The Hunger Games User Reviews

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Watching the upswell of people react to The Hunger Games as a movie has been one of the more interesting experiences of my amateur career reading and writing about movies. The trilogy of books, from author Suzanne Collins, have been popular since they were released, but they occupied the part ...

AboutIn a futuristic world, the current government Capitol displays its power and authority by annually conducting a 'Hunger Games' tournament in which one male and one female from each of the 12 districts are chosen at random and compete in a fight to the death where only one can reign ...

Over a dozen children die by each other's hands during the movie adaptation of The Hunger Games. I should have stumbled out of the theater with a knot in my stomach. Silence and a somber attitude should have accompanied the car ride home. Instead, those of us who saw the ...

Hmmm, just watched the movie. It's uh, it's not a bad movie. I don't dislike it like the Twilight movies. But at the same time, I don't really have any desire to ever watch it again. The ending was really abrupt and left me unsatisfied. And the acting all around ...

You know, it's my own fault. I know better than to read through a book series shortly before I go see the movie version. I've run into this problem hundreds of times, through a litany of celluloid and digital displays. The English Patient, Slaughterhouse Five, Gattaca, pick your Stephen King ...

Hunger Games finally reaches theaters after bursting onto the scene much like Twilight did. Unlike Twilight though I would call Hunger Games competently made and better yet, enjoyable.The World of the Hunger Games is based in the nation of Panem, which looks a lot like the eastern United States. This ...

“The Hunger Games” as a novel is both an exciting romp that manages to both keep your eyes glued to the page and criticize aspects of our culture and government. The film is just as exciting, but doesn't really feel as interested in challenging society. That isn't to say that ...

Though the financial juggernauts known as tweens aren't well-respected for their literary taste, lumping The Hunger Games in with most other Young Adult bestsellers would be giving it short shrift. The first in Suzanne Collins’ trilogy of mega-popular hits quickly distinguishes itself as a bleak, yet accessible adventure novel that ...

The less you know about The Hunger Games, the more you're likely to enjoy it. Which makes it its own worst enemy. With Hunger Games paraphernalia in every Wal-Mart in the world, is there anyone left who doesn't know the plot of this film? And yes, it is a pretty ...

Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutchinson in THE HUNGER GAMESFans could not have dreamt of a more faithful, powerful, and exciting adaptation of The Hunger Games as this movie gives.Jennifer Lawrence plays a teenager who has long since been forced to become an adult. She has a younger sibling whom she ...

I have to admit the buzz around this film does excite me and I do indeed get drawn into ‘the buzz’ (much the same as films like Harry Potter, LOTR and Twilight). For people who have read the books the anticipation of seeing stories they have almost felt they were ...

"IS THIS REAL?!" (Katniss discussing bread.)---Listen, I'm all for murdering people for food, specifically kids my age and children, but there's really more to it. I want know about the people I'm murdering, the people who are forcing me to do it, and the people I am being forced to ...