Hollywood has this dangerous power to mix and match UFOs with Robin Hoods and still make it look reasonable. And as long as there are close ups of a pretty face, the movie is a definite blockbuster.
The Hunger Games begins with the potential to describe an orwelliansociety but after the first half of an hour the director quits the idea and he follows the safer route of heroes, romance and violence for the next 100 minutes.
I was told I will cry, and I did because there is this one scene of a 12-year-old girl lying dead in the name of a reality game. And next thing you see is the only political reaction to the system by the people of her community; all black. Is this random and innocent?
I liked the performance of Jennifer Lawerence because it is still natural as her young age of 22 implies.
I am still confused how a movie based on a death game among teenagers is rated as suitable for audiences at the age of 12. At the same time that – let’s say – The Hunger Games is criticising the society in which our children are growing up, the movie is encouraging this society. That’s the bit I got lost.
The Hunger Games ended with the an ostensible happy end and the promise for The Hunger Games II soon enough.
Note: I am cinephile but not in the sense the term is widely understood. I do not remember names of directors and secondary role actors, and the more movies I watch, the more I tend to forget their names. Especially if I have seen the movie in Greece and the original title has suffered a dramatic transformation. I am cinephile because I watch at least one movie per week, and I always keep it inside my head for a day or more. Unfortunately, not only the good films have an impact on you.
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