The Hunger Games is a 2012 American science fiction adventure film directed by Gary Ross and based on a novel of the same name by Suzanne Collins. This is the first installment of The Hunger Games and produced by Nina Jacobson and Jon Kilik, with scenarios by Ross, Collins, and Billy Ray. The film stars Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Lenny Kravitz, Stanley Tucci, and Donald Sutherland. This story takes place in the post-apocalyptic dystopian period in the country of Panem, divided into 12 districts, where a boy and a girl from each district, between the ages of 12 and 18 must take part in The Hunger Games, an annual event that was broadcast on television where the "tribute" of each district had to fight to death only one survivor. Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) volunteers to take her sister's place. With his district male award, Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson), Katniss travels to the Capitol to practice Hunger Games under the guidance of former winner Haymitch Abernathy (Woody Harrelson).
The Hunger Games development began in March 2009 when Lions Gate Entertainment entered into a production agreement along with Color Force, which had acquired the rights several weeks earlier. Collins collaborated with Ray and Ross to write scenarios. This scenario expands the character of Seneca Crane to allow some developments to be displayed directly to the audience and Ross adds some scenes between Crane and Coriolanus Snow. The main characters were cast between March and May 2011. The main photography started in May 2011 and ended in September 2011, with filming in North Carolina. The Hunger Games is recorded entirely on film as opposed to digital.
The film was released on March 21, 2012, in several European countries and in the US on March 23, 2012, in conventional theaters and IMAX digital theaters. Japan accepted it last, on September 28th. When the movie was released, he set a record for the opening day ($ 67.3 million) and opened the weekend for non-sequels. At the time of its launch, the gross movie opening weekend ($ 152.5 million) was the third largest film of all films in North America. This is the first film since Avatar to remain in the first place at the North American box office for four consecutive weeks. The film was a huge success at box-office with gross income of more than $ 694 million worldwide against its $ 78 million budget, making it the third grossing film in the United States and the ninth best-selling film of 2012. The song was released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on August 18, 2012. With over 7,434,058 units sold, this DVD is the best-selling DVD of 2012. The sequel, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire , was released on November 22, 2013, in the United States.
The Hunger Games received positive reviews from critics, with praise for its theme and message, as well as Jennifer Lawrence's description of Katniss, despite criticism of the use of film shake, especially in action sequences.. Like the novel, the film is famous for its similarity to other works, such as Robert Sheckley's short story "Seventh Victim" and the adaptation of his Italian film The 10th Victim , Japanese novel
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Plot
As punishment for past insurrections, 12 districts of Panem state were forced by the Capitol to elect two tributes, one male and one female between 12 and 18, to fight to the death at the annual Hunger Games until there was only one survivor. In District 12, after his sister Primrose was selected, Katniss Everdeen volunteered to take his place. He and his colleagues Peeta Mellark were escorted to the Capitol by companion Effie Trinket and mentor Haymitch Abernathy, a winner in the past. Haymitch stressed the importance of getting sponsors, as they can give gifts during the Olympics. During the training, Katniss observes "Careers" (Marvel, Glimmer, Cato and Clove), volunteers from District 1 and 2, who have been trained for the Olympics from an early age. During a television interview with Caesar Flickerman, Peeta expressed his love for Katniss, whom he initially saw as an attempt to attract sponsors; he later learned that his confession was genuine.
At the start of the Olympics, Katniss ignored Haymitch's advice and took some supplies placed around Cornucopia, the structure at the starting point, and narrowly escaped death. Twelve dead tributes in the earliest melee, and only eleven, including Career, survived on the first day. Katniss tried to get away from the others, but Gamemaker Head Seneca Crane sparked a forest fire to push her towards them. He ran into Careers, with whom Peeta appeared to be allied, and fled from the tree. Peeta advises Careers to wait for him. The next morning, Katniss notices Rue, tribute to young women of District 11, hiding in adjacent trees. Rue drew his attention to the hunter's nest, a genetically modified poison wasp. Katniss cut off the branch holding the nest; it falls in a sleeping Career. Luster was killed, but others escaped. Katniss was confused by her own sting; Peeta came back and told him to run away.
