When books are turned into movies a huge part is always left out. I, for one, prefer books over movies any day. And while I love the sound of a page turning and the smell of old books, I can’t help but love the trilogy of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. This story of future North America tells of a 16-year-old girl named Katniss Everdeen (played by Jennifer Lawrence) who volunteers to take her sister’s place in an arena, to fight to the death. The director of the films, Francis Lawrence, who replaced Gary Ross in the second film, has left viewers in awe of this fantastic story come to life.
In the first film The Hunger Games the movie was great but lacked professionalism. While Ross did follow the storyline told by Collins, the movie
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didn’t capture Katniss’s internal conflict as she goes through the games. In the book, Katniss often struggles with whether her District partner, Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson) is friend or foe. Katniss respects Peeta and finds him kind but she also knows that he must die in order for her to win. In the movie, Katniss seems neutral and detached. The movie would’ve been much better if the filming was less shaky. In the feast scene when Katniss goes off to get medicine for Peeta, she runs into another competitor. In the struggle, you can barely see anything because of all the shaking and blurriness. As a result, the first film of the trilogy, left me content but it could’ve been better. The sequel of the first movie was Catching Fire. This movie was far better than the first and was almost perfect. Everything followed the story and nothing was left out. In the book, it is the aftermath of the games and how Katniss must deal with the President, who by the way, is furious at being outsmarted by a young girl. The story continues with Katniss and Peeta getting closer and the threat of a revolution hanging over their heads. As punishment for defying the rules, the president decides to throw her back in the games for the Quarter Quell with previous victors. The movie overall captured every single epic moment and made viewers fall in love with Peeta as we see his undying love for Katniss. The third book of the series was divided into two for the films.
Mockingjay Part 1 focuses more on District 13, the abandoned district in charge of nuclear weapons. This movie takes on a darker and thrilling tone and reveals the corruption in the Capital. As Katniss tries to motivate the other districts to rebel, the film captures her loneliness and depression at being separated from Peeta. The film reveals how the Capital had no limits and how they would do anything to be back on top. These ruthless actions led to the hijacking of Peeta which made him see Katniss as a threat and tries to kill her at every chance he gets. The high quality acting leaves fans heartbroken as they see Katniss breaking over lost …show more content…
love. In the final film, Mockingjay Part 2, war is going on at full rage.
We see the lives of innocents lost and the destruction war brings. The death of Katniss’s sister and the lives of innocent children leaves us in tears as we know that they will never have a future in the free world. The film is fascinating and speechless. It is utter perfection and cannot get any better than it already is. The most heartfelt scene in the movie has to be in the epilogue as Katniss speaks to her child and Peeta is not too far away playing with their other child. This wonderful moment shows us that everything will be fine again and that we can find happiness in the darkest
places. After watching all of the movies and re-reading the trilogy, I would give this an 8/10. While the first could’ve been better, the rest of the films exceeded expectations. In my opinion, the first book was the best but the second film is breathtaking. I would encourage others to become a fan (book or movie, it doesn’t matter) because I assure you, you will not regret it.
In both books they share some traits, even though they may not look anything alike they are. both of these novels are dystopian novels and many characters share similarity’s.
The Hunger Games was a good movie when it came out. This movie refers to a dystopia world in which there are 12 districts and a capitol who rules with an iron fist, in which the districts must provide a tribute to fight in an annual Hunger Game as a punishment for a past rebellion. Katniss Everdeen is a hunter from the 12th district, which Gale, her friend gives her tips on hunting. One day her sister, Primrose Everdeen, is chosen for the Hunger Games, and in order to save her, she volunteers instead to serve in the Games along with Peeta Mellark. During a TV interview, Peeta confesses her love for Katniss Everdeen, which causes the enragement of the latter; however, she later forgives him as he explains to her that it was only to gain sponsors. During the Hunger Games, she did not receive a lot of supplies except some medicine to cure a wound, but Districts 1 and 2 almost won the Game due to their training, and amount of supplies which Katniss destroys but cannot recover any of them. The Hunger Games was one of the best movies I ever watched because it has a little bit of everything and it captures the real-life survival game that we live on a daily basis.
... because I like books that have action, adventure, and a good story. The part of this book that makes it my favorite is mostly because I like books that end the series since I hate cliffhangers at the end of the series because you never now what is going to happen because that is the last book. Another part of this book that makes it my favorite is that there are lots of sub stories that make it more interesting to read. The largest sub story in the book is wether Peeta will even like Katniss or hate her the rest of his life since he was brainwashed by the Capitol using poison. This book would make a great movie if they won’t add or subtract something from the story like they have done with so many other books that have turned into movies. If they keep it the way it is it will make a great movie because the plot fits into what people like these days which is action.
Yamato, Jen. Burning Questions.“The Hunger Games and Real World Parallels: “Can kids all become Katniss Everdeen”. Movie Line. March 13, 2012. Web. May 04, 2012
Katniss is the main character in the novel, The Hunger Games. The author of this book is Suzanna Collins. Katniss is a 16 year old who has been chosen with 23 other tributes. In my class we have studied themes and key ideas such as Power of the Capitol, Competition against other tributes and Sacrifice for what Katniss acts and does in the Hunger Games. There are many themes but I have chosen these 3 because they show the most emotions and power.
