into this whole thing. Is it because I saw BR in 2002 and read the original novel in 2003? Join my FB page Church of Cinematology.
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Nov. 20, 2012, 1:06 p.m. CST
creepy I wouldve gone with fifty shades of gay or fifty shits of gray
by Stephen
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I think this may be a case where the movie has a chance to improve things. The last book is like Red Dawn lite.
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my netherregions burn with anticipation for kaniss
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Well??
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Nov. 20, 2012, 1:35 p.m. CST
The only series that justified the two-part finale was Harry Potter.
by kidicarus
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Though I imagine the 2nd and 3rd books are leagues better than Battle Royale 2.
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I only see it in Spanish :'(
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It IS a two movie series, not a trilogy. It's just that the last movie got split in two. Makes $ense.
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Was definitely worth it, but they still shortchanged part 2 by about 40 minutes, there was a ton of stuff still missing and plot holes because they still glossed over shit from the book.
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Nov. 20, 2012, 1:57 p.m. CST
I just took a shit that cooler looking than this. Yes, I lit it on fire
by 77AD
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Nov. 20, 2012, 2:03 p.m. CST
did anybody else think that terabithia kid's name was Peter until the end credits?
by Stephen
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Nov. 20, 2012, 2:53 p.m. CST
Deathly Hallows was a long book though - 3rd book of Hunger Games is more or less the same length as the first
by Joey Stars
It's needlessly being expanded. It's a cash grab to do it in 2 parts.
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Nov. 20, 2012, 3:31 p.m. CST
I'd like to see a franchise that fizzles out before it's finished.
by kindofabigdeal
Kinda like how Twilight lost its gust by the end but crowds still showed up to the very end. I want a movie to fall off so bad that the final book isn't even greenlit. Then the tween fad can finally die.
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Audience was AWOL by the third one. Of course that wasn't really like these tween films but it's the closest thing I can think of to what you described. Nobody really thought all of the Narnia books would get filmed anyway. Nevermind.
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Fucking motherfucker ...
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Nov. 20, 2012, 3:37 p.m. CST
Harry Potter series DID deserve the last movie split. In fact, a couple of the movies should have been split
by F This
There was a lot of shit that was glossed over or outright ignored in the movies. They probably had enough content in the books to do 2 movies for each of the last 3 or 4 books. That would have been fucking bad ass.
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Nov. 20, 2012, 3:41 p.m. CST
Hunger Games series: First two books were good. Third book was ass. And they want to split the shitty one into two?
by F This
Unless there is a wholesale change to the third part of the story, what the fuck are these stupid ass execs thinking?
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NOT going to fall for a second film. I don't care who stars in it.
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As has been mentioned, the third book is... um... not well executed. Some interesting concepts (it goes pretty dark especially at the very end with what happens to the "new" president), but everything is sort of mashed together incoherently. It is one of the few times I think they could actually really make the movie(s) better than the book. Keep the general themes and put together a better plot.
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It doesn't make sense, but it DOES make cents.
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Nov. 20, 2012, 3:50 p.m. CST
lol at everybody who thinks Harry Potter movies needed more minutes
by Stephen
every single one of those movies was too long. What you really needed more faux latin magic words and magical creatures they learn about in the first reel only to become GASP! important in the third reel. fuck those movies.
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Nov. 20, 2012, 3:55 p.m. CST
booger_t - That's the fucking point, retard. There was a lot of good shit from the books that was missed that filled in the story.
by F This
Overall I really liked the movies, especially from part 3 on. But not having read the books until just before Deathly Hallows Part 2 movie I had wondered about certain things that really weren't explained much or at all. Once I read the books I was shocked at how much they missed in the films.
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Nov. 20, 2012, 3:56 p.m. CST
booger_t - The story in the books was much more detailed than presented in the films
by F This
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I watch movies for intrigue and mystery and fascination and entertainment and not because i wanna write a book report on which magic spells make your nose longer.
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When I was doing quality control checks this past weekend on auditoriums of Twilight and Lincoln, this motion poster had a green band on the front of it and was called a teaser trailer. All it really did was piss off the fans since there was NOTHING to it except a date that was a year away.
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Will clear that right up
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like closet busting homosexuals!
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It's a giant blank spot in the page, in both spots. For the record, yes I was able to see the Evil Dead poster on the other article.
