The Hunger Games Trailer Is All Set-Up
Mon, November 14, 2011 It's not that the first theatrical trailer for The Hunger Games is bad, per say. It's alright but the focus here is all about setting up our lead characters, the environment and so on. Co-worker buddy tells me what you're seeing is the first couple of chapters.
If you hoping for cross-brow action and young kids killing one another over the span of two minutes and thirty-six minutes, prepare to be disappointed. You'll just have to wait 'till the next trailer closer to its March 2012 release.
With all the hype/press for this as the "next big thing," this trailer needed to impress those blind to the faith. In that sense, it failed. While I'm still optimistic of the final product (considering the cast, Gary Ross directing and Billy Ray writing), how anyone can label this a home run is spin. Or hard-core Hunger Games fans in denial.
Reader Comments (4)
I showed it to my sister, who hasn't read the books yet, and she said it looked kick-ass. So go figure. I read the books and thought it looked great.
I haven't read the books, though I want to. I thought this trailer did a great job. It teases without showing everything. It's still four months until it's release, they have plenty of time to start showing money shots.
meh looks like cookie cutter crap, though not as bad as Twilight
speaking of which, you must be on your period again Jamie. God forbid anyone get excited about ANYTHING right?
#elitist d o u c h e b a g
Just an average trailer, looks like its trying to be Twilight but can't even do that. MTV needs something new to talk about, so here we are. I'm going to see the movie because I am intrigued and heard good things about the book, but that trailer isn't all that and a bag of tricks.