Talk:The Hunger Games (film)

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Alright, time to refresh myself on this film series! The last GAN was six years ago, so I'm going to assume that the issues there have been more than addressed and look at this film fresh. As always, a  Working tag means that I haven't finished looking at that part of the article yet, but feel free to start making changes as soon as you see them!

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Infobox and lede

  • The release dates and gross numbers don't need citations in the lede as long as they appear in the body
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  • Shorten parentheticals to last name, as Lawrence and Hutcherson were already introduced
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  • Principal photography began in May 2011 and ended that September
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  • Move comma from after "March 21, 2012" to after "in some European countries"
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  • Japanese release is never mentioned in the body
 Done Removed.
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Plot

  • This section is sitting at 709 words, just over the 400-700 range recommended by
    MOS:FILMPLOT
    . Find a few areas to trim.
 Done
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  • Pipe Panem to
    Fictional world of The Hunger Games
    .
 Done
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  • Comma after "Careers"
 Done
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  • "eleven" → "11" per
    MOS:NUMBERS
 Done
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  • "dead from eating what she assumed were edible berries from watching Peeta." → "poisoned to death by the nightlock she collected after watching Peeta." (or something of that sort, just to decrease the double "from")
 Done
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  • {{
    MOS:DASH
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  • The last two paragraphs both begin with "Crane then", which visually looks repetitive.
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Cast

  • Not necessary to have citations for the cast list unless there's a character description attached
 Done Removed.
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 Done
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  • Period after "Mrs." in "Mrs. Everdeen"
 Done
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Production
 Done
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  • Sentence structure in the first sentence is confusing atm, as it implies Color Force reportedly bought the rights for $200,000, but the Newsweek citation [27] says Lionsgate spent the money.
Removed some citations earlier and I couldn't find one from Newsweek.
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 Done
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  • [29] doesn't show anything about the budget being "one of the largest ever"
 Done Removed.
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 Done
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  • Same with Gary Ross
 Done
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Casting

  • strike "coveted" in role, for neutrality
 Done
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  • "Lawrence, a fan of the books, took three days to accept the role, initially intimidated by the size of the production." → "Lawrence, a fan of the books, was originally intimidated by the size of the production, and took three days to accept the role."
 Done
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  • Commas around "other than Hutcherson"
 Done
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  • Write his full name out in its first appearance
 Done
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  • "who was later cast as Cato" needs a citation
 Done Removed.
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  • Comma after "The following month"
 Done
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  • Need a reference for "Both got the role at the time they were promoting Captain America: The First Avenger"
 Done Removed.
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  • It's also unclear who 'both' refers to, as three names are mentioned in the preceding sentence
 Done Removed.
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Filming

  • List of possible directing candidates needs a citation (EW source doesn't mention them)
 Done Added a source.
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 Done
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  • Commas around "as part of the underwriting process"
 Done
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  • "dyed her naturally blonde hair"
 Done
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  • Split sentence after "yoga", make separate sentence about her injury.
 Done
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  • Citation needed for that training injury
 Done
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  • The sentence about Hutcherson and Hemsworth dying their hair should be placed next to Lawrence dyeing hers, rather than in the middle of a paragraph about her training process
 Done
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  • Delink Hutcherson and Hemsworth, who were already mentioned above
 Done
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 Done
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  • "digital due (in part) to the" → "digital, due in part to the"
 Done
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 Done
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 Done
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  • "other scenes also took place and was filmed" → "other scenes were filmed"
 Done
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  • The Shelby/Charlotte/Asheville sentence needs a citation
 Done Added sources.
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  • "production team found" → "production team used", to reduce repetition of "found" and reduce implication that they somehow discovered the town
 Done
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  • "looked at a lot of photographs"
 Done
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  • "the 1950s in the search of a very American feel." → "the 1950s, in search of an "American" feel."
 Done
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  • District should be capitalized
 Done
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  • Comma after "every character"
 Done
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  • "differentiate strongly" → "strongly differentiate"
 Done
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  • Missing period before [61]
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Music

