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5 Reasons Why 'The Hunger Games' Is Better Than 'Twilight'

Mon, March 26, 2012 11:44am EDT by Hollywood Life Staff 185 Comments

‘The Hunger Games’ opened with $155 million at the box office — besting the opening weekends of all four ‘Twilight’ films. This phenomenon can be explained easily — ‘The Hunger Games’ is far superior, on page and screen.

Sorry Twilight fans, more people like The Hunger Games. The new movie, based on the first book of Suzanne Collins‘ trilogy, earned $155 million during its opening weekend. That’s more than all four Twilight films made during their debuts. So why did this happen? Well, let me explain.

#1 — It’s smarter: Set in a dystopian future, The Hunger Games questions the society in which we live in, with its send-up of reality television and judgement of how we are engaging with celebrity culture. Twilight encourages young girls to give up everything to be with their high school boyfriend.

#2 — Katniss isn’t a wet dishrag like Bella: When her father died at age 11, Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) took to the woods to feed her family. Eventually — spoiler alert — she becomes the symbol of an entire revolution. Bella (Kristen Stewart) whines her way through high school, doesn’t want to go to college and flits back and forth between two boys.

#3 — The love story comes second: Yes, technically Katniss is in a love triangle just like Bella. But unlike Bella, Katniss is not defined by the men she loves. And Gale (Liam Hemsworth) and Peeta (Josh Hutcherson) are not unhealthily obsessed with Katniss, as Jacob (Taylor Lautner) and Edward (Robert Pattinson) are with Bella. Which leades me to …

#4 — Gale & Peeta > Jacob & Edward: Gale and Peeta love Katniss unconditionally. Jacob and Edward treat Bella like a prize they are desperate to control.

#5 — The Hunger Games has a broader appeal: In my non-scientific research, I’ve discovered that the majority of Twilight fans are made up of two types of people. One, the nerdy girl who thinks the school hunk ignores her because he really is secretly in love with her and two, her mother, saddened by the lack of passion in her marriage, writes erotic fan fiction revolving around Edward and Bella. On the other hand, there is something for everyone in The Hunger Games — friendship, family loyalty, politics, bloody battles, sacrifice and even love. And because of its underlying message, it transcends age — adults love it, too.

What do you think, HollywoodLifers — which do you like better?

– Denise Warner

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and im not sayin that cuz i may hate vamps or some thing but its just that bella’s so….weak yeah she’s so weak and desperate i mean vamps….i luv em just not in twilight.well actually only in the vampire diaries cuz those r real vamps(stefan u were gettin there i was beginnin not 2 h8 u) but i mean elena’s strong and everyone else is (although i do think she follows stef like a lost puppy sometimes) and god bless damon he is the symbol of vampires. i dont want to be bella or even watch her and im tryin not to be rude 2 S.M but sometimes just somethings(even if they’re rly different) are better like the hunger games or fallen or Tvd. btw i changed the cast of THG cuz when i read the name peeta even without the description harry styles pic came 2 me and its like him from then on and plus im team peeta all the way

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ok i agree with every single thing u wrote i mean every single sentence i dont even know why i watched the twilight movies…oh my bff forced me 2 and then i forced myself to read the book…..IT TOOK A WHOLE MONTH OR MORE and recently i got the hunger games books (i only found THG and catching fire in spain) and read them both in 2 days which i had to exclude 12 hours from each day 4 sight seeing and 6 hours 4 sleep. its awsome

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well, even the poll you have on the pages disagrees with what you just wrote, THG and Twilight are totally different movies and good on they’re own, but please , please , don’t insult our intelligence by saying the THG is better. Polls tell the story of how the people feel, thank you.

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And nobody twinkles or sparkles in the sunlight and Bella only has one expression and it’s this :|

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Twilight and The Hunger Games are special in their own ways and while they have similar elements, they focus on different things. Twilight is basically about love which crosses lines of insanity. To some, Bella’s choice of loving Edward seems baffling while to others, she might be a symbol of courage- the kind of determination a woman in love shows. The possibility of a human loving its predator was quite thought-provoking and intriguing and the whole story is about their doubts, their differences and how they work through them. But I will never agree to the opinion that Bella was defined by Edward or Jacob. She had feelings for Jacob and intense love for Edward but it was she who gave Edward the faith that they can be together. It was she who decided that she won’t give up hope in New Moon. In fact, if she had not taken the bold decision of going to Volterra, then Edward would have been dead. It was she who decided that Edward is the right one for her in Eclipse. She was not in favor of leaving her parents but she had no other choice. At the end of the day, parents want their kids to be happy and Bella was content with Edward. Besides, she was not leaving them altogether. She presumed that it would be safer for them if she waits for a couple of years to visit them till her lust for blood slowed down , which was a wise decision. She insisted on becoming a vampire because she knew that’s where she belonged. Moreover, it was her decision to deliver their baby though even her spine broke in the process. She proceeded through the grueling process and in the end, her faith made her special. She has an amazing husband,child, best friend and family in the end of the story. It was always her decisions which directed the story, her faith which gave her the perfect life. Bella defines herself and the best thing is everyone knows it but her.
So, please stop comparing both of these impeccable stories and let them be. They’re both special. I wrote so much because I had to disagree with the views being expressed in the article above.

