Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, and Donald Sutherland
Labels: Action/Adventure, Romance, Suspense, Family, Friendship, Teen Fiction, Coming of Age
Summary: In a place known as Panem, the people of all 12 districts, are subject to a cruel and unusual punishment. As punishment for rebellion against the Capitol, one boy and girl from each district must participate in the Hunger Games-where the tributs must fight to the death, until only one is left.
In District 12 Primrose Everdeen's name is drawn, her older sister Katniss decides to volunteer herself as tribute, alongside Peeta Mellark, the male tribute, whom Katniss knows form her past. Now Katniss must say goodbye to her mother, sister, and close friend Gale. Together Katniss and Peeta are taken to the Capitol where their mentor, Haymitch Abernathy-victor (winner) of the 50th Annual Hunger Games-instructs them to watch for the other tributes strengths and weaknesses. But that's just the beginning of their problems, as they face the loss of everything they know, and that eventually one or both of them will have to die...
My Reaction: The movie was great, not amazing though. I felt as though there was a lot of Katniss, and it didn't focus enough on some of the other characters as much as it did in the book. I also thought there could've been more romance between Katniss and Peeta, i mean only one kissing scene-what? Even though, I looved Josh, the perfect Peeta, in my opinion. I also liked how they showed what was going on in the capitol, along with in the Hunger Games. Another thing I thought was cool, was that Suzanne Collins wrote the screenplay too. The movie wasn't as good as the book-obviously=but I still really liked it :)
My Rating: 8.5/10
Read Along,
~Chantel
P.S. Currently reading The Lightning Thief: Percy Jackson & the Olympians & looving it, review coming asap! <3 u guys!!
Hey guys, so I decided to do a movie review, this is our first one, so bear with me, but hope you like! Things are a little different from the book reviews, but it's still me :)~C
Starring: Kristen Stewart, Chris Hemsworth, and Charlize Theron
Labels: Action/Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Suspense, Fiction (I only officially label movie reviews movie, but i'll always tell you the genre)
Summary: Snow White has gone through torture since her father died, and her evil queen stepmother, Ravenna, has kept her locked in a tower. One day, Ravenna finds out she is not the prettiest of them all, because Snow White has come of age, so she decides to kill Snow. She sends her brother, Finn, to get Snow White, and bring Snow back to her, so she can kill her. By a lucky chance, Snow escapes from the tower into the Dark Forest, where Ravenna has no powers. Angered by this Ravenna sends Finn and a group of soldiers out to bring her back. Their attempt fails, so the queen enlists Eric, the hunter, to find Snow-against his will-promising she'll bring his dead wife back to life.
Eric and his soldiers quickly find Snow, but just as he's about to turn her over to Finn, Snow tells him that he'll be killed, and Finn confesses that his sister can't bring people back to life. Out of spite, the Huntsman fights off the army, and delays Finn, then him and Snow head to Duke Hammond's castle (Hammond and his son, William, are one of the few people still loyal to the king-Snow's father.) On their journey, Eric becomes Snow's protector, and companion. But will he be enough to stop Ravenna, and her desperation to be young and beautiful?
My Reaction: I really liked this movie, but I didn't love it. I liked Stewart, Hemsworth, and Theron, as Snow, the Huntsman, and Ravenna. They did a really good job. The plot was also pretty good, was it perfect? No. I don't want to tell you what exactly wasn't perfect, because of spoilers, but if you want to know-just press comment down below, and I can tell u how u can ask us. The main thing i didn't like was the way they over dramatized the queen. I don't know if this was Theron-even though I liked her besides that-or the writers, but either way it was just too dramatic. Perfect Halloween movie-suspenseful, but not creepy- witch is when I watched it :)
My Review: 8.5-9/10
Watch and Read,
~Chantel*
P.S. Have a Happy Halloween everyone!!!
Summary: In a place known as Panem, the people of all 12 districts, are subject to a cruel and unusual punishment. As punishment for rebellion against the Capitol, one boy and girl from each district must participate in the Hunger Games-where the tributs must fight to the death, until only one is left.