It has often been said that there is nothing new under the sun. In this vein, authors across all literary genres often borrow themes and plot from the stories of long ago. Many of those authors choose to borrow from the rich mythology of the ancient Greeks. Suzanne Collins has been asked on numerous occasions where the idea for The Hunger Games originated. She readily admits that the characters and plot come from Greek mythology and more specifically, from Theseus and the Minotaur (Margolis 30). One familiar with both both stories can easily recognize the identical framework upon which each of these stories are built. Both Theseus and Katniss Everdeen, Collins’ heroine, volunteer to go into battle for their respective homelands, they both fight beasts of strange origin, and they are both brave in battle and emerge victorious, but it is the uniqueness of the characters that makes each story appropriate for the time period and audience to which it belongs. Collins modernizes the classic hero of Theseus by changing his gender, his motivations and altering his selfish personality, and by doing these things she creates a heroine that better resonates with today's audience of young adults.
From a structural perspective, movies and novels appear as polar opposites. A film uses actors, scripts, and a set in order to create a visual that can grab and keep the attention of their viewers. However, an author strives to incorporate deeper meaning into their books. Despite these differences in media, 1984 and The Hunger Games present unique, yet similar ideas.
Both the novel and the film portray the theme of humane vs. inhumane. They show how the capitol took advantage of the districts and how careless they were. The capitol was considered the enemy. In the novel it describes the man from district 11 making the sound of Rue to show respect for Katniss after giving her victory speech. It explains how Katniss was then taken inside the building but gets out to see the man get shot in the head by the
The Hunger Games, directed by Gary Ross, was released in 2012. The film is about a young girl who lives in one of the twelve districts of the Capitol of Panem. To keep these districts from resorting to war like past times, the capitol now forces one girl and one boy to fight to the death until only one remains. Jennifer Lawrence, staring as Katniss Everdeen, has been chosen to represent district 12. The film uses many different elements to display all the emotional and physical struggles Katniss must endure while participating in the games.
Suzanne Collins wrote this trilogy to entertain the reader with an extraordinary story about what the future may eventually hold.The future holds many things but some can be bad and some can be good, some of the bad things that the future holds in the book is that the Hunger Games are a thing and that Peeta would be torchered until rescued, some of the good is that the Hunger Games arena was destroyed and there will be no Hunger Games anymore, and that Peeta’s relationship with Katniss works out, they finally get married, have kids, and get to see them grow up instead of possibly seeing them killed by someone during the games.
Since she is the female victor from district 12, she is in the 74th Hunger Games. She sees how painful and scary it is and so she tries to stop the capital which is who is controlling everything. She doesn’t want that to happen to anyone else. She rebels against President Snow in plan of eventually killing him to take over the capital and change the world. Teens can relate to this because a lot of the time we feel controlled. It might be by a parent, teacher, grandparent or someone else but all of us are controlled by someone. A lot of teenagers end up rebelling because they feel as if they have no choices. They go against the rules of who they are rebelling against. That persons rules and values are not necessarily right. Who decides what is right? It seems as if we have entered into a state time where there is no right and wrong. Katniss breaks free of that control and does her own thing. Another way teens can relate to the hunger games is through the love triangle. Some of us might have a similar situation of where we might like two people. In the movie it says, “What I need is not Gales fire, kindled with rage and hatred. I have plenty of fire myself. What I need is the dandelion in the spring. The bright yellow that means rebirth instead of destruction. The promise that life can go on, no matter how bad our losses. That it can be good again. And only Peeta can
In Mockingjay, Collins has again artfully modified adult themes of war and conflict to appeal to younger readers, but the work's overall emphasis has shifted the tone of the entire series. The plot structure of The Hunger Games and Catching Fire, for example, is very similar: Katniss is in District 12,w there is a proclamation that Katniss will fight in the Hunger Games, Katniss and Peeta tour the Capitol to attract support before the deadly tournament,
Katniss Everdeen from District 12 is a strong Christological character for many reasons. She is known as the “Girl on Fire” for her statement outfits before the games, showing the Capitol her willingness to sacrifice and not be overlooked. To others, she is known as the “Mockingjay.” She represents the face of the rebellion, the hope for all. These are qualities she shares with Christ, something who fought for social change between the poor and the rich, someone who eventually sacrificed his life for the salvation of all.
There are a lot of stories in the world floating from person to person. One short tale can can give a writer the inspiration for a whole series of novels or movies. Take “Theseus and the Minotaur” and The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins for example. The ideas are similar in many ways, The Hunger Games story just modernizes them. In an interview with Suzanne Collins, she told us her inspiration for writing the film. She says, “It’s very much based on the myth of Theseus and the Minotaur, which I read when I was eight years old… In her own way, Katniss is a futuristic Theseus. But I didn’t want to do a labyrinth story. So I decided to write basically an updated version of the Roman gladiator games.” The Hunger Games retells the myth of “Theseus and the Minotaur” by expressing fake love, portraying the main characters as heroic figures, and using the archetypal example of fire.
This is no easy task for her to accomplish but with the help from her mentor Haymitch, she is able to find the hero that is within her. Through this experience Katniss will change from an ordinary human being to the districts hero. She will give those around her something to believe in which allows the audience to see the hero within her.