Donald Sutherland Talks the Politics of Hunger Games

In and interview with EW, Donald Sutherland talks not about the violence of The Hunger Games, but the political themes in the film.  The first clip is only 0:57 seconds long, but Sutherland discusses the scenes that Gary Ross wrote with President Snow in the rose gardens and how he feels they "encapsulated exactly what [the Capitol] was with an oligarchy, the privileged, controlling the 99%." 

Racist Hunger Games Fans Are Disappointed

Casting Cinna, Rue and Thresh with black actors has made a lot of fans very disappointed. Cinna, who was not really depicted in the book, could be any ethnicity, so it really doesn't matter. Suzanne refers to Rue as having "dark brown skin and eyes" along with Thresh. This depiction could be a really tan person, Native American, etc but Gary Ross chose to cast black actors. I didn't think anything about that when watching the film, personally, I think the actors fit the characters pretty well. Apparently other fans of the book didn't think the same though; here's the article.

Hunger Games: What The Movie Got Right And Wrong

CAUTION: Do not read this until after you have watched the movie because it will spoil it.

I agree 100% with everything Keertana says in this article. What Gary Ross got right, how The Hunger Games movie was one of the best film/movie adaptations, and what went wrong. It's nice to read that someone else thought the movie was only "fine" because of the things that Gary left out or barely skimmed on. What are your opinions? Do you agree with this article and the negative things Keertana mentions? Like the lack of relationship among Peeta and Katniss?

Hunger Games Grosses Record

No shock there! Hunger Games grossed $19.7 million just from the domestic midnight showings. Having been one of those people who waited in line, it came as no shock reading this article. It scored the highest midnight gross for a nonsequel EVER "and the seventh best midnight gross overall." Gary Ross definitely did something right!