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the thing that makes twilight better is the originality, this movie and book is a rip off of a Japanese novel and Japanese movie Battle Royale. Novel written by Koushun Takami, who beat Suzanne Collins to the idea by about 11 years! A writer who can’t even come up with her own ideas shouldn’t be credited for anything at all, especially a writer who steals the basic concept of one idea and makes a few changes. Even Tarantino says Battle Royale has been his “favorite movie of the last 20 years”.

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Why Is Everybody Whining And Saying The Hunger Games Is A Rip-Off Of Battle Royale.It Doesn’t Mean It’s A Bad Movie.Other Successful Rip-Offs Star Wars: Episode IV (The Hidden Fortress),Heaven Can Wait (Here Comes Mr. Jordan),The Ring (Rinju),The Magnificent Seven (The Seven Samurai) And The Cannonball Run (The Gumball Rally).Those Are Just A Few Of Many.

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Twilight is original? Hahahaha. Yeah, right ^0^

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Thank you,Nora I could not have said all of the things you posted,in every movie Bella grew stronger about who she was and what she wanted.You just forgot one thing at the end of the saga it was Bella with her shield and Alice who saved the day.Everything you posted was right on and you said without making Bella look helpless or needy.Like I said thank you again Nora.Peace to you and yours..Peace and prayers to Kristen and Rob and their families,and their 4 legged members.Happy Palm Sunday..Peace Karen E.

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WTF is that crap comparison,
1- denise maria , all you want is making more audience and making drama , without which is better ?
i think the hunger games is CRAP for some reasons :
first off , we all know that the hunger games was originally called Battle royale , the loser Suzanne Collins stole the whole idea from that book and then she added some pathetic quotes , a perfect character and then called it the hunger games to get attention
2- Peeta mellark has the depth of a WHITE crayon .
3- Set in a dystopian future ? do you know that the hunger games is created for a new world order 90% of hollywood know , how bad the hunger games is .
4- the characters : katniss is a perfect character , Bella is not a perfect character , Collins’s biggest mistake was Katniss , anyone else noticed how perfect she is ? a teenager like her is not supposed to be perfect , Bella is sweet , confident, well spoken and fearless but she is also annoying and feeble sometimes , Bella grew up as a characters while Katniss became feeble and annoying in mockingJay .
5-you said The love story comes second ? ok The love story comes second because their life is more important than their love , in twilight there’s no war or sucky life like the hunger games . it’s not the same world and this is another reason why your ” reasons ” are invalid
6- the hunger games made more money because 1- the breaking Dawn part 2 trailer 2- they used the twilight social networks to promote , buy summit made THG a hit , putting the hunger games in every twilight events , Harry potter didn’t promoted the hunger games .
7- Edward didn’t treated bella like a prize but jacob did , he is unconditionally , was afraid to loser her again .
8- the most important thing why twilight is better : the twilight books were getting better except for new moon .
the hunger games books are getting worse , according to the readers the first book was amazing and the last was horrible .
according to the readers , eclipse and breaking dawn were the best .
8- the Psychiatrists despised the hunger games by saying they’re bad books and unhealthy for teenagers and praised the twilight book by saying they’re all about love .
P.S : if Bella really care about her boyfriend then why she sacrifices her life twice ? for her mother and her child .and don’t forget that falling in love with a vampire is not like falling in love with a human .

