The Hunger Games (Review)
March 25th 2012 17:43
Grade: A- / Rating: 4/5 Stars or 8/10
Director: Gary Ross
with Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson
PG-13 / 142 min / Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
"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 latest match." --imdb.com
As any fan of any book being turned into I movie, I was extremely nervous this wasn't going to be good but it was!
First things first, originally I had very low expectations for this because I was not a fan of Jennifer or Josh's casting, especially Josh. I've always been a fan of Josh Hutcherson he just wasn't Peeta for me, in fact the actor they casted as Cato was my dream Peeta. But, everyone did great, especially Josh. In the books I hated Katniss so it's hard to say I loved Jennifer but I didn't hate her.
It's another 'pretty' movie, meaning it just looks good, the coloring and the setting everything. It was done well. I loved how spot on District 12 was, and even the Capital-- which is where the costumes were amazing. Though I have to say I wasn't a big fan of Katniss's two main outfits, they were a little weak in my mind, but that didn't detract from the movie.
Another good thing, the whole movie was close to the book-- not spot on of course, but there is no way to be. The movie had a cut out some detail, but nothing necessary. I think to two main points that were taken out were Peeta's fake leg and Haymitch drunk at the reaping. Aside from that really close. They also added a few scenes, but I like what they added.
Director: Gary Ross
with Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson
PG-13 / 142 min / Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
"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 latest match." --imdb.com
As any fan of any book being turned into I movie, I was extremely nervous this wasn't going to be good but it was!
First things first, originally I had very low expectations for this because I was not a fan of Jennifer or Josh's casting, especially Josh. I've always been a fan of Josh Hutcherson he just wasn't Peeta for me, in fact the actor they casted as Cato was my dream Peeta. But, everyone did great, especially Josh. In the books I hated Katniss so it's hard to say I loved Jennifer but I didn't hate her.
It's another 'pretty' movie, meaning it just looks good, the coloring and the setting everything. It was done well. I loved how spot on District 12 was, and even the Capital-- which is where the costumes were amazing. Though I have to say I wasn't a big fan of Katniss's two main outfits, they were a little weak in my mind, but that didn't detract from the movie.
Another good thing, the whole movie was close to the book-- not spot on of course, but there is no way to be. The movie had a cut out some detail, but nothing necessary. I think to two main points that were taken out were Peeta's fake leg and Haymitch drunk at the reaping. Aside from that really close. They also added a few scenes, but I like what they added.
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