“Happy Hunger Games and may the odds be EVER in your favour.”
Director:
Gary Ross
Producer:
Jon Kilk, Suzanne Collins, Nina Jacobson, Robin Bissell
Cast:
Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen
Josh Hutcherson as Peeta Mellark
Woody Harrelson as Haymitch Abernathy
Elizabeth Banks as Effie Trinket
Liam Hemsworth as Gale Hawthorne
Lenny Kravitz as Cinna
Stanley Tucci as Caesar Flickerman
Donald Sutherland as President Coriolanus Snow
Willow Shields as Primrose Everdeen
Paula Malcomson as Mrs. Everdeen
Amandla Stenberg as Rue
Alexander Ludwig as Cato
Dayo Okeniyi as Thresh
Isabella Fuhrman as Clove
Jacqueline Emerson as Foxface
Leven Rambin as Glimmer
Jack Quaid as Marvel
Toby Jones as Claudius Templesmith
Wes Bentley as Senca Crane
Music:
T-Bone Burnett and James Newton Howard
BASED ON THE BOOK ‘THE HUNGER GAMES‘ BY SUZANNE COLLINS
The Story:
Set in a future where the Capitol selects a boy and girl from the twelve districts to fight to the death on live television, Katniss Everdeen volunteers to take her younger sister’s place for the 74th Annual Hunger Games.
The Review:
This was one of the movies I saw that day. This was very good while the other, Agent Vinod, was… lets just say it sucked.. BIG TIME!
The Hunger Games was pretty god. The cinematography was awesome. Though it wasn’t exactly like the book, it was still good. The good thing about the movie is that it didn’t stick to Katniss being the main protagonist as in the book. The movie shows how the ‘Gamemakers’ manipulate the arena to the disadvantage of the ‘Tributes’. There were many differences from the book. Some changes that they made may affect the future films. For example: In the book, Madge, the daughter of the mayor of District 12, gives Katniss the iconic Mockingjay pin. But in the movie, she gets it in the hob from, whom I’m assuming is, Greasy Sue.
The movie also shows us the notorious President Snow in the rose garden. Also in the movie, Peeta’s father doesn’t come to see Katniss. And also instead of talking on they roof, Peeta and Katniss talk in the house next to the window.
The thing I was most eager to see in the movie, was Cinna’s dress that gave Katniss the name – “The Girl on Fire”. And I was happy to see that they brought it out very well. The second dress, the one that she wore for the interview with Caesar, was diferrent than in the book. In the book, the dress had crystals which reflect the light in such a way that is was like fire, but in the movie, when she spins around, the dress gets some artificial flames.
After Peeta confesses that he loves Katniss, she, in the book, smashes a vase, but in the movie, she just attacks him. Thus leaving the need for any stitches. In the book, Katniss explains tracker-jacker and the mockingjay and the other things. But in the movie, they informed us of all of this through commentary by Flickerman and Templesmith. This was an innovative way to show this in the movie.
One thing that irritated me was that, in the movie they left out the part where Kaniss looks in to the eyes of those dogs and sees the eyes of Rue and theorizes that The Capitol has created Mutations from the body of the dead tributes. This is important for the sequels.
Other than that the movie was outstanding. Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson phenomenally.
Final Verdict:
A completely enjoyed the movie. 8/10..