Rue helps Katniss recover, and the two become friends and allies. Katniss destroys the inventory that workers have hoarded by blowing up the mines that guard them, while Rue provides a distraction. Katniss finds and frees Rue from the net, but Marvel stabs Rue with a spear thrown at Katniss; Katniss killed him with an arrow. Katniss consoled Rue and, after her death, adorned her body with flowers. After that, he saluted three fingers to the camera. This triggered riots in District 11. Snow warned Crane about the unrest caused by the Olympics.
Haymitch persuaded Crane to change the rules to allow two winners as long as they came from the same district, suggesting that this would calm the public. After the announcement, Katniss searched and found a wounded Peeta. Another announcement promised that what most survivors needed would be given to Cornucopia the next morning. Despite the strong opposition of Peeta, Katniss went to get medicine for her. He was ambushed and overrun by Clove. When Clove rambles on Rue's death, Thresh, District 11's male tribute, pops up and kills him. He spent once Katniss, for Rue's sake. The medicine healed Peeta completely.
While hunting for food, Katniss heard a cannon beep, signifying death. He races to Peeta and finds him unknowingly having collected deadly nightlock fruits. They found Foxface, district 5 female lady, dead for eating the fruit she thought could be eaten from watching Peeta.
The crane then releases genetically modified animals. They kill Thresh and chase Katniss, Peeta and Cato onto the roof of Cornucopia. There the last victim struggled toward a dead end. Cato holds Peeta over his head and uses him as a human shield. Peeta directs Katniss to shoot Cato's hand, allowing Peeta to throw it into the animal below, which tears it until Katniss shoots him with an arrow.
However, changes to the rules about the two winners were suddenly revoked. Peeta urges Katniss to shoot him, but he assures her to have dinner together. Just before they did, Crane quickly named their co-victors. After that, Haymitch warns Katniss that he has made the enemy by his act of defiance. The cranes are then directed and locked in a room containing only nightlock fruits. Snow came out of the game quarters, as the 12th district celebrated their victory.
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Cast
Production
In March 2009, Lions Gate Entertainment (known as Lionsgate) signed a joint production agreement for The Hunger Games with Color Production company Nina Jacobson, which has obtained worldwide distribution rights for the novel in a few weeks. previously reported for $ 200,000. Alli Shearmur and Jim Miller, senior president and vice president of film production at Lionsgate, are responsible for overseeing the production of the film, which they describe as "the extraordinary property... the passion to bring home Lionsgate". The studio, which made no profit for five years, stormed another production budget and sold assets to secure a budget of $ 88 million - one of the largest ever - for the film. Collins agent Jason Dravis said that "they [Lionsgate] had everybody but the maid calling us" to help secure the franchise. Lionsgate later obtained a $ 8 million tax break for filming in North Carolina. The production was eventually brought under budget at $ 78 million.
Collins adapted the novel for his own film, in collaboration with screenwriter Billy Ray and director Gary Ross. The scenario remains very faithful to the original novel, with Ross saying he "feels the only way to make this film truly successful is to be completely subjective", echoing Collins's presentation of the novel in the first person present. Instead of Katniss internal monologue about the Capitol intrigue, the scenario expands the character of Seneca Crane, Head Gamemaker, to allow for some developments to be displayed directly to the audience. Ross explains, "In that book, Katniss speculates about the manipulation of game makers... in the movie, we can not get into Katniss head, but we have the ability to cut and really show the intrigue of the Capitol behind the scenes. and also expanded the role of Seneca Crane for that reason.I think it's very important. "Ross also added some scenes between Crane and Coriolanus Snow, the elder President Panem, noting that" I think it's very interesting that there will be one generation [Panem resident ] who knows that [the Olympic Games] are actually instruments of political control, and there will be subsequent generations who are so enamored with the ratings and entertainment world and the sensations and spectacles that meet the true political intentions, and that's really where the tension is.