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this is just a correction to my mistakes >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
1- denise maria , all you want is making more audience and making drama , seriously , which is better ???
i think the hunger games is CRAP for some reasons :
first off , we all know that the hunger games was originally called Battle royale , the loser Suzanne Collins stole the whole idea from that book and then she added some pathetic quotes , a perfect character and then called it the hunger games to get attention
2- Peeta mellark has the depth of a WHITE crayon .
3- Set in a dystopian future ? do you know that the hunger games is created for a new world order 90% of hollywood know , how bad the hunger games is .
4- the characters : katniss is a perfect character , Bella is not a perfect character , Collins’s biggest mistake was Katniss , anyone else noticed how perfect she is ? a teenager like her is not supposed to be perfect , Bella is sweet , confident, well spoken and fearless but she is also annoying and feeble sometimes , Bella grew up as a characters while Katniss became feeble and annoying in mockingJay .
5-you said The love story comes second ? ok The love story comes second because their life is more important than their love , in twilight there’s no war or sucky life like the hunger games . it’s not the same world and this is another reason why your ” reasons ” are invalid
6- the hunger games made more money because 1- the breaking Dawn part 2 trailer 2- they used the twilight social networks to promote THG , buying summit made THG a hit , putting the hunger games in every twilight events , Harry potter didn’t promoted Twilight
7- Edward didn’t treated bella like a prize but jacob did , he is unconditionally in love with her ,he was afraid to loser her again .
8- the most important thing why twilight is better : the twilight books were getting better except for new moon .
the hunger games books are getting worse , according to the readers the first book was amazing and the last was horrible .
according to the readers , eclipse and breaking dawn were the best .
8- the Psychiatrists despised the hunger games by saying they’re bad books and unhealthy for teenagers and praised the twilight book by saying they’re all about love .
P.S : if Bella really care about her boyfriend then why she sacrifices her life twice ? for her mother and her child .and don’t forget that falling in love with a vampire is not like falling in love with a human .

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lmfao! this comment got my cracking up.
tell me,

are you just an insanely jealous twihard fan realizing the potential (and inevitabiltity) of Hungerlings (aye, Hunger Games fandom name <__:)-and Edward…but i still love you Jacob ;3 (-___________________-)

^.^ ask me why i never properly finished ANY of these books.

Hunger Games; what Katniss wants:

book 1: too protect her family (mainly her sister) and everyone she loves.

book 2: Too protect her family but slowly developing feelings for both Peeta and Gale (no, she doesn’t commit too them within the first week)

book 3: doesn’t know what she wants since the Captiol screwed her over, but in the end -SPOILDER ALERT- picks Peeta.

And the reason why people don’t like the ladst book is because they can’t accept reality. The death of alot of belovewd character just shows the reality of war. People who have families die DAILY from war. While Twilight, no one dies except that one black vampire Laurent(who didn’t want to see him die -___-)

So, based of intellect and overall obvuous, The Hunger Games is beter.

oh, but please, go by your petty opinion if you’d like ;)

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@Andea Santos same…. my friend was like ‘you should read the hunger games. It’s converting twihards’. (this was a few days before THG premiere) i got angry at her and said it was stupid and i’ll always hate it, but the trailer came on while i was watching tv and though i tried to deny it, i loved it! i started reading the book on the friday it came out and i finished them all in 6 days. I now love them both so much

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read team twilight , the twihards were not that happy with Hunger games . i don’t know WTF you’re talking about . Breaking Dawn part 2 trailer made 10 more views than others twilight trailers which means the twilight fanbase is getting bigger

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i LOVE twilight and i LOVE hunger games too. i think the person who wrote this article is really out of order when she says there are 2 kinds of twilight fans. geeks who think their crush, who ignors them, secretly fancies them and there mums. That’s just plain rude. The hunger games does send out a good message and has more meaning than twilight, but twilight is a story that stops you from giving up hpe, that one day you’ll find your edward (or jacob) and that makes it just as good as twilight

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i love both

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oohhh, c’mon guysss twilight is better than hunger games. TWIHARDS!

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I had seen a comment like yours before. Different page, but same basic idea.

Liz, I’m just gonna get to the point. If ‘Twilight’ is better than ‘Hunger Games’, why does everyone like ‘Hunger Games’ better? Simple. THG is more engaging, whereas with ‘Twilight’ I couldn’t get past the first chapter and no one could even drag me to see the movies. That is all I will say on the matter.

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.Hey guys we should not jugde the two best writers the are both good in a way right I maybe only twelve but I am not say bad stuff about either of the writers.they all are good writer’s and everyone nows it

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Twilight is crap writing. Yeah the plot is okay but the characters are annoying as all hell and the writing is amateur compared to the hunger games. This article got it spot on. The hunger games books are so much better than twilight, you can’t even compare the two. It’s like the hunger games is the NBL world series winner and twilight is that small town division 3 Little League team. :P

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TWILIGHT

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I LOVE BOTH OF THE MOVIES/BOOKS!! TWILIGHT is for people who wants romance and vampires while THE HUNGER GAMES are for people who wants action and romance! I admit that I hated The Hunger Games because they said it was better that Twilight but when I read it, I now know that they were right! I LOVE THE HUNGER GAMES AND THE TWILIGHT SAGA!!

