Review: The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games directed by Gary Ross was originally a young adult novel written by American television writer and novelist Suzanne Collins. I found that it was definately a young adult film the reason I think this is because the adults that I know that saw it said that they found it silly and hard to follow, but my friends and I found that we loved it. The movie has suspence, romance and action. I felt it catered to fit everyones taste. I found myself on the edge of my seat wondering what would happen next.

For those of you that don't know what the Hunger Games are or havn't seen it yet, the base of the story is that its all starts with the 13 Districts and the main Capital who controls all the poorer Districts. When District 13 starts to cause a rebellion they are blown up and killed as a warning to any other Districts that think about joining in, and as a conquense to the other Districts the Capital starts The Hunger Games where one boy and girl between the ages of 12-18 get chosen to be tribute from each of the 12 Districts to fight till the death, this happens each year. The main focus of this movie is on 16-year-old Katniss Everdeen, a girl from District 12 who volunteers to be tribute in the Hunger Games in place of her younger sister, Primrose making her the first volunteer from her district. The male lead and participant  also selected from District 12 is Peeta Mellark, a baker's son who Katniss knows from school, and who once gave her bread when her family was starving. These two go into a world unlike there own and are treated like royalty and fed like kings because going into the games they are the underdogs. The story tells their journey before and throughout the games, the friends they make, the love they find, the pain they feel and the strength they realise they have.

I strongly recommend that you watch this movie for yourself as it is a passionate movie that causes mixed emotions right throughout the whole story. I loved it and can't wait for the sequal to come out because I'm sure it will also be a movie to watch. The acting is incredible and isn't one of those movies that are filled with over actors, which is sometimes a real worry especially when new actors no one has heard of are introduced in this thrilling movie. I personally think that it is the new twilight and Jennifer Lawrence who plays Katniss Everdeen will be big as she is extremely talented and I dont think that they could have picked a better actress for the role.