The Hunger Games (2012)
Every year in the ruins of what was once North America, the nation of Panem forces each of its twelve districts to send a teenage boy and girl to compete in the Hunger Games. Part twisted entertainment, part government intimidation tactic, the Hunger Games are a nationally televised event in which “Tributes” must fight with one another until one survivor remains. Pitted against highly-trained Tributes who have prepared for these Games their entire lives, Katniss is forced to rely upon her sharp instincts as well as the mentorship of drunken former victor Haymitch Abernathy. If she’s ever to return home to District 12, Katniss must make impossible choices in the arena that weigh survival against humanity and life against love. The world will be watching.
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3/4After reading The Hunger Games books, I immeadiately HAD to watch the movies. I knew the odds were in their favor in a subjective sense. While I can't say I liked either the book or the movie better, I'd say the book tells the story in a more complete and emotional manor, while the movie makes the same story more accessible. (The Hunger Games movies pay homage to their source material, unlike some other re-makes).The 12 districts of Panem, who are under a dictatorship that requires a teenaged boy and girl from each district every year. The selected people are put into an arena where they will fight to the death on live TV. The story centers around Katniss Everdeen, (Jennifer Lawrence) who volunteers for the games in her sister's place. Jennifer Lawrence gives a great Everdeen, and Josh Hutcherson gives a great Peet's, but most of the non-leads (with some exceptions) felt lacking. Example: when a certain highly likable character is killed, it fails to wrench your guts.If I had to pick one thing I was very disappointed about in this film, it would definitely be the CGI. Some of the action (ESPECIALLY a certain scene toward the end of the film....no spoilers) looks incredibly fake to the point where you aren't in the movie anymore. While it's definitely no Battlefield Earth in terms of poor CGI, it should be kicked up a notch considering the high demand for this movie.Despite some flaws, this movie is probably my favorite "YA" movie (if not one of it's sequels) and one definitely worth a watch. It takes great care to give you the same experience you had when yo read the novel, and it's a ton of fun as well.
I don't care about the bad reviews, yes it was predictable, but it was fun to watch, really good acting and just felt like you were there. Theese are the kind of movies I like
The Hunger Games, set in a future dytopian society where after a breakout of a rebellion, each year one boy and one girl from each district (there are twelve districts) must enter the hunger games. Each contestant must fight till the death in a huge arena. The main character is Katniss Everdeen who shows strong character and sparks a light in the darkness. The Hunger Games is a movie with suspense and thrills as the hunger games is not the end. The plot is a broad idea with great actors and thrilling events. I recommend the movie to those seeking a movie that will have them on the edge of their seats."No... I mean, you know, I'm sure I would just like anybody else when the time came, but I just keep wishing I could think of a way to show them that they don't own me. You know, if I'm gonna die, I wanna still be me. Does that make any sense?"-Peeta Mellark, The Hunger Games
Movie Review: "The Hunger Games" (2012)Based on a novel from 2008 by U.S. American author Suzanne Collins, doing plenty of research on ancient mythology, reality TV and entertainer's game shows for this dystopian near-future thriller, which builds a proper cinematic mix from "Rollerball" (1975) over "Running Man" (1987) to "Battle Royal" (2000). The novel has been analyzed to the core by writer Billy Ray and director Gary Ross, who came out of 9-year-break after the Academy-Award-nominated film "Seabiscuit" from 2003.Actress Jennifer Lawrence gets cast in the role of Katniss Aberdeen, which will present her with a second career boost after the female-directed independent drama "Winter's Bone", premiering at Sundance Film Festival 2010. The physically-demanding character presents the actress with an life-time opportunity to learn the arts of survival techniques in the wild and Bow-shooting, leaving out knife and gun practice for the time being, when it comes to the reality TV combat zone in a forest scenario, created by show runner Seneca Crane, portrayed by out-going actor Wes Bentley, who gives the candidates of the 74th "Hunger Games" the hardest time with primitive weaponry, axe, sword-like metals and artificially-conceived arena features as striking fireballs, before the character of Katniss teams up with fellow competitor Peeta Mellark, given face by child actor-growing up Josh Hutcherson. Together they fight the system from the inside, playing the games of President Snow, in pitch-perfect resembles by actor Donald Sutherland, in 3 sequels to follow, when "Catching Fire" directed by Francis Lawrence already marks the most-accomplished one, until the hype, especially at the U.S. domestic market, got satisfied.Director Gary Ross delivers a solid motion picture adaptation from a Zeitgeist novel enriched with an extraordinary decisively dressed-up supporting cast as Stanley Tucci as the moderator, Elizabeth Banks as the recruiter, Lenny Kravitz as the designer and Woody Harrelson as the counselor, who turns Jennifer Lawrence into a realm of shifting pleasure dreams to hardboiled realities of a business, which the actress eventually masters five years later with the leading role in another independent drama "mother!" directed by Darren Aronofsky.© 2017 Felix Alexander Dausend (Cinemajesty Entertainments LLC)