Rated PG for intense violent thematic material and disturbing images - all involving teens. Did you know Edit. Trivia There was a swear jar on the set. Co-writer and director Gary Ross said that half of it was contributed by Jennifer Lawrence. Goofs After Katniss volunteers for Prim, it shows the crowd putting three fingers over their lips and kissing it as a sign of respect.
You can clearly see a man in the crowd wearing black with a camera. This is often mistaken as a goof but remember that the 'Reaping' is being televised across Panem. Quotes Caesar Flickerman : So, Peeta, tell me, is there a special girl back home? Crazy credits The film opens with a worded passage about the history of the Hunger Games.
In the last section, all of the text fades away except for the film's title. Alternate versions A rough cut of the film was submitted to the BBFC in the UK for an advisory screening, a process used by filmmakers to see how likely a film will obtain a certain rating.
Four scenes were changes, removing bloody violence, threat and a scene of injury. These included the use of alternate footage and the digital removal of blood. Blood splashes were digitally removed from both impacts to bodies and blood on blades of weapons, achieved through the darkening of certain shots and by digitally erasing blood from the image.
Connections Featured in Side by Side User reviews 2. Top review. May the odds be ever in your favor The Hunger Games, set in a future dytopian society where after a breakout of a rebellion, each year one boy and one girl from each district there are twelve districts must enter the hunger games. Each contestant must fight till the death in a huge arena.
The main character is Katniss Everdeen who shows strong character and sparks a light in the darkness. The Hunger Games is a movie with suspense and thrills as the hunger games is not the end. The plot is a broad idea with great actors and thrilling events. I recommend the movie to those seeking a movie that will have them on the edge of their seats. I mean, you know, I'm sure I would just like anybody else when the time came, but I just keep wishing I could think of a way to show them that they don't own me.
You know, if I'm gonna die, I wanna still be me. Does that make any sense? FandomFanatic21 Apr 21, FAQ What is "The Hunger Games" about? Is "The Hunger Games" based on a book? What are the Hunger Games? Details Edit. The 24 participants are forced to eliminate their competitors while the citizens of Panem are required to watch. She and her male counterpart, Peeta, are pitted against bigger, stronger representatives, some of whom have trained for this their whole lives.
Suzanne Collins has described the origin of The Hunger Games trilogy as a result of the immersion of consciousness in the simulated reality of television:.
And I was tired, and the lines began to blur in this very unsettling way, and I thought of this story. The persistent struggle to distinguish between the real and the fake is a constant theme in the trilogy: the simulated flames of her costume; the play-acting of the romantic relationship between her and Peeta; the maintenance of a celebrity image under constant scrutiny; the manipulated environment of the arena; the propaganda shoots for the rebellion.
Part of the appeal of Katniss is her ability to convey the authenticity of real passion within a world of jaded sensation and cynical hypocrisy the Greek word hypokrites designated an actor. Her revolt against the injustice and the pretence of the social structure draws its resonance from a moral dimension atrophied in the decadence of the Capitol and the grinding poverty of the districts.
The hunger for justice and the thirst for freedom are the metaphors of revolutionary rhetoric. D to satirise the abdication of political involvement and the indulgence in entertainment and spectacle by the Roman citizens. There are obvious parallels within the movie to this period and our own present day situation. The Games and the contestants are embedded within a corporate sponsorship network akin to the Hollywood movie industry.
The Capitol is a place of excess and indulgence which legislates mandatory viewing of the Games by all of Panem since they embody its value-system much like the contemporary elevation of celebrity :. Guy Debord: The Society of the Spectacle. War, terrible war. Widows, orphans, a motherless child.
This was the uprising that rocked our land. Thirteen districts rebelled against the country that fed them, loved them, protected them. Brother turned on brother until nothing remained. And then came the peace, hard fought, sorely won. A people rose up from the ashes and a new era was born. But freedom has a cost. When the traitors were defeated, we swore as a nation we would never know this treason again. And so it was decreed that, each year, the various districts of Panem would offer up, in tribute, one young man and woman to fight to the death in a pageant of honour, courage and sacrifice.
