AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Ok, now that the excited screams are over, here's the summary.
Hunger Games is based off the book of the same name by Suzanne Collins. It's rated PG-13 and 142 minutes long. (Woohoo!) I actually saw this movie twice- on opening night at midnight and then again a week later on the weekend. The book/movie is about this 16 year old girl named Katniss. She lives in the futuristic country of Panem, which is located on what's left of the United States. In Katniss's time, every year the country hosts The Hunger Games. A girl and boy are chosen from each district (there are 12) and put in a giant arena to fight to the death... on live television. The Games are "played" as a punishment to the districts- over 74 years ago, they tried to rise up and defeat the Capitol. They failed, so the Capitol punished them.
Katniss's sister, Prim, a slim little 12 year old, gets reaped and is the District 12 tribute. Katniss can't stand for that, so she volunteers to take her place. She's thrust into a world of politics and hunger and things so much bigger than her little world had ever been before. She's not the most personable of people, and has to work hard to overcome that and somehow try to win The Hunger Games. (I'll let you read the book to find out what else happens.)
So for a book to movie adaptation, this was, by far, one of the best that I've seen. I mean, Twilight was crappily done, Lord of the Rings were quite decent, Harry Potter was pretty good, and so were the newer Narnia movies, but nothing really completely grabbed those reader fan bases and held them dear. And then came Hunger Games. It's a long book- 384 pages to be exact, but Suzanne Collins helped write the screenplay. And that, my dear friends, is probably what made the biggest difference. She got to tell her story in her own way. Yes, of course, there were changes/ deletions/ substitutions, but to get 384 pages into 2 1/2 hours, what do you expect?
I could go on about what was changed, but I don't want to ruin anything for you. As always, when you're going to see a book to movie adaptation, READ THE BOOK FIRST!!! It will make your viewing experience way better!!
All in all, it was amazing, and I would gladly go see it a third time! (Which I probably will, after I force my dad to read the book!) :)
Ok, now that the excited screams are over, here's the summary.
Hunger Games is based off the book of the same name by Suzanne Collins. It's rated PG-13 and 142 minutes long. (Woohoo!) I actually saw this movie twice- on opening night at midnight and then again a week later on the weekend. The book/movie is about this 16 year old girl named Katniss. She lives in the futuristic country of Panem, which is located on what's left of the United States. In Katniss's time, every year the country hosts The Hunger Games. A girl and boy are chosen from each district (there are 12) and put in a giant arena to fight to the death... on live television. The Games are "played" as a punishment to the districts- over 74 years ago, they tried to rise up and defeat the Capitol. They failed, so the Capitol punished them.
Katniss's sister, Prim, a slim little 12 year old, gets reaped and is the District 12 tribute. Katniss can't stand for that, so she volunteers to take her place. She's thrust into a world of politics and hunger and things so much bigger than her little world had ever been before. She's not the most personable of people, and has to work hard to overcome that and somehow try to win The Hunger Games. (I'll let you read the book to find out what else happens.)
So for a book to movie adaptation, this was, by far, one of the best that I've seen. I mean, Twilight was crappily done, Lord of the Rings were quite decent, Harry Potter was pretty good, and so were the newer Narnia movies, but nothing really completely grabbed those reader fan bases and held them dear. And then came Hunger Games. It's a long book- 384 pages to be exact, but Suzanne Collins helped write the screenplay. And that, my dear friends, is probably what made the biggest difference. She got to tell her story in her own way. Yes, of course, there were changes/ deletions/ substitutions, but to get 384 pages into 2 1/2 hours, what do you expect?
I could go on about what was changed, but I don't want to ruin anything for you. As always, when you're going to see a book to movie adaptation, READ THE BOOK FIRST!!! It will make your viewing experience way better!!
All in all, it was amazing, and I would gladly go see it a third time! (Which I probably will, after I force my dad to read the book!) :)
Loved the movie, loved the books even more! :)
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