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Pitt, Leslie. “Review: The Hunger Games.” afroflimviewer.blogspot.co.uk. Blogger. n. d. Web. 18. Nov. 2013.  In this review, Pitt shares how it is interesting to see a film for yourself after its opening weekend and after everyone else has already seen it. Her opinion on mainstream cinema is that it is significantly centered on cash and nothing else. It always has been and always will be. The way a film uses money to produce itself and the way it earns the money back means everything. With that being said, Pitt said how interesting it is to watch how The Hunger Games made the big bucks when it came down to it. The film is centered toward young adults, and therefore is a main reason why it is so popular and made so much money. Pitt shares how the film clearly has a universal appear, whether you are a young adult or not, it really can be interesting to anyone and everyone. The director, Gary Ross, makes sure that the main idea and translation of this movie is very clear, yet still appealing to ones who have read the books and are expecting a lot of the movie. Another reason The Hunger Games seems to be so popular is because of the strong female lead role. People are used to male actors dominating films. Jennifer Lawrence (Katniss), uses forms of vulnerability and aggression just right, adding to the depth of the film. Although, Pitt says the film has its faults. She says that because of the ‘blink and you miss it’ editing it makes some of the set pieces seem awkward and out of place. She also seems to complain about how long the movie is. (It’s 2 hours and 15 minutes long.) There was also drama about viewers tweeting how the film shows racism and does not properly portray the events that happened in the book. Pitt claims they are just ignorant people who can’t read well. For such a mainstream film, and being labeled as “the next Twilight,” Pitt thinks it explored some great in depth values which somewhat surprised her. The Hunger Games. Dir. Gary Ross. Perf. Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, and Liam Hensworth. Lionsgate. 2012. Film.  The Hunger Games is a thrilling film that has something to offer for just about everyone middle school and above. In this time period, North America is broken up into 12 districts. The capital is the wealthiest place and mostly everyone else did not have that much of anything. People from the capital come to every district once a year and choose one boy and one girl to be in The Hunger Games. The main character is from district 12. When people from the capital came, Katniss Everdeen, the main character, promised her sister that she would not be picked but unfortunately, she did. Katniss then volunteered herself as tribute. When going to the capital, they spoil the tributes so it seems like they should be grateful that they are picked. When they get there, they get trained, get as much food as they want and get a very comfortable place to stay. When the games begin, all 24 people are sent out in what is a forest. There can only be one winner therefore their mission is to basically kill each other. Katniss is very brave and knows how to stay alive. She wants to save the other person from her district therefore forms a relationship to throw off the creators of the game. It ends up where both of them are the last ones alive, but the makers of the game changed their rules and only one person can win now. Katniss would rather they just both die so they both were about to kill themselves when the capital said they both won. The main person who started this was extremely mad and killed one of the workers. As a person watching this, we can tell that capital is going to do something about this next time and we fear for what will happen to Katniss in the next movie. Carson, Jess. “The Hunger Games (2012) review: look out, Twilight, a new craze is in town.” Examiner. Examiner, 19 April 2012. Web. 18 Nov. 2013.  This review talks about how this movie is a new craze. The author starts off by talking about how usually new movies do not come out in the spring, but The Hunger Games changed this. We learn from the author that in the opening weekend by itself, it made 152.5 million dollars. This movie turned into the movie that everyone was talking about and the must see movie of the year. The author goes on to talk about the movie. She says this is a futuristic film where each of the 12 districts must give up 2 people to fight until only one person is left alive. Carson says that the film starts off building up tension for the second part of the movie, which is the violent part. She says this is good because it makes the second half mindblowing. It is mentioned that she believes the characters were chosen perfectly and with alot of thought. Due to the fact that 24 people go into the games and only one will survive, Carson said it kept her on the edge of her seat from beginning to end. The ways the characters show fear and the tension between all the tributes kept the author engaged the whole time. From this review, it it recommended that everyone goes to see this movie because every second is worth the money. Carson voted this a 4.5 out of 5. Johanson, Mary Ann. “The Hunger Games (review)”. flickfilosopher. flickfilosopher, 21 March 2012. Web. 19 Nov. 2013  In this review, Johanson claims that The Hunger Games came along to rescue her from the regular Hollywood hit films which haven’t been impressing her. She says it is not ‘dumbed-down’. The Hunger Games is a clever movie that assumes its audience is as well. The characters live in a world different from our own and it makes you desperate to learn more. Johanson wishes there was a way to shove this movie in Hollywood’s face to show that a good movie can actually be made. This film is not better or worse than the novel, it is the perfect partner to it. This is why Johanson thinks it has accomplished more than any other Hollywood movie that is based off of its own novel. The book has a hard time to portray the actual feeling of the Games, but the film does an excellent job. As Katniss, Jennifer Lawrence is perfect. She is strong and brave, and accepts what is thrown at her. Ross, the director, does a great job of adding science fiction aspects that couldn’t be shown in the novel such as the weird fashion of the people who live in the Capitol. This adds to the features and why you would want to watch it. Even though Johanson knew what was going to happen throughout the film because she enjoys the novels, she still found herself to be in constant suspense. Although this is not a happy movie (children killing children), it is still very satisfying and slightly disturbing in a way that seems so right.