HUNGER GAMES (Page 5)

You are in the extreme minority then. 

i agree.  they skipped a lot of the set up to get to the exciting part, and if i hadn't read the books i may have been curious about some of the characters.  but the games were done great, the feeling or terror/fear the day of the reaping.  and i like that they showed haymitch working his magic on seneca/the sponsors.  they are setting the movie up very nicely for the sequels...

The only thing I would have liked is the set up back in District 12 so you can see why Katniss is such a badass with the bow.  Woody Harrelson is perfect for the role.  The Seneca at the end was priceless I don't remember that being in the book but very clever.

i personally LOVED the seneca ending.  since the books are written from kat's perspective, you don't learn about seneca being killed by snow until maybe a third of the way into the second book.  the movie hints at a handful of things that kat doesn't learn about (and therefore the reader doesn't know) until book 2.  but i think gary ross's interpretaton of how seneca was killed is just AWESOME.

Picked the book up yesterday morning at my ex's house, finished it last night.  Really kept my attention and a great fast read.  Well written and made me feel a lot of emotions.  Still thinking is it appropriate for MY 10-year old to read?

Will look for the second this week. 

Opinions from my 10-yr-old daughter "bookworm", Gracie:

"The Hunger Games is one of my favorite books of all time.  Some scary and sad parts, but I was able to handle it.  The movie was a really good adaptation of the book."

"Catching Fire was good, not as good as The Hunger Games.  It was kind of a setup for the last book.  It was also OK for me to read.  It had some pretty good surprises in it."

"Mocking Jay was really disturbing.  I don't know if it was appropriate for me to read it.  I had to since I read the first two.  But the ending really bothered me.  I mean REALLY bothered me.  I was upset for a couple of days afterwards.  I had to do lots of yoga and Tai Chi to get grounded and relaxed after reading that.  When they make it into a movie, I'm either going to have to close my eyes or leave the theater during some parts."

I read all three books as well and would agree.  G is 10 going on 20, so she may be a little different.  But Mocking Jay can get downright disturbing for many.

I agree that Mocking Jay is by far the most disturbing book.  If you can get past the kids killing kids thing the last is the toughest read. 

My husband came to the movie with me. He has not read the books.  He really enjoyed the movie.  I wondered if it would be easy to follow if you hadn't read the books but he said he had no trouble.  He isn't a reader and will never read the books.  He doesn't want to know anything about the second book because he wants to see the movie when it comes out.  I heard on the radio last week that it won't be out until November 2013.  I guess they will have to show the first installment again so people can remember what happened!

I think I enjoyed this movie more than any other movie that I have read first.  The only difference being that I didn't come away from the movie hating The Capitol.

I am re-reading the books.  I raced through them the first time because I wanted to see what guy she ended up with.  He he he, I cannot help being a romantic.  I totally agree with those who felt disturbed by the third book.