Hunger Games; Movie Review

The Hunger Games Movie
Released; March 23 2012
Watched; March 23 2012, 9:45 PM
Length of Movie; 142 mins.
Rated; PG-13
Starring; Jennifer Lawrence, Liam Hemsworth, and Josh Hutcherson.
Movie Summery; In a not-too-distant future, North America has collapsed, weakened by drought, fire, famine, and war to be replaced by Panem, a country divided into the Capitol and 12 districts. Each year two young representatives from each district are selected by lottery to participate in The Hunger Games. Part entertainment, part brutal intimidation of the subjugated districts, the televised games are broadcast throughout Panem. The 24 participants are forced to eliminate their competitors, literally, with all citizens required to watch. When 16-year-old Katniss' young sister, Prim, is selected as the mining district's female representative, Katniss volunteers to take her place. She and her male counterpart Peeta, will be pitted against bigger, stronger representatives who have trained for this their whole lives.
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   Well...That was...Eeeeeeggh.
   I'm going to be as kind as I can, please forgive me if this turns into a rant.
   I think they did a good job with the settings and the castings for the tributes. Jennifer Lawrence did an okay job as Katniss, because I understand it can be a hard roll to play. Josh Hutcherson could have done better. Liam was good...he didn't really say much though. Willow Shields (Primrose Everdeen) did a good job with her part.
   So to me, it seemed really rushed. They cut and changed so much from the book, it was very disappointing. I think if you didn't read the books you would be lost for half of it.
   First of all, the muttations? Those dogs at the end? What the heck?! They were cool and all, but they were supposed to look like the dead tributes. Did they? No. I admit the way they brought it in was cool too, but...
   Now...Rue's death. People were crying and I was all like...WHAT? THAT'S IT? Basically Katniss teams up with Rue, they talk, they sleep, they make a plan, they complete the plan, Rue dies. They should have played that out a bit more! Why are we supposed to feel sorry for this girl she met and hung around for two whole days? I didn't feel any connection. Plus, the romance? That was horrible! They kissed like twice. Star-crossed lovers my butt.
   I think you should watch the movie yourself. Don't take my word for it. Just because it disappointed me, doesn't mean it will disappoint you. My expectations were too high, because I have an over-active imagination, when it comes to books. Which made it hard to enjoy the movie like I did the books.
   Don't get me wrong, I'd watch it again, but as a fan of the books I was disappointed. I feel sorry for the fans who were living for the movie to come out.

My Rating;

Three Lightning Bolts out of five.

Interesting fact; The Hunger Games TRILOGY is being made into FOUR movies. How they plan on pulling that off, I'm not quite sure.

So yeah...I'm hoping they do better for the second movie. They better pick someone good for Finnick.

The $hinester