The Hunger games was one of the biggest box office movies in 2012. The Hunger Games made $677,923,379 worldwide with a production cost of $80,000,000, this leaves them with $597,923,379 in revenue. Just like The Handmaid’s Tale, The Hunger Games started out as a book written by Suzanne Collins. The protagonist Katniss Everdeen lives in Panem (North America) in one of the twelve districts governed by The Capitol and President Snow. Each year The Capital holds The Hunger Games where a boy and a girl
The Hunger Games is an exciting and courageous film with a storyline that instantly catches the audience’s attention. It tells the story of a dystopian United States where in a tragic future, the totalitarian country of Panem, is separated into 12 districts and the Capitol. The Games, put on by the Capitol, are intended to discipline the remaining 12 districts after recalling the dark days of how the 13th district was demolished for its uprising against the brutal Capitol. Every year, one young female
The first thing that caught my attention in The Hunger Games movie series was the main character and hero, Katniss Everdeen. She was a great example of a hero. She embodies the definition of a hero by the sense of the word; she was not only a great fighter in front of a strong male but she also volunteered to take the place of her little sister who was chosen in the first place. This was an act of heroic self-sacrifice. One of the main roles of the game was to be the sole survivor, but Katniss sacrificed
“Happy Hunger Games! And may the odds be ever in your favor”, is a joke considering that instead of wishing you good luck they are actually saying that out of 24 tributes (2 from each district, 12 districts total) only 1 survives. What are the odds of surviving? 4.17% to be exact, but even if you survive the games, you still die….mentally. Imagine the moment your kids leave for the first day of elementary, now imagine the moment in which your kid is in line waiting eagerly for their name to be called
CLOSE UPS The movie that I chose to analyze is The Hunger Games. This movie is about a girl, Katniss Everdeen, who volunteers as tribute for the seventy-fourth annual Hunger Games in the place of her sister, Primrose Everdeen, whose name was picked and announced at the reaping. Katniss, the protagonist played by Jennifer Lawrence, is forced to go outside of her comfort zone when she has to make friends and train to kill people in order to win the Games and come home to her sister, Primrose, who is
The last movie is the novel adaptation, Hunger Games series came to a close on November 17, 2015. The final film in the series, Mockingjay Part 2, follows the same strategy as another young-adult movie franchise, Twilight. The book turned movie raised its nearly unknown cast to rock star status and enormous profit. This sci-fi, adventure is violent. Scenes of blood oozing out of actors and actresses earned the PG-13 rating. The violence was spread evenly, however, the out the 137 minute duration
In the following film, The Hunger Games directed by Gary Ross, it focuses primarily on the protagonist, Katniss Everdeen, who volunteers to partake the Hunger games tribute that occurs once a year. Every year in each district, each of the two members of each gender is selected to fight the annual Hunger Games. Katniss intends to be the center of attention of this film, which gives the audiences a better insight of the movie, also revealing additional themes that the author is trying to convey. At
Change in Feminism in the Cinema World The Hunger Games which is directed by Garry Ross is story in land of Panem which has grown out of the cadaverous ruins of what one time was known as North America, 74 years ago. The capitol introduced the hunger games as a reminder to the twelve districts of its authority and punishment for rebellion. Every year a boy and a girl from each district, who are known as Tributes, and they are of aged between 12 and 18. The names are chosen randomly in reaping ceremonies
Movie Series Overview The Hunger Games movie series is centered around the main character Katniss Everdeen. In Panem, the Capitol is over all districts and districts, four through twelve suffer from violence and poverty. Every year, two people, one male and one female are chosen as tributes to compete for their district in the annual hunger games. During the first movie, it is time for the seventy fourth annual Hunger Games District’s Twelve drawings for the names of the tributes of those who will
Movie Series Overview The Hunger Games movie series is centered around the main character Katniss Everdeen. In Panem, the Capitol is over all districts and districts four through twelve suffer from violence and poverty. Every year, two people, one male and one female are chosen as tributes to compete for their district in the annual hunger games. During the first movie, it is time for the seventy fourth annual Hunger Games District’s Twelve drawing for names of the tributes of those who will compete