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Rating: 8/10 (11 July 2012)

I'll keep the spoilers to a minimum but recently I watched the movie that's been buzzing around for the last few days the hunger games, here's what I think of it. The Hunger Games (which came out recently for me) was based on the book of the same name written by Suzanne Collins and it is directed by Gary Ross. In short the story is about a dystopian version of North America after a war which nearly wiped out everyone, in a new country called Panem. Panem is split up into districts including a rich capitol who rules over the other 13 districts. By the time of the film it has been 74 years since a civil war ended with the destruction of the thirteen district and every year since the capitol has forced the twelve districts to enter in one male and one female from the ages of 12-18 to fight for the death in the hunger games, in which only one person leaves as the victor. Jennifer Lawrence stars as Katniss Everdeen a 16 year old girl who comes from the poorest suburb of district 12, who volunteers to participate in the hunger games after her sister Primrose's name was called out in the annual reaping (the process in which the capitol chooses the two teens from each district) joining Jennifer Lawrence is an all-star cast including Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Elizabeth Banks, Woody Harrelson and Donald Sutherland as the male tribute from District 12 Peeta Mellark (whom is the male lead of the movie), Katniss' best-friend Gale Hawthorn, Effie Trinket who escorts the tributes from District 12 to the capitol for training and media interviews, Haymitch Abernathy the mentor to the tributes from district 12 who won the 50th hunger games and President Snow, the cruel and evil leading figure of Panem respectively. The actors did a magnificent job in my opinion portraying the characters from the book, which I have read a few times. As always the book is far superior to the movie in the way that it can capture a story and emotions in a way that film in my opinion will never be able to. The cinematography of the film was great, featuring a range of shots which could be considered to be a form of modern art. With all this information my final decision of the quality of this movie is that this movie deserves a rating of 8/10 due to the great acting on all parts by all involved and for a good all- around experience while watching it.