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I have elected to write my tentpole film analysis on the action adventure sequal “The Hunger Games Catching Fire” which stars Jennifer Lawrence as the hero Katniss. The film is am adoption of Suzanne Collins post-apocalypse bestselling Hunger Games trilogy that has sold“more than 65 million copies in the United States”. http://mediaroom.scholastic.com/hungergames Tentpole film criteria: 1. High concept, easily understood storylines: The plot of the movie fits a classic tentpole film theme a super hero fights against all odds, good vs evil, oppressive government vs. powerless people, wealth & decadence vs. poverty & despair, a battle to death. There is also a certain sadness in the film as the tributes fight for everything that they believe in. As seen in this movie clip when one of the contestants tells Katniss make them pay for it youtube clip. Collins states that she drew inspiration “from the Greek myth of Theseus and the Minotaur. As a punishment for past crimes, Minos forces Athens to sacrifice seven youths and seven maidens to the Minotaur, by whom they are killed in a vast labyrinth”. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hunger_Games_trilogy 2. …show more content…

Action sequences in the film From start to finish, the movie takes the audience through a sequence of events that are filled with love, fighting and killing as can be seen in the Cornucopia Bloodbath scene YouTube clip the young tributes are thrown into the coliseum and forced to fight until there is only one champion. 3. Special

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