The Gamemakers control center, where Katniss can only speculate in the novel, also developed as a location, helps remind the audience of artificial nature of the arena. Ross commented, "so many movies are happening in the forest so it's easy to forget this is a futuristic society, manipulating this event for the sake of the audience.The appearance of the control center, the antiseptic feeling and the use of holograms are all intended to make the arena feel 'constructed' even when you do not see space control. "Ross and visual effects inspector Sheena Duggal is keen to use the omniscient view that the arrangements provided to justify the Doln machin ex machina experience are literally in the arena; Duggal explains that "we really do not want to explain things... how can you be coerced by [the animals] that appear at the end of the movie? We want to find a way to introduce them without having to explain specifically and precisely what they are and the space games are a great opportunity for us to be able to do that. "
Casting
Lionsgate confirmed in March 2011 that about 30 actresses auditioned or read for the role of Katniss Everdeen, including Hailee Steinfeld, Abigail Breslin, Emma Roberts, Saoirse Ronan, ChloÃÆ'Â · Grace Moretz, Jodelle Ferland, Lyndsy Fonseca, Emily Browning, Shailene Woodley, and Rich Scodelario. On March 16, 2011, it was announced that Jennifer Lawrence (who was currently filming for X-Men: First Class) had been given a coveted role. Ross describes Lawrence as "an incredible amount of self-confidence, you get the feeling that this girl knows who he really is, and then he comes and reads for me and just lets me overslept, I've never seen such auditions before in my life. one of those things where you just glimpse your whole movie in front of you. "
Although Lawrence was 20 years old when filming began, four years older than character, Collins said that the role demands "certain maturity and strength" and says he prefers older actresses than younger ones. He added that Lawrence is "the only one who really captures the characters I write in the book" and that he has "every important quality needed to play Katniss". Lawrence, a fan of the books, took three days to accept the role, initially intimidated by the size of the production.
The rivals for Peeta's role other than Hutcherson include Alexander Ludwig (who later acted as Cato), Hunter Parrish, Lucas Till, and Evan Peters. Other actors considered for Gale's role include David Henrie, Drew Roy, and Robbie Amell. In April 2011, John C. Reilly was talking to Lionsgate to portray Haymitch Abernathy. The following month, Lionsgate announced that the role was awarded to Oscar nomination Woody Harrelson. Grammy-winning casting Lenny Kravitz as Cinna, Oscar nominee Stanley Tucci as Caesar Flickerman, and Toby Jones as Claudius Templesmith, soon followed. Both got a role when they promoted Captain America: The First Avenger. Multiple-Golden Globe Award winner Donald Sutherland was elected President Coriolanus Snow at the end of May 2011.
Filming
Gary Ross became director in November 2010. Fireman's Fund Insurance Company insured production, but as part of the underwriting process insisted on a comprehensive range of hazard risk analyzes such as forward-looking arrows, poison ivy, bears, bugs, and fast-running water-.
Lawrence colored his blond hair for Katniss. He also underwent extensive training to get forms for roles, including archery, rock climbing and trees, battles, running, parkour, and yoga, and crashed on the last day of the six-week training phase, where he hit the wall while running at full speed , but not seriously injured. Other stars that dye their hair for the film include Josh Hutcherson as Peeta and Liam Hemsworth as Gale. Lionsgate hired archer bronze Olympic bronze medalist Khatuna Lorig to teach Lawrence how to shoot.
With an initial $ 75 million budget, major photography began near Brevard in Transylvania County in Western North Carolina in May 2011 and ended on September 15, 2011, with a final budget reported between $ 90 and $ 100 million, reduced to $ 78 million after subsidies. Steven Soderbergh served as director of the second unit, and filmed many scenes of District 11 riots. The film was filmed as opposed to digital because of (partly) due to tight schedules; as Ross said in an interview with The New York Times, "I do not want to run into the risk of technical problems that often come with digital shots - we can not wait for a delay."
Almost all photography production takes place in North Carolina, with Lionsgate receiving a tax credit of about $ 8 million from the state government to do so. Forbes magazine estimates that the country's economy earns up to $ 60 million of production, with more than 5,000 people working as extra staff, crew and supporters. Most outdoor scenes, both from the arena and from the outskirts of District 12, were filmed in the DuPont State Forest; The Little River, with its several waterfalls, provides several locations to shoot the river that flows through the arena. To run across Triple Falls, Lawrence clung to the cable and ran on the board.
