The Hunger Games Movie And Book Comparison

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I actually freaking love these movies and if you asked me to pick my favourite out of all of them? I wouldn't be able to, they're all JUST. THAT. GOOD.

There are four movies all up: The Hunger Games; The Hunger Games: Catching Fire; The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1, and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2. The movies were directed by Gary Ross (movie 1) and Francis Lawrence (movies 2,3&4) and were based on the trilogy of books written by American Author Suzanne Collins (read my book review here.)

The movies are set in a dystopian future ruled by greed and vanity. The nation of Panem is divided into thirteen 'districts' and a capital city. The selfish dicks in the city (literally called The Capitol) live in wealth and luxury, while the districts (to …show more content…

Basically, if you're not born in the Capitol you're destined to be enslaved by them FOREVER. District 1 being the richest of the districts, provides the city with mostly diamonds and jewels, while District Twelve is the poorest and mines coal. But, I thought you said there were 13 districts? Yes, well it turns out the Capitol wanted everyone to believe District 13 didn't do what they were told; so they blew them up as a 'Get in line or we'll bury you with them' kinda thing. Yikes. But don't panic! SPOILER ALERT! District 13 DIDN'T actually get blown up, they just went underground and started hoarding nuclear weaponry so those bad bitches could blow everyone ELSE up. Kudos 13. :D NOW, that brings us to the main feature of the films, DRUM ROLL PLEASE... The Hunger Games! Okay, so as a way to keep the districts in line, The Capitol holds and annual tournament called the 'Hunger Games'. During this tournament, two kids (a male and female between the ages of 12 and 18) are ripped away from their homes and families; trained up, dumped into an arena and forced to kill each other with whatever means necessary... okay, so I was waaaay too scared to even try killing a freaking SPIDER at

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