who let the person with shaky hands hold the fucking camera???
a dystopian blockbuster in all the wrong ways.
genuinely terrible and characters like woody harrelson being drunk have such minimal screentime that get shafted after that despite being the more interesting character then bland woman and bland man.
i like josh hutcherson but his character is not likeable in the slightest at all and jennifer lawrence is...there.
The Hunger Games
May the odds be ever in your favor.
Rating
3.3 (3)
Release Date
3/12/2012Runtime
142 minsOverview
Every year in the ruins of what was once North America, the nation of Panem forces each of its twelve districts to send a teenage boy and girl to compete in the Hunger Games. Part twisted entertainment, part government intimidation tactic, the Hunger Games are a nationally televised event in which “Tributes” must fight with one another until one survivor remains. Pitted against highly-trained Tributes who have prepared for these Games their entire lives, Katniss is forced to rely upon her sharp instincts as well as the mentorship of drunken former victor Haymitch Abernathy. If she’s ever to return home to District 12, Katniss must make impossible choices in the arena that weigh survival against humanity and life against love. The world will be watching.
How It Feels
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A visceral descent into a rigged death spectacle that's both intimate character study and sweeping political allegory. The film makes you feel the weight of impossible choices and the quiet rebellion of refusing to play by tyrants' rules.
Mood
TenseDefiantBleakHopeful
Themes
SurvivalPowerCorruptionComing of age
Tone
Earnest
Pacing
Propulsive
Look
HandheldNaturalistic
Structure
Linear
Heads up
Graphic violenceChild endangerment
Jennifer Lawrence
Katniss Everdeen
Josh Hutcherson
Peeta Mellark
Liam Hemsworth
Gale Hawthorne
Woody Harrelson
Haymitch Abernathy
Elizabeth Banks
Effie Trinket
Lenny Kravitz
Cinna
Stanley Tucci
Caesar Flickerman
Donald Sutherland
President Coriolanus Snow
Wes Bentley
Seneca Crane
Toby Jones
Claudius Templesmith
Alexander Ludwig
Cato
Isabelle Fuhrman
Clove
Recent Reviews
If Peeta was the main character, the Hunger Games would be almost as depressing as Requiem for a Dream.
Hunger Games is maybe the only time that I'm not bothered at all by shaky cam.
I still tear up when Katniss volunteers and when Rue dies.
How great are Stanley Tucci and Elizabeth Banks in these? They're perfect.
Favorite (Not Necessarily Best) Four From Every Year Since Birth
The Hunger Games is one of my favorite franchises. It was great to see the first one on the big screen in the theaters again. I only wish they had gone all in and brought them all back.
Favorite (Not Necessarily Best) Four From Every Year Since Birth
Popular Reviews
who let the person with shaky hands hold the fucking camera???
a dystopian blockbuster in all the wrong ways.
genuinely terrible and characters like woody harrelson being drunk have such minimal screentime that get shafted after that despite being the more interesting character then bland woman and bland man.
i like josh hutcherson but his character is not likeable in the slightest at all and jennifer lawrence is...there.
If Peeta was the main character, the Hunger Games would be almost as depressing as Requiem for a Dream.
Hunger Games is maybe the only time that I'm not bothered at all by shaky cam.
I still tear up when Katniss volunteers and when Rue dies.
How great are Stanley Tucci and Elizabeth Banks in these? They're perfect.
Favorite (Not Necessarily Best) Four From Every Year Since Birth
The Hunger Games is one of my favorite franchises. It was great to see the first one on the big screen in the theaters again. I only wish they had gone all in and brought them all back.
Favorite (Not Necessarily Best) Four From Every Year Since Birth
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