Are you hungry for games??

Just recently I watched one of the best selling novels by Suzanne Collins titled "The Hunger Games". This spans out to three books; this novel as the first followed by Catching Fire and Mockingjay.

Most of the cinema was packed when this show was released. Luckily, there was some seats left and we bought without hesitation. Anyhow, on with the movie. It lasted almost 2 hours, if I'm not mistaken.

The cast of Hunger Games

Katniss and Peeta

This is the story which revolved around a 16 year old girl named Katniss Aberdeen that lives in a post-apocalyptic world in the country of Panem where the countries of North America once existed. The Capitol, a highly advanced metropolis, holds hegemony over the rest of the nation. The Hunger Games are an annual event in which one boy and one girl ages 12-18 from each of the 12 districts surrounding the Capitol are selected by lottery to complete in a televised battle until only one person is left. (wikipedia, 2012).


The movie was quite slow at the start which shows how the two main character was chosen but the female character "Katniss Aberdeen" volunteered instead (you just have to watch to find out why). However, during the action scene, the camera was too shaky or either too fast to capture their fighting scenes. I could barely tell who was hurting whom! Some part of the movie, it was in slow motion, and it drags on and on while other part it was too quick! Especially the scene where Katniss had to fight with another teenage girl to get supplies, they were both rolling on the floor, kicking and stabbing until someone else save Katniss. That part was really bad, in my opinion. And another scene, the romantic scene where Katniss have to help and heal Peeta, that really drag on quite long, basically the whole world was only watching them. It was quite a bore.

Oh, I've read from 9gag, that this story actually is very similar to Stephen King's "The Long Walk" novel. Is very sad to know the synopsis is the same but Suzanne got the fame. I do not know if is true Suzanne stole his idea but is what many had commented. Plus I found this website where Stephen King himself gives a review on The Hunger Games. http://kkcchallenge.wordpress.com/2011/04/23/stephen-king-reviews-the-hunger-games/

All in all, the movie was intriguing and quite interesting. The story line was quite typical as the two main characters will end up together yet I can't wait for the next novel- Catching Fire- to released. Truth is I've never read that book but it was selling like hot cakes in every bookstore and the radio was giving out many free tickets for the movie. So, basically I was dragged along by my friends to watch since it was quite a hot issue. LOL


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