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TWILIGHT ROCK i don’t know what the hunger games is !!!

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while there are 100 reasons why harry potter is better than twilight.

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My opinions aren’t weird… unless you count being based on education and real life situations weird. AndI don’t hate Twilight… I just see it for what it is…overrated. Plus the movies have way more flaws than the books… which I actually enjoyed.

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As Jennifer Lawrence said you can’t compare Hunger Games with Twilight. Twilight is for romantics and people who love LOVE. Hunger games has a broader appeal to people because it has more topics than love triangle and trying to survive being pregnant with an aging baby…awesome scene in the movie btw. Hunger game fans will be on the HG side (duhh) and Twihards on twilights side. Just don’t combine them like creating Team Peeta or Team Gale… because Katniss has more things to worry about rather than only worrying who will I go with. It’s more of how I will survive the Hunger Games and who to trust. Katniss is independent and she defies the Capitol for making kids kill each other and she fights for fair and justice. Bella is not so independent but she deals with love at some cases more relatable of what we do and she proves how much you will go through for love. But the male in hunger games are awesome including Finnick! Opinions are opinions and mine is I think Katniss ‘s world is more like ours in some ways and I think Bella is a character that most girls are somewhat alike

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Its me the same anonymous….. congrats hunger games on your accomplishment and congrats twilight for making a mark in movie history. Lol I just realized that I may sound older than my real age hint: youth and intelligence are two different things meaning you can be old and dumber than a young person who is smarter.

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You can compare the 2 on the basic principle that one sucks and the other doesn’t. Box office numbers will keep proving that very fact.

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twilight can never be compared to the hunger games. twilight is a far cry for all the the lovers out there, and no matter how old the story line is love will always be around,
as for the hunger games all i can say its just another flick that kids can start using as an excuse to run around killing other kids thinking its ok because its ok on tv, thats so stupid but theres nothing we can do to stop those kind of movies from airing aroung the world

im a twihard and forever will be,

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If that’s what you think THG is about you obviously haven’t read the books or watched the movie. Go get educated.

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I’m enjoying your posts Gessicka!

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Summit Studios released the Twilight movie and with its success became a bigger studio which then Lionsgate bought. Lionsgate then went to make The Hunger Games (thanks to the money that Twilight brought to Summit). It does not matter whether you support Twilight or Hunger Games because your money is going to the same people, ie, Lionsgate. They even used one movie to promote the other. Studios have huge public relations operations and they plant and get the ball rolling on this kind of stupid, false competition stories to get people into the theaters. This kind of nonsense debate is exactly what they want because they know that fans get excited easily. They arrange for these type of stories, and even start posting themselves to get everyone excited. It is your money, go see whatever you want. In the long run, young actresses such as Kristen Stewart and Jennifer Lawrence do get hurt because these studios are constantly looking for the new “it”actor/actress that will bring them the most money so they push the old one to make room for the new on hurting the actors/actresses and the fanbase that they built up. It is sad to see, young people in particular, being played on like this but that’s the Hollywood machinery.

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Jennifer Lawrence was nominated for an academy award, how dare you compare her to the used and abused young actresses from crap movies…like twilight.

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Jennifer showed more emotional ranges in the first 30 minutes of THG than Kristen did in all 4 of the Twilight movies so far. She’s one of the reasons the movies piss me off so much.

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Kristen Stewart is a horrible actress she shows no emotion I don’t believe her when she plays a character Twilight is overrated I mean one emotionless girl caught between a buff wolf and sparkle boy seriously! . Hunger Games is nothing like twilight I think the only reason people compare the 2 is because they have love triangles and Hunger Games has a bit of a love triangle but the whole book doesn’t revolve around it . So my point is TWILIGHT SUCKS AND HUNGER GAMES RULES !!!!!!!!!!

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The Hunger Games made more money because: it appeals to a broader audience, and used Twilight components for promotion. Stephanie Meyer widely endorsed and promoted The Hunger Games. Kristen Stewart also promoted it in the Today Show. Further, last year during the promotion of Taylor Lautner’s Abduction movie throughout Europe, Taylor Lautner promoted The Hunger Games. During the promotion and showings of Abduction, Lionsgate Studios gave away 20,000 copies of the The Hunger Games books to those who went to see Abduction and discussed the upcoming movie. So The Hunger Games became known in Europe and particularly the UK thanks to Taylor Lautner. The first Twilight movie was made with a small budget and a cast of unknown actors. Even Kristen who had been working since a young child was not that well known nor Robert Pattinson even though he had been in a Harry Potter movie. Further, millions of dollars made by Hunger Games came from showings at IMAX theaters and the tickets cost more.