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Nov. 20, 2012, 5:28 p.m. CST
There was nothing original to the Hungers Games movie to me
by hopeless
Never read the books but I did see the movie and I guess I am one of the few that didnt like the movie. To me the start of the movie slow and boring and when they go to the city it turned into a Joel Shumacher Batman movie with all the colors the clothes, the hair styles and the way people acted. And when the tournament finally started all that Katniss chick did was run and hide and some how survived. Idk I was let down so I think I'll pass on the next ones
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Nov. 20, 2012, 5:32 p.m. CST
Back to smartacus: I forgot that Narnia stopped. I found them interesting, but was awol for Prince Caspian.
by kindofabigdeal
Haven't even Netflixed it yet. Sheeesh
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More like glorified banner ad. I love Hunger Games, but this is not news. I hope this isn't the start of a trend. You're better than this Kidd. Maybe not.
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Yeah, they should have split every movie after Prisoner of Azkaban, really gone for it. The books were DEFINITELY long enough and it would have allowed them to follow ALL the stories through to the final film. I'll never understand why they didn't do this, either. They could have filmed them as far ahead of time as needed to keep the actors the right age, or just released one film every 6 months instead of once a year. Every damn one of them would have made just as much as they did by cutting them to pieces. I don't even enjoy watching GoF and OotP anymore because they're so damn altered.
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I haven't read them, so I don't know if its necessary, or if it would damage the story by editing it into one movie. I will say that I like the trend and I hope they continue with it for film adaptations of series like this. Film scripts, by and large, are not NEARLY as long as a even a short novel. In some cases, such as a series of books that you KNOW are all going to be adapted, I think the split works and is a great idea. Obviously, splitting a single book makes less sense, particularly classics.
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She denies ever having seen the film or knowing of the story. What bullshit. At least BR acknowledges it is heavily influenced by Lord Of The Flies
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Nov. 21, 2012, 2:45 a.m. CST
booger_t, a couple examples of major things they left out of the Potter movies that would have vastly improved them
by Dreamwriter
These are not just little "my favorite part of the book was left out!" things or "silly new spells", but major story points that would make the movies make more sense and give them a better sense of drama. In Half Blood Prince, the movie basically ignores most of Potter reading the Half Blood Prince's potions book and getting great grades in potions class because of it (grades which he needs to pass his tests to be able train for his chosen profession). Which is really the whole point of the story, that book and how Harry learns from it and who wrote it and all. It kinda sorta starts to tell that story, but then stops. So when the movie suddenly reveals Snape as the Half Blood Prince, and doesn't really explain anything about his backstory or what "Half Blood Prince" means or anything, it's just a sudden surprise that means nothing. It makes it a Scooby Doo ending rather than an actual story. In Order of the Phoenix, guess who was barely in the movie at all? The Order of the Phoenix! The movie is named for them, but we meet them once at the beginning, and then they show up for the final fight at the end, and that's it. The characters each have interesting personalities and do interesting things, and are important characters in the rest of the series, but in the movie we never really got to know them so any deaths or weddings or other events in the Deathly Hallows are robbed of any drama or significance. In Deathly Hallows, Harry is constantly looking at this mirror shard through both damn movies, and the movies NEVER explain where he got it or anything about it except for the reveal at the end of who Harry kept seeing in it. I don't know anyone who didn't read the books who understands what that mirror shard is or where Harry got it or why he keeps looking init. Or how Dobby the house elf knows to come rescue Harry and friends (related to the shard). Sure it's already a long movie split into two, but if they had spent a couple minutes spread out throughout the two movies explaining that, it would have cleared up a LOT of confusion.
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The last book being split in two is old news, the motion posters heralds a new era in movie posters.....
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"Hard Target" for kids. Complete and utter nonsense dressed up like the worst pantomime you could concieve. Elizabeth Banks looked completely embarrassed by her characters design. I wanted all the kids to kill themselves in the first reel, because they were bordering on annoying. Can't believe Seymour Hoffman has attached himself to this drivel. Still, money talks.
