#170 - Movie Review - The Hunger Games

Discerning Geeks Portal

May the odds be ever in your favor...for enjoying this week's review of "The Hunger Games," the first movie in the young adult political action-thriller franchise.

- Which Geek has read the Hunger Games book trilogy, which Geek didn't see any of the Hunger Games until now, which Geek is the only one to see all five movies including the prequel, and are any of these the same Geek?

- Which narrative & visual issues did one Geek have with Act 1 of the movie?

- Which Geek first pointed out how much of the movie was filmed in North Carolina and that he had been to many of those locations?

- Which location in the movie franchise was filmed in Atlanta's Marriott Marquis, the center host hotel of Dragon Con (of course pointed out by Todd)?

- How critical were the Geeks about the love triangle in this movie (and the sage as a whole)?

- Were the Geeks bothered by the target audience being teenage girls?

- Did the premise of the Hunger Games make sense, or was it too unrealistic?

- In what ways is the premise perverse & disturbing?

- What were the most likable things about main character Katniss & support character Rue?

- Which young adult characters in a recent Disney+ show were played by the actress that played pre-teen Rue in THG?

- Which Japanese horror novel contained a very similar plot first, possibly so similar that some criticized this movie for copying?

- Which two animated TV show episodes were randomly rolled to reviewed in the near future?

- In the special SPOILER section at the end, what were two Geeks' complaints about the saga's ending in "Mockingjay, Part 2"?

- And, why the #&][ did Todd go on such huge tangents about "Star Wars: The Acolyte" and...Taylor Swift concert videos on TikTok?

Listen now for the answers to these and other death-defying questions as we give tribute to..."The Hunger Games."

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