The Hunger Games Review

Rating: 8/10 (23 March 2012)

Before I start my review, I just want to say this: Go watch this movie, it is incredible. And I will mention some spoilers, but if you've read the book, I think it is safe for you to read my review. And now for my review:
The story: The Hunger Games is a movie set sometime in the future, and because of some rebellion that happened years ago, the Capitol created these so-called ''Hunger Games''. And in these hunger games, 2 kids from every district, 24 kids in total, must fight to the death in a gladiator-like arena, until there is only one child left. We follow Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark from the poor district 12.
I think the movie's best scenes are the ones right before the hunger games begin, and when Katniss' 12-year old friend from District 11, Rue, dies.
Minutes before the hunger games, Katniss is preparing to go into the game, and Cinna is talking to her. This scene was very well done, the acting, the came angles, everything was perfect, It was so well done you could actually feel what Katniss was feeling, I myself read the book and I was so excited during this scene because she was about to run into a death zone, and a 50/50 chance of her surviving it. And that was one of my favorite scenes in the movie. But the standout scene, I think, was when Rue and Katniss got ambushed by some man from District 2 I believe, Katniss shoots him with an arrow, but right before that he throws a spear and it goes right into Rue's stomach. That scene was played brilliantly by both actresses and of course, well made. Tears going down both of their faces as they both knew Rue was dying was very dramatic. And honestly I don't think I have to say anything more. Those were just my favorite scenes in the movie. And down below I am going to put my verdict of the film:
The story: 8.7/10 Not the most original story ever, but still something you haven't seen often and very good and well conceived.
The acting: 9.5/10 Very well acted, Jennifer Lawrence was brilliant as- well as everyone else.
The camera angles: 9/10 The camera was always at the right place at the right time, not like in The Green Zone were the camera was always zoomed 300% into the person's face.The camera was a bit shaky, but that only made the action scenes more exciting.
The movie: 9/10 Great movie, great story, well made, well acted, I guess the only reason I am giving it a 9 instead of a 10 is because it felt somewhat familiar and linear. Even if you haven't read the book it was kind of obvious what was going to happen next, so I guess what I am saying is the movie had no twists and turns, which is okay, but I would prefer to have at least some scenes where something you would never expect to happen. Overall though, Great film!.