Many urban and interior locations, on the Capitol and elsewhere, were filmed in Shelby and Charlotte; Other scenes also took place and were filmed in the Asheville area. Ross and production designer Phil Messina drew on the 1939 New York World Fair buildings and symbols of political power including Tiananmen Square and Red Square, while designing the Capitol architecture, which they wanted "set in the future but have a sense of its own past... it festive and enthralling and patient and decadent but must also have the kind of strength and power behind it ". For the Katniss neighborhood in District 12, the production team found the Henry River Mill Village, an abandoned milling town that Ross said "only works perfectly for movies to evoke a scene"; Messina explained that "initially we were talking about maybe building one house and facade next door and fixing it, and maybe doing some CG extensions... we finally found an entire abandoned milling town... it was absolutely perfect".
For costume design, Judianna Makovsky and his crew saw many photographs of coal mining districts from the 1950s looking for a very American feel. The idea was to create a unique outfit for each character and to distinguish strongly the people on the Capitol and in the Gray and blue districts win in a color palette for the district, while the people on the Capitol were chosen to look bright on theater caps, flowers, ruffles , with powdered faces and eyebrows.
Music
Soundtrack
The soundtrack album for The Hunger Games contains movie-inspired songs; only three of them ("Daughter of Abraham", "Safe & Sound," and "Kingdom of Come", respectively) appear in the film itself, during the closing credits. The first single from the film companion album, "Safe & amp; Sound" by Taylor Swift featuring The Civil Wars, was released on December 23, 2011. It reached number one on the entire iTunes chart in 12 hours. The music video for "Safe & Sound" was released on February 13, 2012. Together with separate songs from Swift and The Civil Wars, the soundtrack also features songs by The Decemberists, Arcade Fire, The Secret Sisters, Miranda Lambert featuring The Annies Pistol, Neko Case, Kid Cudi Academy Award Winner, Glen Hansard, The Low Anthem, Punch Brothers, Birdy, Maroon 5, Jayme Dee, and Chocolate Chocolate Drops. The soundtrack was released on March 20, 2012. The soundtrack track list was revealed on iTunes on February 13, 2012, and on the 14th "One Engine" was released as the second single. Jennifer Lawrence singing "Lullaby Rue" is not included in the soundtrack. The album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Top 200 chart, after selling 175,000 copies in its first week. It is one of only 16 soundtracks to award the top slot in Top 200 history and the first since Michael Jackson's This Is It to debut at # 1.
Score
Lionsgate initially announced that Danny Elfman and T-Bone Burnett would score The Hunger Games , with Burnett also acting as a music executive film producer to produce songs for the soundtrack. Due to scheduling conflicts, Elfman was replaced by James Newton Howard. The album scores were released on March 26, 2012.
Arcade Fire also contributes to the original score of the film. The group composed the fascist-inspired Panem anthem, titled "Horn of Plenty", an important and eminent main motif throughout the film. "We are interested in making more integral music in movies, just like mental exercises," said Butler, who co-wrote the song with Chassagne. "And there's a national anthem running through fascinating books of the Capitol national anthem, so as a thought experiment we try to write what it sounds like, that's like the Capitol idea of ​​itself, basically." He further added that "it's not a pop song or anything, more than a national anthem that can be played on major sporting events like [Hunger] Games." So we did structures for it, and then James Newton Howard made the movie version of it in some places in the film. "The Panem Arcade Fire anthem has received strong reviews. According to the Spin , "'Horn of Plenty' draws from a neat appearance that sounds exactly like Arcade Fire and just like a futuristic song It still has one leg in an undamaged band environment, but the other is up to the podium at the end of Star Wars receiving an Olympic gold medal or something, the horns, the choir boom, the swelling string, the martial arts percussion stealing the show, and we just realized how much we love the older brother.
The film also features a rather obscure analog track from the 1970s compiled by Laurie Spiegel for "spill scenes", as well as music by Steve Reich, ÃÆ' "Arnalds lecture, and Hypnotic Brass Ensemble.This did not appear on the soundtrack or score.
