The Hunger Games is a "science fiction action drama" film based on the best selling novel by Suzanne Collins. It internationally came out on the twenty third of March 2012. The book was released in September of 2008. Since the Hunger Games is the first of three books, hopefully more movies will be coming. The book has been translated into 26 languages, and is available for purchase in 38 countries.
The movie is set in the post apocalyptic ruins of North America, a region known as Panem. "The Hunger Games" are "games" that are held every year by the evil Capitol. During the"games", the twelve districts of Panem are forced to provide two teenage "tributes" to fight amongst each other in a fight to the death on national television. The one person left, is given wealth, safety and support for their family and fame.
The movie is set in the eyes of 16 year old Katniss Everdeen, who lives with her mother and little sister in the very poor District Twelve. Her father died in a mining accident while she was young. But even through all her families setbacks, she is a very tough teen. One who never fails to put supper on the table. Katniss is a hunter, she sneaks (with her friend Gale) out of the boundaries that the capitol have made, and fetch food for their families to eat. At the reaping (where they choose the contestants for the Games), Peeta Mellark, and Katniss' younger sister Primrose are chosen to participate in the games. Where upon Katniss volunteer's herself as tribute instead of her younger sibling. Against highly trained tributes who have trained for the games their entire lives, Katniss will have to use her sharp instincts and her outstanding hunting ability to give her any chance. With the help of her mentor, former winner Haymitch Abernathy, Katniss is definitely in for the ride of her life. Along with all of the action, suspense, romance, and thrills that come with it, whether she likes it or not.
Cast/ Characters:
Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen, The lead role of the film.
Josh Hutcherson as Peeta Mellark, The boy who gets chosen with Katniss to go in The Hunger Games.
Woody Harrelson as Haymitch Abernathy, The alcoholic mentor of Katniss and Peeta
Elizabeth Banks as Effie Trinket, The "spokeswoman" of the contestants from district twelve.
Lenny Kravitz as Cinna, The stylist for Katniss and Peeta at the games.
Amandla Stenberg as Rue, The 12 year old girl from district 11 who has an alliance with Katniss in the games.
Alexander Ludwig as Cato, The "bad guy" of the games. Out to kill Katniss throughout the duration of the games.
Donald Sutherland as President Snow, The main antagonist of the series, The ruler of all Panem and The Hunger Games.
Wes Bentley as Seneca Crane, The man who specifically runs the hunger games.
Stanley Tucci as Caesar Flickerman, The man who interviews all the tributes and talks about The Hunger Games on tv.
Willow Shields as Primrose Everdeen, Katniss' younger sister.
Paula Malcomson as Mrs. Everdeen, Katniss' mother.
Movie Credits:
Gary Ross - Director and Co-Screenwriter
Suzanne Collins - Author, Co-Screenwriter and Executive Producer
Billy Ray - Co-Screenwriter
Nina Jacobson - Producer
Jon Kilik - Producer
What I Thought of It
Coming from a guy who has read the books, I would say that The Hunger Games is a great movie. However, I'm giving it 4 out of 5 stars. Firstly, I think it would be difficult to make a bad movie considering how great the original books were. On the other hand, I think it could of been even better. I think it hid emotion from parts that the book emphasized so well. The issue, I think, is the MPAA rating of PG-13. The need to tone down the movie, caused much of the loss of feeling and emotion. A higher rating like 14A, would have allowed the intensity of the book to be kept. But by setting box office records, I doubt the Producers feel they have anything to apologize for. I'm REALLY excited for the next movies. PG13 or not, they are still going to be excellent. I definitely recommend you read The Hunger Games series first. Then after that, WATCH THE HUNGER GAMES. You are not going to regret it. If you don't like reading, that's fine too, just watch the movie. You'll never know what you missed but you probably won't care. Hundreds of millions of dollars in ticket sales suggests a lot of people love this series and you probably will too.
"May the odds be ever in your favor."
-Matt
Source(s)
- The Hunger Games Books
- Scholastic.com/thehungergames
- thehungergamesmovie.com
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_hunger_games
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hunger_Games_%28film%29
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzanne_Collins
P.S. I think I am going to do reviews for a while, hence the name "New World Reviews".
