Our First Review: The Hunger Games

Hey Guys! It’s Audareya!

FINALLY this blog is up! It seems like we’ve been planning forever, almost an entire three minutes! And our very first review is going to be a review of the movie, “The Hunger Games”. It happens to be one of my favorite books, and I’ve read it hundreds of times, so I guess I’m the perfect one for the job! :) Just a note about how this is going to go: I’m going to divide the movie up into a summary, positive content, negative content, language, violence, and overall summary. Don’t worry; I’ll try not to give away spoilers, however, a couple things that may be your idea of a spoiler might be given away.

In “The Hunger Games”, North America has been split up into 13 districts, with The Capitol reigning over all of them. But when the district rebelled 75 years ago and District 13 is destroyed, the Capitol created The Hunger Games. The rules are simple.  Each district must send one male and one female tribute to compete in the Hunger Games. Their names are drawn out of a bowl, and every child from 12-18 must put their name in every year. The tributes are sent to the Capitol, where they will prepare for the Games by training. They are then flown to an Arena, which is different every time. The tributes must literally fight to the death until one is left standing.

When Katniss Everdeen volunteers for her sister in the Hunger Games, she and her partner, Peeta Mellark, are whisked away to the Capitol and a week of luxury.  But during the tribute interviews, Peeta, who Katniss barely knows except for a childhood experience, declares his love for Katniss in front of hundreds of thousands of people. Katniss must survive in the Arena, and pretend to be in love with Peeta in the process.

Positive Content:

In the movie, you can tell that Katniss is having difficulty about killing people, instead of the usual animals she hunts illegally with her best friend, Gale. Considering all the action movies out where the characters have no respect for human life, this is a refreshing change.  Another excellent part of the movie is Katniss’ love for her family. When her father died when she was only 12, she immediately took over the family. She obviously cares for her sister very much, so much that she would volunteer for her in a death tournament!  Peeta is also obviously in love with Katniss, and is very committed to her, even saying he would die for her. 

Negative Content:

Katniss and Peeta’s mentor is a drunk, often staggering around with a bottle in his hand. Gale tells Katniss to pretend the people she will kill are animals, which, even though it was an attempt to make her feel better, isn’t really encouraging spiritually if you think about it.

Language:

There is a couple of d---- words, one or two h--- words, and some inappropriate uses of God’s name.

Violence:

This one is a biggie for a lot of people. And considering that this movie is about kids killing each other, a lot of people were worried about how violent it would be. I’m a little squeamish about violence myself, but I was pleasantly surprised when I saw the movie. Although there is violence, it is minimal. The beginning of the games, and when one character died, were the biggest parts with violence. There is some close ups of the bodies, but nothing absolutely awful. Aside from some cuts and burns, there was not much else in the movie.

Conclusion:

This movie was very good, and, in my opinion, was one of the best movies I had ever seen. It is action packed, and I cannot wait for the next movie. I would recommend this movie for 13 and up, of course, it depends on what you like.

 

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Keep on rocking,

Audareya :)