Reception
Critical reception
The Hunger Games received most of the positive reviews from critics. Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a 84% approval rating, based on 275 reviews, and an average rating of 7.2 out of 10. The site's consensus states "thrilling and extraordinary action, The Hunger Games captures dramatic violence, raw emotions, and ambitious scope of the source novel ". At Metacritic, the film has 68 out of 100 scores, showing "favorable general reviews", based on reviews from 49 critics. Many critics have praised Jennifer Lawrence for her role as Katniss Everdeen, as well as most of the major players. According to The Hollywood Reporter , Lawrence embodies Katniss, "as one might imagine from a novel". Empire says "Lawrence is as perfect as Katniss, there is little tenderness about it, more melancholy determination that good things should be done even if it takes bad things." Some critics have reviewed this film well and compared it with other young adult fiction adaptations such as Harry Potter and Twilight . Justin Craig of Fox News rated this movie as "[e] xcellent" and stated: "Move Harry Potter A darker and more mature franchise has come to claim your throne." Rafer Guzman of Newsday is referred to The Hunger Games as "darker than ' Harry Potter ,' more sophisticated than ' Dusk i. '"David Sexton from The Evening Standard states that The Hunger Games is a good actor and acts well, surely when compared to Harry's Potter 'Lead teenagers' .
Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film three stars out of four, praising the film as "effective entertainment" and Lawrence's appearance. Despite most positive reviews, he criticized the movie for too long and noted that the film missed an opportunity for social criticism. Simon Reynolds of Digital Spy gave the movie four stars out of five, calling it "enthralling from start to finish, science fiction that has depth and intelligence to match the value of racing entertainment". Reynolds also highly praised Lawrence's performance and director Gary Ross, whose "rugged and ready-to-use camera" meant that viewers "with Katniss for every bloody moment in the clutches of his battle". However, film critic David Thomson of The New Republic magazine called it a "horrible movie", criticizing it for lack of character development and an obscure violent presentation, describing the latter as "un-American".
Eric Goldman of IGN awarded the film four of five stars, stating that director Gary Ross "got the tone of The Hunger Games right.This is a reasonable, wise and sometimes quite emotional film, with a dark scenario given because of the weight Ross did not" it's a shiny and romantic Hollywood shade, but it's more of a realistic and conspicuous play, because Katniss has to endure this horrible and horrible scenario. "The film received some criticism for its camera style sway but said to" add the film in a certain way Violence draws comments as well. Time critic Mary Pols considers that the film is too cruel for young children, although the violence has been muted compared to the novel, while critic ThÃÆ'Â © Oden Janes of the Charlotte Observer found that "[...] The violence is so bland as to melt the message. "Also writing at Time , psychologist Christopher J. Ferguson argues that parents' fear of the effects of violent film content on their children is not necessary, children are able to see violent content without being hurt psychologically.
box office
The Hunger Games earned $ 408 million in the US & amp; Canada, and $ 286.4 million in other countries, totaling $ 694.4 million worldwide. It made the world's biggest opening weekend for a movie that was not released during the summer or holiday period, earning $ 211.8 million, which is just ahead of previous Alice in Wonderland records ($ 210, 1 million).
In North America, The Hunger Games is the 22nd best-selling movie, the highest grossing film released in summer or holiday period, and the best-selling film distributed by Lionsgate. Box Office Mojo estimates that the film sold over 50 million tickets in the US. The film sets a midnight-gross record for non-sequels ($ 19.7 million), which is also the 10th highest gross midnight gross. On her opening day, she topped the box office at $ 67.3 million (including midnight performances), day-opening arrangements and one-day notes for non-sequels. The film also reached the 16th day of gossip the highest opening day and the nineteenth highest of all time. For the opening weekend, the film retains No. No. 1 and grossed $ 152.5 million, breaking the open-end record of Alice in Wonderland for a movie released in March, for every spring release, and for non-sequels. Its gross opening weekend is also the largest for every movie released outside the summer and the eighth largest overall. The film is held in March and spring opens weekend notes for four years until they are broken by Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice . It remained in first place at the North American box office for four consecutive weekends, becoming the first movie since Avatar to achieve this. On June 10, 2012 (80th day at theaters), the film became the 14th film that earned $ 400 million. On April 20, 2012, Lionsgate and IMAX Corporation announced that due to "big demand", The Hunger Games will return to IMAX theaters North America on April 27 for a further one-week engagement.
