The Hunger Games

 I recently went to the movie theater to watch the movie The Hunger Games. This movie takes place in war stricken North America made up of 12 poverty filled districts ran by the all controlling Capitol. As continual punishment due to failed rebellion the Capitol requires each district to hold a raffle, known as the reaping, to choose one boy and one girl to be sent to a televised arena where they fight to the death until only one is left standing. This battle is known as the Hunger Games. The movie follows two teenagers from district 12 Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson) and Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) ,who volunteers in place of her younger sister, as they are sent on their crazed fight for survival in the Hunger Games. The director Gary Ross captures all the emotions that come with the mentality of true survival and doing what need be done in the heat of battle. My personal opinion of The Hunger Games was that despite the length of the movie it had an interesting plot line with many unexpected events. I appreciated the cinematography when it came to the action scenes they were both dramatic and unpredictable. I rate this movie a 7 out of 10.