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Nov. 21, 2012, 9:59 a.m. CST
I got crabs.... wanna see'em? :) What about this movie is so complicated it takes until November 2013 to get the sequel
by HarrysNemesis
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Nov. 21, 2012, 11:02 a.m. CST
okay i guess if you only watch the movies and never read the books its okay to want the split movies for all the plot details
by Stephen
but really, I don't understand how any adults are harry potter fans in the first place. Its kids books. They're over-simplified wish-fulfillment bullshit designed to maintain the status quo. They're sorta fun, but in a very trashy throw-away manner. So maybe its nostalgia? The first book came out in what, 1998, right? so if you're older than 25 or so that shouldn't be a factor. But if you are into it, you already know the story and if they gloss over stuff, you're not actually missing it. If you didn't read the books why are you interested in it at all? The stories are cute, but they aren't all that good in the first place. sorry if I'm shitting on somebody's fandom, but I just don't see the appeal beyond the most casual of encounters. but if you're a fan of harry potter...like enough to want 14 movies instead of 7, you've gotta be invested in the timeline at least enough to pick up a book to get those details. A good movie SHOULD leave you wondering a bit, not answer all you questions so you forget it by the time the sequel comes out. Non-fans are gonna crap out after 4 or 5 movies because they forget the plot. MORE details are going to just make that worse.
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Not challenging cinema, and spoiled by comparisons to Battle Royal, but fun nonetheless. The books are equally light (to begin with) but a good read. However, the final book in the series really, REALLY becomes epically grim. I don't know how they are going to sell that to the kiddies. Besides the obvious cash grab I can see why they might want to split the book events over two films - regardless of actual page count, the events it covers would prove much harder to slim down to a manageable size than the first novel.
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Good films should make you wonder through the ideas they present, not by omitting pertinent information. That simply leaves an audience confused. Many of the irritating missteps of the Potter series could have been easily avoided with the insertion of a few lines of dialogue. Unless you are a Prometheus fan of course, in which case I can't help you ; )
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again on the running time, each HP movie before it is at least 150 minutes, some nearly 3 hours, but the big finale got a 2 hour cap. They didn't even use that time wisely. For instance King's Cross in the book explained a fuck ton of stuff with lots of payoff from previous books, while the movie version explained nothing but still ran for like 6 minutes. baffling. Snape's memory was pretty good though for a gloss over.
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Nov. 21, 2012, 1:22 p.m. CST
maybe I just dont give enough of a fuck about harry potter to care
by Stephen
thats probably it. But in my opinion that series would have benefited vastly from more open-ended strangeness and fewer rules. Though most of what I have in mind would throw a wrench in the ridiculous success of the franchise.
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True - I could not see them finishing the series, for a variety of reasons. The kids are not in all of the books....the actors have grown up too fast...the books become more blatantly Christian, especially "The Last Battle." I must have read the books a dozen times growing up, but it has been thirty years.
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Nov. 21, 2012, 4:36 p.m. CST
So they're going the Twilight route and dubbing the whole series "The Hunger Games."
by JediRob
Lame. I like the unique titles.
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Nov. 22, 2012, 6:25 p.m. CST
WHEN WE WENT TO SEE HG, I SAW A LOT OF GIRLS WHO WORE TAYLOR SWIFT CRAP
by Meadowe
goes to show what kind of crowd this is aimed at. And just because katniss sang a song with the word 'meadow' in it said swift fans would turn to me and smile and I tried my best not to roll my eyes at them. That said, I enjoyed it and plunked down what little $ i have and bought the exclusive from best buy. I'll take this over summit's other teen franchise any day.
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The Prince book told a story about Harry's personal politics. The movie opted to tell a story about sexual politics, instead: and that made the whole "who is the Prince?" plot-line superfluous. What they should have done was cut all of the Lav-Lav & Won-Won crap: it was bad in the book and worse on film. They should have replaced it with Scrimgeour and Harry's political choices between Dumbledore & Scrimmy, as well as Harry going Karl Rove on Snape & Malfoy. However, it could and should have been done in one film. With Hallows, the first film was just a storyless string of events. The book's story about Understanding the Greater Good was completely lost: as was any other possible story! It was a pointless as the Columbus films. (Columbus has no comprehension of story, so that's not surprising.) The 2nd film came together with a well-tolkd story about Undying Love, but it was too late to salvage the franchise at that point. As for Order, the title was not germane to the story. There, both book and film told stories about personal isolation. The film did a much better job than the book: that badly, badly needed editing, as it has entire chapters that contribute nothing to story or plot.
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