Outside North America, the film was released in most countries during March and April 2012, with the exception of China, where it was released in June 2012. At the first weekend (23-25 ​​March 2012), the film this topped the box office. outside of North America with $ 59.25 million from 67 markets, finishing in first place in most of them. The biggest opening weekend was recorded in China ($ 9.6 million), Australia ($ 9.48 million), and the UK, Ireland and Malta ($ 7.78 million). In total revenue, its best-selling markets after North America were Britain ($ 37.3 million), Australia ($ 31.1 million) and China ($ 27.0 million).
With regard to ticket sales, The Hunger Games broke the record for first-time ticket sales at Fandango on February 22, 2012, surpassing the previous record of The Twilight Saga: Eclipse . Sales are reported to be 83 percent of the total site for the day. According to the first tracking, the unattended awareness for The Hunger Games is 11%, definite interest is 54%, first choice is 23% and total awareness is 74%. In the week leading up to the release, the film sold out over 4,300 shows through Fandango and MovieTickets.com At Fandango alone it was ranked as the third highest face ticket seller ever behind The Twilight Saga: New Moon and > Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 . Finally, according to Fandango it broke the one-day sales record site (March 23), record mobile phone sales for the weekend (23-25 ​​March 2012) and the highest part of the site from the opening weekend of the film (Fandango sold 22% tickets opening weekend movie).
Themes
Interpretation of movie themes and messages has been widely discussed among critics and general commentators. In his review for The Washington Times, Peter Suderman stated that "[m] it is a liberal account of inequality and class division.It may be a libertarian epic about the crime of an authoritarian government.It might be a feminist Revolution on a sci-action blockbuster Perhaps it is a bloody satire of reality television ", but concludes the film only proposes these theories and does not lead them to a plausible conclusion.
Reviewers and critics have different views on whether the film represents feminist issues. Historically, among the "world's top 200 box-office hits ever ($ 350 million and more), nothing is built around female action stars." Manohla Dargis sees Katniss Everdeen as a heroine following the lineage of "figures in western literature" such as Natty Bumppo, as well as characters depicted by American actors such as John Wayne and Clint Eastwood. Katniss is also seen as an opponent of the role of normative gender: it exhibits "masculine" and "feminine" traits equally. Dargis also notes that Katniss is a female character with a significant agent: "Katniss is a fantasy figure, but the part that makes her powerful - and, I think, what makes her so important to many women and women - is that she's one of the most true feelings, the most complex female character to hit American movies for a while, he's not passive, he's not weak, and he's not a random girl. He's active, he's strong and he's the girl who motivates the story. " Similarly, Shelley Bridgeman of The New Zealand Herald wrote that because of the characteristics of "athleticism, strength, courage and excellence in hunting" is not given to male protagonists, but to Katniss, his character is suddenly departure from the stereotypical portrayal of women as passive or powerless. Mahvesh Murad of The Express Tribune says the film's victory is "young female protagonist with agency," comparing it to Joss Whedon Buffy Summers.
The film has drawn various interpretations for its political tone, including arguments in favor of left-wing, right-wing, and libertarian views. Bob Burnett of
Steven Zeitchik and Emily Rome, at the Los Angeles Times and Dallas Morning News reported that, among other different interpretations, some viewers saw The Hunger Games > as a Christian allegory. Jeffrey Weiss from Real Clear Religion, published in the Star Tribune has said on what he sees as the unintentional absence of religion at The Hunger Games universe, and comments that while the story does not contain true religion, people "find aspects that represent their own religious values" in them.
Donald Brake of The Washington Times, as well as pastors Andy Langford and Ann GL Duncan, wrote that the film has Christian themes, such as self-sacrifice, found in Katniss substitutions for him. sister, analogous to Jesus' sacrifice as a substitute for the atonement of sin. Brakes, as well as other reviewers, Amy Simpson, both find that the film also revolves around the theme of hope, exemplified in the "unfailing goodness of sister Katniss, Primrose". He also described that Peeta Mellark was the "Christ figure" in the film. Similar to events in the passion, death, and resurrection of Jesus, at the Olympics, Peeta was stabbed and left to die after saving Katniss's life - taking the wound originally intended for her - and then buried in the ground and placed in the cave for three days before coming up with a living chance new. In addition, the Christian image of Bread Life is used throughout The Hunger Games ; In the movie, Peeta appears "carrying a piece of warm bread", and Katniss slowly comes "back to life". A news video starring Jonathan Morris broadcast on Fox News discusses religious themes in the film further. One reviewer, Father. Robert Barron, interpreted the film as "disturbing prophecy" that "human sacrificial instinct is never far off the surface... when we in the West go deeper into the secular post-Christian cultural space." In addition, many pastors have written Bible studies that address Christian allegory in the film.