  • Safe & Sound only needs to be linked once, when it appears in the first sentence
 Done
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  • Music video release date needs a citation.
 Done Removed.
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  • Citation [64] should only appear once, at the end of the sentence.
 Done
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 Done
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 Done
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 Done
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  • Drop the "important and signature" descriptors, which are non-neutral and do not appear in the cited sources
 Done
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  • "Arcade Fire's Panem national anthem" → "The resulting piece"
 Done
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  • "Strong reviews" is followed only by one review
 Done Removed.
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 Done
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  • "a rather obscure" → "an obscure"
 Done
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  • Name the track as "Sediment"
 Question: Could you elaborate?
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  • Move the citation to the end of the paragraph
 Done
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Critical reception
 Done
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 Done
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  • Mention in first sentence of second paragraph that it was compared to Harry Potter and Twilight, as many of the reviews in this para talk about that
 Done
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 Done
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 Done
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Box office

  • Put this above "critical reception"
 Done
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  • "US & Canada" → "United States and Canada"
 Done
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  • The Box Office Mojo stats don't suggest that it made the "largest worldwide opening weekend for a film not released during the summer or the holiday period", because the non-archived version has several films above that, and the archived version doesn't specify release dates.
 Done Removed.
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  • For that matter, many of the records need to specify "at the time of its release" or "as of", as Black Panther (Feb. 2018), Beauty and the Beast (Mar. 2017), and BvS (Mar. 2016) have since overtaken that.
 Done
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  • Mysterious space in the third paragraph with "On its first weekend"
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  • Drop the "With regard to ticket sales", as the phrase is mentioned later in the sentence
 Done
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  • Comma after "On Fandango alone"
 Done
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  • Comma after "advance ticket seller ever"
 Done
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  • Comma after "according to Fandango"
 Done
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Themes
 Done
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  • "Manohla Dargis of The New York Times"
 Done
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  • WL Huffington Post
 Done
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  • comma after "published in the Star Tribune"
 Done
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  • comma before "while the stories contain no actual religion"
 Done
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Battle Royale and other precedents

  • Change first sentence to "Several critics compared The Hunger Games unfavourably to ...", and include specific quotes.
 Done
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  • "The Lottery" is mentioned in the second para but formally introduced in the third
 Done
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  • Comma after "by Shirley Jackson"
 Done
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  • WL The Atlantic
 Done
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Controversies

  • This section is a bit long and could probably be split into subsections on race/ethnicity, weight and body image, and violence
 Question: Got any ideas for the subsection titles and where they should go?
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  • Italicize Jezebel
 Done
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  • Comma after "for The New York Times"
 Done
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  • Commas around "in certain scenes"
 Done
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  • Comma after "Slate states that"
 Done
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  • "Anderson concludes that complaints"
 Done
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Accolades
 Done
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Home media

  • "and Blu-ray Disc on August 18, 2012"
 Done
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  • "and in the rest of Europe on September 3, 2012" needs a citation
 Done Removed.
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 Done
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  • Refs [172] and [173] (Three weeks after the release...) are both incomplete
 Done
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  • "With 10,336,637 units sold [by the end of the year?]..."
 Done
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 Done Linked to
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  • Italicize Hunter Games series
 Done
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Sequels

  • Four citations for Lawrence replacing Ross seems excessive
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References

  • [55] (Forbes) is missing the work in the citation
 Done
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  • Box Office Mojo is sometimes referred to as such, sometimes as Boxofficemojo.com
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  • Change the work on [44] from New York to Vulture
 Done
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  • Include "url-access=subscription" on [32] (LA Times), [50] (WSJ), [62] (WSJ), [127] (WSJ), [151] (WSJ)
 Done
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  • Include "url-access=limited" on [34] (NYT), [44] (Vulture), [47] (NYT), [54] (NYT), [118] (NYT), [130] (NYT), [136] (NYT), [138] (NYT), [141] (Atlantic), and [156] (NYT)
 Done
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 Done
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 Done
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 Done
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  • Something in [172] is broken
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General comments

Final comments and verdict

Sorry this took a few days to finish up! I had some personal stuff come up. Anyway, I'm going to put this article

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The Minotaur

The story of the Hunger Games is a direct reference to the Ancient Greek myth of the Minotaur. This fact has not been previously mentioned (apparently) in this article, but I have now made a footnote indicating it. Did I overstep my bounds? Is there a reason this was not mentioned before? (or is this just more American hubris, see above). A loose necktie (talk) 06:30, 18 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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