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Abduction Isn’t Something To Brag About.It Only Received A 4% Rating From Rotten Tomatoes.As For Unknown And Known Actors Why Would They Want To Hire Unknowns.Besides Some Of The Actors Were Known.Maybe Not Much As They Are Now But Some Were.Though It Was A Supporting Role Pattinson Was In Goblet Of Fire.Stewart Was In Panic Room.She Has A Very Small Part In Twilight But Sarah Clarke Was In 24.

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If you correctly read the paragraph, you can see that no one is bragging about abduction. Isie said that the Hunger Games did so well because they used Twlight components for promotion. And I think it did well because of Twlight too. People were looking for the next big thing,the new Twlight, and when HG got picked up, there was a lot of anticipation, whereas Twlight wasn’t as know.

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Hunger Games has a broader appeal because it has more topics not just because of the actors or budget is bigger because they had the same budgetas the movie I am number four which didn’t become the next big movie based on a novel. Hunger Games did great on the box office because there are fans like me who tell their friends about the book and threaten themm to go watch it… joking. They have an awesome plot that takes many twists.

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oh…i got it. so, you mean that the hunger games use twilight for their promotion.

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Hollywoodlifes first good article good job Denise

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Twilight, all the way!!!!!

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I believe the poll has said it all and olso the other one before him…Twilight is original and yesss, unpredictable…HG is soooo predictableeee and the two following books are sooooo LAME. It simpy doesn’t generate the same level of emotions(love does it all) as Twilight and one doesn’t need to use a bow or be like a man to be a strong woman. Woman use their intuition and Bella is great a that. Besides its only enough to see that you are using some bitter jelous critic quote ‘Twiight is about your boyfriend’ to hide all the aspects and psycoogy under the whoe story. NO I’m NOT 12 and I DON’T NEED A BOOK TO GIVE ME A ROLEMODEL. Im a strong woman who demands higher standards of love from man. If they can’t handle that is their problem. PS: BELLA NEVER TRIED TO KILL HER SELF, so get some minor info before spilling your jelousy

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First I’ll state that I am a man. Ok… I feel very sad for you that you feel as though she is “like a man.” You state you are a strong women? wow. What makes you think a women who is as strong, intelligent, and skilled as her is acting like a man? You make even me feel like a feminist. Needs a bow? At least she doesn’t need some fictional supernatural powers, or a man, oops… two men.

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Gessicka please keep your weird opinions to yourself~ Not everyone is like you who hate Twilight! I love both Twilight and the Hunger Games so please don’t insult other people’s liking~

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just because almost everyone on THIS SITE agrees with you that twilight is great doesn’t mean that this article isn’t right… why? because most of the site traffic is from preteen/teenage girls or stay at home moms who are obsessed with celebrities (note that i said MOST readers.. not all). those are the kinds of people who read twilight. meanwhile, the intelligent population (that likes hunger games more) is doing more productive things with its time.

and yeah yeah so if i’m on here i must be one of the two categories i mentioned, right? no. i got stuck writing about the hunger games for my college’s newspaper and i have to read reviews about the movie and reactions to it.. this article came up. that’s the only reason i’m here and i can almost definitively say that i will never visit this site again.

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WOwwwwwwwwwww…U just amazed me with you with your conclusions…Can I guess smth?? YOU MUST BE ONE OF THE INTELLIGENT PPL WHO LIKE THE HG . Congrats LOL

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so because i like twilight and i hate the hunger games , i’m stupid ? and you’re intelligent ? lol
ok , i’m not stupid enough to waste my time watching the gay version of Battle royale .

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I would laugh in your face if I could when the day rolls around cuz there’s no way Breaking Dawn pt 2 will beat THG, it didn’t with the first four movies…it won’t now. Plus NO ONE would ever pay 10 dollars to see a 2 & 1/2 hour movie for a 30 second movie trailer, which was stupid by the way. Twilight loses to THG just like it did to Harry Potter… DEAL WITH IT.

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sorry but new moon , eclipse , Breaking Dawn made more money the first weekend worldwide , the hunger games made only 59 millions out side the Usa , new moon made 150 milions out side the usa . also Twilight movies even new moon , didn’t droped ar boxoffice , the hunger games really dropped this week . a huge drop.

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