My Reviews on The Hunger Games (2012)

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The most anticipated movie of 2012 has finally hit to big screen with a great bang and continues worldwide. The first installment of the trilogy, The Hunger Games is undoubtedly garnered great popularity .


The movie depicts on the Hunger Games, an annual feastivity of the oppressive Capitol where every district must provide one boy and one girl called tributes to fight one another in an arena televised, depleted with obstacles to venture until last tribute standing wins. An annual reminder that districts are totally at Capitol's mercy and not to repeat the past uprising.


The book itself shows violence, watching bunch of kids competing and kill each other to garner the much coveted price, their lives. To keep true to the pages of the book, the movie revealed it but lessens it. The movie encomprises drama, adventure and romance. The scene where the actual game started was totally climactic, bloody and intense. The good thing is although climactic, the sound is partially deprived to lessen it realistic perception of violence.

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I really admire how the director was able to interpret the role of Katniss since the book was mostly of her feelings and thoughts. Katniss struggles on issues on trust, handling of rebellion, and hope. At first,she is bothered if she could gain trust to Peeta in the first place they will soon kill each other. The time has come that Katniss thought she was betrayed notknowingly, Peeta makes her safe from the Career Tributes. In the end, they ended up as star-crossed lovers. It is quite disappointing some parts were left out. There is no existence of Madge in the movie, the one supposed to give Katniss a mockingjay pin not a vendor in the Hob and her only friend, the redhatted Avox, which seems to have part in Mockingjay and no Peeta's father. Their are some of skips like in Katniss is about to die starving for water, District 11's bread given to her after the death of Rue and Peeta's prosthetic leg which are also important to spice up the movie. But overall, actors absolutely portrayed their role very well, staying true to the pages of the bestselling novel. Actors were perfectly fitted to the characters of the book.


The movie is so good but the book is a way better. It is crucial to read the book in order to convey its message, somewhat feel the impact, to understand some part of the book and feel the imaginative aura.


The effects are stellar every battle realistic and genuine.


  It depicts in ravage and systematic violence. The movie/book didn't provoke any propensities to its audience/reader. Its main character particularly Katniss, take a stand to rebel the on power against the Capitol. Despite of playing with vigour and forced to commit violence, she acts to commit sympathy. She took care of the corpse of her little ally, Rue and felt guilty for killing the boy from District 1 which she didn't know at all. This could be the sign of her rebellion against the tyrranical government. Also, She and Peeta tried to swallow poisonous berries when the gamemakers revoke its previous rule that only one will be proclaimed as victor. The game will lose its integrity if there is no victor. That was the reason why they became the victor.


All I can say that the movie is outstanding. It is good that there's another installment of The Hunger Games trilogy to look forward for. Deserves 8.3/10.