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More games, less hunger
PostedMarch 25, 2012
goodcrit56
from Chester, CT
Powerful protagonists, spot-on casting, dizzying shots of a futuristic dystopia where a fiendish government control device, "Hunger Games," blows up in the face of the Capitol (President Snow played by Donald Sutherland -- brilliant!) because of one very gutsy, very scared heroine. . .yup, it works. We just weren't crazy about the hand held camerawork during the chases and the overall blurring effects (used to gain a PG rating, no doubt). . . but the 4 stars I gave go for basic premise, characters, casting, and story arc. Soundtrack was also fitting and how can you go wrong with T-Bone Burnett?! (The 5th star would be for cinematography and camerawork, which I think it lacked on a technical level.) It really helps that Katniss in the book and the movie is a tough heroic tomboy (based on mythological Diana, the virgin-archer goddess of the hunt -- and I could see a little Joan of Arc thrown in, minus the religious fervor & mission). The use of tight close-ups in the movie overall gives the film a feeling of claustrophobia. . . so the watchers have a similar feeling of being trapped like the citizens of Panem. . . would have liked to be shown more of how and why the people were hungry, in and out of the games. The movie was definitely food for thought *-) Thank you, Suzanne Collins -- the Hunger Games book trilogy is very well done indeed!
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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