12 districts put against one another, 2 sacrifices from each. Who will make it out to see another day? Dystopian-based movies are often hit-or-miss, the Hunger Games is a timeless hit. Those in the Hunger Games’ capitol have no fear and take the Hunger Games as entertainment. The capitol people even bet on who will win it. They treat the victims' lives as if it’s a game. The directors of hunger games went to the extremes to create the movie. During the shooting of the Hunger Games, Jennifer Lawrence says there was so much commotion that she ran into a wall on set.

The Hunger Games came out in 2012. The directors are Francis Lawerence and Gary Ross. The studio who produced it was Lionsgate. The cast of the Hunger Games involves spectacular actors, the main two being Jennifer Lawerence (Katniss Everdeen) and Josh Hutcherson (Peeta Mellark). The movie is about a dystopian society that makes the poorest districts fight against each other for the chance to live like the wealthiest capitol, if they survive. 

In this movie, two people are selected from each district to compete for a chance to win royalties for their district. They are pampered and eventually put to the test. The games are designed to test their survival skills. The only ones who like these games and safe from the games are those relaxing in the capitol. Katniss’ sister gets chosen and Katniss willingly volunteers in her place, putting her life on the line. Peeta Mellark is also chosen but in his case no one steps up to the plate and he is essentially on his own. They don’t know each other all that well but they find a middle ground between them and eventually work together against their common enemy. These games have gone on for long enough and the districts get tired of being treated like a game. Will they ever escape this control that the capitol has over them?  

The idea behind this movie in a way relates to our society today. In this movie the idea is rich people in power can do whatever they want to the less fortunate simply because they are higher in the social chain. This idea is intriguing because rich people do this in our society without the killing part. Katniss is taken to the capitol to compete and she gets sponsors who dress her up like she is a doll while she awaits her death. The capitol people ridicule the less fortunate and some even go to the extent of rubbing the less fortunate face’s in their wealth. They use the victims of the game as actors in their show but the victims have their own lives, they don’t live to entertain the capitol people. The capitol people bet on their lives like they are betting on horses in a race. This movie will unveil a lot of emotions in a viewer. Empathy, fear, anger and relief are felt on this rollercoaster of emotions that are experienced throughout the movie From the beginning when they are chosen, to the end when they triumph the movie doesn’t lose its rhythm and keeps viewers engaged.

I recommend everyone watch this movie, especially teens and adults. Not so much children only because they won’t understand most of the messages that the movie conveys. It is a really interesting and complex movie. It makes you think about what you do in their place. What caught my attention in the movie was when Katniss was the first volunteer in years. She felt so much fear for her sister that she would rather take her place instead than lose her sister. It shows a family aspect that many watchers like myself can connect to, like most I would volunteer in place of my family rather than lose them to an unfair game. In the end, when Katniss and Peeta rebelled against the capitol’s role it showed the humanity that they had regardless of the predicament that they had been put in. They put both their lives on the line to show the capitol people that they were more than just pawns in their game, that they were human.