Precedent in film and literature
Charles McGrath, writing for The New York Times, said the film will remind viewers of the Survivor TV series, a bit from The Bachelorette, and from The short story "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson was published in 1948 by The New Yorker. David Sexton of The Evening Standard compared The Hunger Games to the Japanese Kinji Fukasaku movie Battle Royale, as did several other critics; the previous novel has faced criticism because of its similarity to Battle Royale's novel by Koushun Takami. Jonathan Looms of Oxford Student argues that it is "unfair that this film only draws comparisons with Battle Royale " but it "is really outperformed other films" as well, comparing it to the The Truman Show , Death Race , Bourne the movie, and Zoolander , and that it is a regular thing for artists to borrow from and "improve many sources Quentin Tarantino has built his career on this principle." It reminds an author in the Salon of the 1932 movie The Most Dangerous Game . The Hunger Games is also conceptually compared to Robert Sheckley's 1953 "Seventh Victim" short story and the 1965 Italian film adaptation by Elio Petri, the 10th Victim, as a story and a movie a feature supported by the government, broadcast on television (in the case of the movie) "Big Hunt", featuring contestants from around the world who act as "hunters" and "victims".
Wheeler Winston Dixon, a professor of film at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, lists some of Jackson's precedents: Battle Royale, The Lottery of Jackson William Golding Lord of the Flies < i> Metropolis, Blade Runner, Death Race 2000, and George Orwell Nineteen Eighty-Four. Manohla Dargis at The New York Times compares it to Battle Royale , Game Ender , and Twilight , but contrasts > The Hunger Games in terms of how female protagonists "pull" her Katniss "saves herself with reason, courage and real purpose". Steve Rose of The Guardian refers to the film as "think Battle Royale" met The Running Man met Survivor < ". Writing on The Atlantic, Govindini Murty makes a list of touchstones touched on by films, from ancient Greek, Roman and Egyptian civilizations to modern references like the Great Depression, the Vietnam War and Iraq, and the reality. television. For its part, the author Collins cites the myth of Theseus, the reality television and coverage of the Iraq War as its inspiration. Controversy
During the opening weekend of the film, controversial remarks about various cast members emerged, sparking open dialogue on issues of racism, sexism and unrealistic body image. Comparisons were also made between The Hunger Games with the premise of children killing each other, and child soldiers from the Lord's Resistance Army led by Joseph Kony. In a Jezebel article published March 26, 2012, Dodai Stewart reports that some users on Twitter post racist tweets, criticizing Rue, Thresh and Cinna portrayals by African American actors. In a 2011 interview with Entertainment Weekly, Collins stated that although he does not have an ethnic background in mind for the main characters of Katniss and Gale because the book is written in "a period of time where hundreds of years have passed." "And there will be" a lot of ethnic mixing ", he explains" there are some characters in the more specifically explained book ", and states that both Rue and Thresh are African Americans.Loleka Few from The Wall Street Journal stated that while it is easy to find posts that are fanatical or offensive online, the racist 'Hunger Games' tweet', as they are so stupid even by the fringe standards of the internet, has kicked up the storm.
Fahima Haque from The Washington Post, Bim Adewunmi of The Guardian, and Christopher Rosen from The Huffington Post all repeated the fact that Rue and Thresh are explained in The Hunger Games has dark brown skin, as well as Collins's statement that they are meant to be described as African Americans. Adewunmi commented that "it comes to this: if casting Rue, Thresh and Cinna have made you confused and upset, consider two things One: You may be racist - congratulations Two: You must have no understanding of basic reading Mazel tov!" Erik Cain from
A number of critics have expressed disappointment in casting Lawrence as Katniss because his weight does not represent characters who have suffered from starvation. Manohla Dargis, in her review of the film for The New York Times states "[a] a few years ago Ms. Lawrence may seem hungry enough to play Katniss, but now, at the age of 21, she is seductive, women make bad fit for dystopian fantasies about starving people ". Todd McCarthy from The Hollywood Reporter says that in certain scenes Lawrence displays "lingering baby fat". These statements have been reprimanded by a number of journalists for pushing expectations of unrealistic body image for women.
