The Hunger Games: Movie Review

Here are just some thought about the movie that I had after already seeing it twice!

They captured the idea of the book very well and thankfully there weren't too many graphic scenes, except for a time Cato broke someone's neck and killed him, Glimmer was just attacked by the tracker jackers and her face was gross looking (ew), there were times that people were stabbed or burned and it showed the wound which was kind of nasty, and at the end, blood was coming out of Cato's mouth and dripping down the sides of his face.
Although they captured the main events of the books, they left some scenes and details out. I really wish they had kept Madge in the book since she was the one who gave Katniss the mockingjay pin. And Gale hardly had any lines or scenes, but they will probably put him in the next two movies because he was much more involved in the others, especially the last.
I wish they would have let you get to know the characters better. I felt that when some people in the book died that I really liked in the book, it didn't have any effect on my in the movie. I hardly felt anything for the characters in the movie like in the book.

I know that just about every book that turns into a movie is never as good as the book, but my friends and I were thinking about the books that have been turned into movies and the quality of the movies. Like Narnia. Those movies turned out really well! And The Help. That was a great movie although I never read the book. Those were just some main thoughts that I wanted to point out. I hope the next few movies are better than the first!

The HUNGER GAMES

     As most of you probably know, there is this new movie called The Hunger Games. It comes out tomorrow at midnight and my friends and I are super excited to see it during the midnight premiere! It is actually based on a book series called The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, that everyone who is anxious to see the move should review and read first. The story takes place, well, I think sometime in the future in a country called Panem. The capitol of Panem strictly runs everything, everybody, and every event; one event is called The Hunger Games. The Hunger Games is an annual event that involves kid's (age 12-18) names being drawn to compete in a fighting for their lives in an arena. There are thirteen districts; one being destroyed long ago by the capitol because of the start of a rebellion. Now there are only twelve, and every year, two names, one male and one female, are draw out for every district to determine who fights in the arena until there is only one tribute left.
     That is how the story starts, so if you are going to read the books, I'm not going to spoil it for you. Although many are strongly against their kids reading this series, we can't exactly blame them. The plot is disturbing and children are being killed. I'm not going to disagree with you there. But there are also good points people tend to miss because of being biased against whatever violence the book might possibly have. The books gives lots of examples of courage, overcoming fear and achieving bravery, never giving up, having hope and be willing to die for good, standing up against what is wrong and protecting lives, protecting their country, protecting what is good, destroying evil, and more. Yes, it is violent, but there is so much more to look for in this book than ignoring it all together because of an idea. The actual games is, believe it or not, is only part of the book. Within the second and third book, a whole new idea comes into action. Although the book contains some violent scenes, it is not graphic.

     As you now know the movie is coming out, my friends and I are very excited to attend the midnight showing. Just a couple weeks ago, we went to a cast, question and answer and got some pretty good pictures too. 

We saw Gale (Liam Hemsworth)

 Rue (Amandla Stenberg)

Thresh (Dayo Okeniyi)

 Glimmer (Leven Rambin)

 and Marvel (Jack Quaid)

Here is the whole cast (well the part that we saw)