(The Post) Hunger Games Post

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I am actually writing a movie review.

I watched The Hunger Games yesterday, and didn't expect the movie to be.. very surprising.

I am one of those people who didn't know The Hunger Games' existence till I watched the trailer, which was like a few weeks prior the movie release. I may sound like a hater but to be extremely honest, the plot sounds extremely dumb and absurd to me. The characters' names are like every other bad fanfictions out there kind of bad names, it is beyond tacky and ridiculous. The background story is terrible and the world in the story is set up weirdly. When I first read the summary, I don't understand how teens have to compete against each other and by competing; killing each other. It is not necessarily like a 'punishment' for them, but more like to remind the people from the various districts that they are powerless and vulnerable against The Capitol. Still, I don't understand the motive behind the story. It seems like the author purposely choose such insane scenes in order to push the action sequences in the book or in the movie. The author clearly had the film in mind when writing this down. To wrap it up, I didn't get the hype of the movie and I am fairly surprised that people are starting to expect this to be better than the already oh so famous and legendary series, Harry Potter.

Anyways enough with me ranting about the book. I decided not to read the series before I watch the movie and I am more than grateful that I decided to do that. For a two hours and twenty minutes long movie, I am proud to say that I didn't get bored or sick of any parts at all.

It is rare that a film based on a young adult novel is able to juggle so many powerful issues so profoundly. It is very enjoyable, intriguing, entertaining and enthralling from beginning to end. 8.5/10 from me!

I have to praise Jennifer Lawrence's acting (been rooting for her since her last X-Men movie tbh!) and George Hutcherson, the guy who played Peeta was pretty good too. However, everyone's favorite flower boy aka Liam Hemsworth only had a five-minutes screentime during the whole movie. Not sure about the other roles because some of them are pretty irrelevant.

I truly understand how the movie received several amount of criticism on their camera work. I was complaining about this as well. It was so shaky (most of the times the cameras are handheld) and they keep switching the scenes so frequently it made my eyes hurt and my head spinning during the first half of the movie. The visuals/animation (especially) the fire on Katniss and Peeta's outfit during the tribute parade and Katniss' dress during the talk show was incredibly awful. The dogs (it looks like a hybrid of a wild bear and dog to me) were so ludicrous and the Cerberus from Harry Potter's first movie which was released eons ago actually looks better than the one in The Hunger Games.

In conclusion, The Hunger Games was pretty amazing. It was breathtaking, full with action-packed scenes mixed with a fair amount of dramatic friendship and romantic clips.. Viewers would enjoy the film regardless of whether they had read the book. Oh and if you're wondering whether this movie is better than Twilight or not. YES. IT IS. MUCH BETTER THAN TWILIGHT. MUCH MUCH BETTER DON'T YOU EVEN DARE TO COMPARE THIS MOVIE WITH TWILIGHT. DONT. YOU. EVEN. DARE. But still not as epic as Harry Potter (duh!).

Ok last but not least, I didn't expect the movie to be this intense though. Blood splashing everywhere, teenagers being smashed by bricks and stabbed by swords and shot by arrows, isn't that too violent for a PG-13 movie? It was mindblowing for me and my friends, but how about for teens who just turned 13 and watching this with their parents? Dunn dunn dunn.