L.V. Anderson of Slate states that "[j] ust as living in a world with abundant calories does not automatically make everyone fat, living in a dystopian world like Panem with sporadic food access will not automatically get everyone into A few bodies, I dare say, will be bigger than Lawrence. "Since none of Lawrence's male stars were under the same supervision, Anderson concluded that complaints about Lawrence's weight were essentially sexist. MTV requested audiences' response to the controversy and reported that most of the criticisms found against Lawrence's weight were "misdirected". One response points to Collins's physical description of Katniss in the Hunger Games novel which reads: "I am standing tall, and while I am thin, I am strong." Meats and plants from the forest are combined with the effort required to make them gives me a healthier body than most I see around me. " The Los Angeles Times writer Alexandra Le Tellier commented that â € Å" [t] his sexist comments along with a racist racist made by a so-called fan as stomach comments like film culture comments, which, in part, illuminate the court of public opinion and its sometimes destructive power to determine the fate of others. "
The film has been rated 12A by British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) in the UK for "intense, medium and occasional threats". To achieve that rank, Lionsgate must cut or replace a seven-second film by "wiping out the blood splitting digitally and seeing blood on wounds and weapons." The cut version was finally released on Blu-ray in the UK with 15 certificates. In the United States, the film is rated PG-13 of the American Film Film Association (MPAA) for "intense intense thematic material and disturbing images - all involving teenagers"; as Collins originally anticipated.
The Hunger Games Playback is pending indefinitely in Vietnam. The film will be released on March 30, 2012, but, according to a member of the Vietnam National Film Council, the Council considers the film is too loud and unanimously chooses unlimited delays. It was then banned.
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Home media
The film was released in North America and the Netherlands on DVD and Blu-ray Discs August 18, 2012, and across Europe on September 3, 2012. Extras include 'The World of Watch: The Making of The Hunger Games', many featurettes, propaganda videos in all its forms, talks with directors Gary Ross and also Elvis Mitchell and marketing archives.
On the first weekend of sales, Lionsgate reported that 3.8 million copies of DVD/Blu-ray Disc movies were sold, with over one-third in Blu-ray Disc format. Three weeks after the release of the film to a home-based media format in the US, more than 5 million DVDs and 3.7 million Blu-ray Disc units have been sold. With 10,336,637 sold, it became the best-selling video of 2012. The entire Hunger Games series was released on 4K UHD Blu-Ray on November 8, 2016.
Sequel
On August 8, 2011, while still filming the movie, Lionsgate announced that the film adaptation of the second novel in The Hunger Games trilogy The Hunger Games: Catching Fire is scheduled to be released on November 22, 2013. In November 2011, Lionsgate enters negotiations with screenwriter Simon Beaufoy to adapt the novel to the screen, as the post-production schedule for The Hunger Games is too crowded for Ross and Collins to adapt the next film as originally planned. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire began production in summer 2012. Gary Ross did not return for Catching Fire instead of Francis Lawrence directing his film. On May 6, 2012, it was reported that Michael Arndt was in talks to rewrite the script for Fire Arrest . Arndt is officially admitted as a screenwriter on May 24, 2012. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire starts filming September 10, 2012, and ends December 21, 2012; it aired in London on November 11, 2013, before airing on November 22, 2013 in the US as originally scheduled.
In July 2012, the release date was confirmed for two movies based on the last book Mockingjay . The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 released November 21, 2014, and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 released November 20, 2015. Lawrence, Hutcherson, Hemsworth, and Harrelson are all signed a contract with the entire franchise.
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External links
- Official website
- The Hunger Games on IMDb
- The Hunger Games at AllMovie
- The Hunger Games in Box Office Mojo
- The Hunger Games at Rotten Tomatoes
- The Hunger Games in Metacritic
- The Hunger Games at The Numbers
- The Hunger Games at Movie Trailers Watch
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