The lone victor, bathed in riches, would serve as a reminder of our generosity and our forgiveness. This is how we remember our past. This is how we safeguard our future. The ideas of the ruling class are in every epoch the ruling ideas, i. Within the world of the movie there is a ruling technocratic class of image manipulators and Gamemakers who produce the circus spectacle and the surveillance technology which holds the masses in thrall to the regime.
The strategy of divide and conquer is employed in the strict separation of each district to prevent the unity required to challenge the hegemony of the Capitol. The ruling intellectual force of Panem would seem to be a determination not to repeat the carnage of the past civil war and to maintain the status quo through technological power. The materialistic determinism of Marxist intellectuals brought into being a similar totalitarian system premised on the overthrow of the Tsarist system and the institution of a classless society.
As Mikhail Bakunin prophesied in The leaders of the Communist party, namely Mr Marx and his followers, will proceed to liberate humanity in their own way. They will concentrate the reins of government in a strong hand. They will establish a single state bank, concentrating in its hands all commercial, industrial, agricultural, and even scientific production, and then divide the masses into two armies — industrial and agricultural — under the direct command of state engineers, who will constitute a new privileged scientific and political class.
Within the closed system of Panem Katniss comes to embody a dissident undercurrent of revolt. Within the media system the movie represents an incorporation and neutralisation of dissent by the prevailing orthodoxy of liberal democratic values. The cinema audience is given the usual signposts of authoritarian rule with the iconography of fascist stadiums and banners, a militarised police force and autocratic tyranny. The rebels are depicted as advocating an open democratic system in opposition to the authoritarian dictatorship of President Snow.
The irony is that the technology employed by the regime is reflective of the current media system within North America, the region within which the story is set. This sophisticated blurring of fiction and reality of which Suzanne Collins spoke is part of the incorporation of dissent performed by the liberal democratic political system.
When Katniss begins to defy the Panem system by her actions within the Games the following dialogue occurs between President Snow and the Head Gamemaker:.
President Snow: I mean, if we just wanted to intimidate the districts, why not round up twenty-four of them at random and execute them all at once? Be a lot faster.
President Snow: Hope. The apocalyptic drama leaves little to the imagination. It examines the totalitarian state of Panem with a fluid plot. The human drama that unfolds is well-paced and so vivid that you become completely enthralled in the realistic creative world of the competition and forget the desolate state of the districts.
Director Gary Ross proves time and time again why he is the perfect director for this film. From co-writing the screenplay to consulting in casting, set design and wardrobe, Suzanne Collins remained heavily involved as Ross' right hand. Jennifer Lawrence is phenomenal as Katniss. Most audiences are aware of Lawrence's lack of fear.
Especially after her Oscar-nominated performance in Winter's Bone. In The Hunger Games , Lawrence is powerful, venerable and gorgeous without wavering from her commitment to Katniss. Her athleticism complements her advanced archery skills in the film. Each character plays a vital role to the progression of Katniss as they attempt to make sense of this menacing society. After reading the novel, I envisioned Abernathy to be much older.
Harrelson is so true to the character that his portrayal of the rarely sober, realist is instantly accepted. Ross hand-picked Kravitz for the role; he brings elegance, competitiveness and poise to this character. With the precision of a surgeon, Ross brings us into the Hunger Games competition.
She acts as the guide to the colorful and absurd world of the Capitol. Tucci has no shame navigating the audience through the immorality of children killing children.
Donald Sutherland's soft-spoken hostility as the Capitol's President Snow is downright creepy. His portrayal of the blood-curdling leader can be compared to any known dictator. To experience the movie as a fan of the novel was rewarding. Some of the followers of the book may be too young to see the graphic, PG film version.
Parents should be equipped to discuss the achromatic plot. After all, there's a machete, spears, killer bees and neck-breaking, all by the hands of children.
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