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Faraci, Devin “The Hunger Games” Badassdigest.com. Web. March 20, 2012 The review starts off talking about the dystopian society created by Panem. The outlying districts are poor, while the first districts are very rich. Faraci compares this to the struggle of the 99% of Americans and the Occupy protests. He then goes on to say that he thought The Hunger Games was going to have a love triangle, much like Twilight, but Katniss is portrayed as a strong individual woman who doesn't need either Gale or Peeta. Faraci then compares the movie to Battle Royale, which has the same basic premise, but he says that Hunger Games is still more interesting to watch. He also addressed the teen bloodshed in the movie, and how he was wondering how it was a PG-13 movie. He closes the review with the problems of the movie; It’s too long, and it ended at the wrong time, but then he talks about how The Hunger Games is a triumph.

Pruthee, Ranjan "The Hunger Games" Moviemet.com. Web. March 29, 2012 The review starts off by saying that this is the next big series. He compares it to Harry Potter and Twilight. He goes on to say how Jennifer Lawrence is a main reason the movie had such a good box office turn out. She is a young teenage girl who is fighting in a cruel punishing world. This attracts the audience because they feel sympathy for her and want her to survive on her own. He goes on to explain how the hunger games is far from original. He says that just like many others by being a futuristic apocalyptic dystopia. He compares the theme to be like The Lord of Flies, and Spartacus. He also explains how they used heavy first person narration through Katniss to explain feelings and thoughts. He says they do well following the book. He goes on to explain how he does not like how they use camera shake to make tension during certain scenes. He Finishes on saying how The Hunger Games is entertaining most the time.

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Haffner, Michael "The Hunger Games'" Destroythebrain.com Web. March 22, 2012, The review by Mike first starts off talking about how the movie is portraying a teenage love story. It states how this statement might upset some die-hard fans because they may not think that it is a love story but in all actuality it is. The review says that if the movie was the window to the future, the future doesn’t look bright at all. In Panem the people are divided into districts. Every district has its own purpose of survival. A boy and a girl from each district are sent out into an arena each year to fight to the death for the enjoyment of the masses. This is, “The Hunger Games.” the review also talks about where the idea of man hunting man came from. Then the review talks about the director, Gary Ross, of the movie basically sets the tone and mood for the audience. Ross wants you to have a feel of what these people in this district are really suffering from. Mike loves how the sound effects of the movie actually help bring it to life, instead of just playing music that the audience might like. He says that the teen fans might cling to the ever longing idea of Katniss determining her love for two people. Mike says that the extra scenes that didn’t happen in then book but happened in the movie added depth to the movie and gave a background of what some of the characters. Mike states that the movie dumbed down some of the violence scenes that were in the book because it was still a PG13 movie. Along with that he thought that it wasn’t a job well done because then movie was shortened to a 2 hour and 20 minute long movie but a lot of the exciting leading up to parts were left out, which took away from the movie. But despite all of the things that he doesn’t like about the movie, he says that the film will make millions of dollars and the teen fans would fall in love with Katniss.