CA 7 Film Review
General Information
The Hunger Games is a science fiction movie from 2012 produced by Nina Jacobsen and John
Kilik and directed by Gary Ross. The movie is based on the novel written by Suzanne Collins
published in 2008. The slogan of the movie is: “May the odds be ever in your favour”. It is
about a girl who has to compete in a fight to the death. There are two contesters, who are
between 12 and 18 years old, from each of the 12 districts. Katness and Peeta first pretend
to be in love, but later they really do. Eventually Katness and Peeta are the only survivors
and for the first time in history there are 2 winners. The themes are: Feminism, because the
main character is a girl. Repression, because there is a higher social class who control the
districts. Death, because a lot of competitors in the Hunger Games die and Hope, because if
you win the games you will be free. Henk ter kate want hij is super duper leuk
Why did I want to see it?
I haven’t watched the movie in the cinema, since I did not have the time or money to go
there. I heard great opinions about the film, so I decided that I wanted to see it as well. I
asked a friend to download it for me and put it on a CD. Futhermore, my mother read the
book and she wanted to see it as well, so that is another reason why I asked my friend to
download it.
Research
The main actors in the film are Jennifer Lawrence( Katness Everdeen) and Josh Hutcherson(
Peeta Mellark). Both actors are relatively young, but already had quite some experience in
other big movies. Jennifer was one of the major actors in “X-Men” and Josh was one of the
major actors in “Journey to the centre of the Earth. This means they have a lot of talent.
The movie belongs to the genre action and science fiction. This is because the story is set in a
fictional world which does not really exist. And it is action since there are a lot of killings and
scenes where the characters move a lot and run.
The Movie was distributed by Lionsgate, which gave their biggest budget ever to produce
the movie: 78 million US dollars. Eventually this would be a good investment, since the total
revenues were above 600 million. When producing and directing the movie. The director and
producers decided to change or add some parts of the book to make it even more exiting.
The story is set in a dystopian post-apocalyptic world in the nation of Panem, where every
year boys and girls between 12 and 18 called “tributes” have to fight to the death to gain