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The Hunger Games is a must-see

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What it's about:
Every year in the ruins of what was once North America, the evil Capitol of the nation of Panem forces each of its twelve districts to send a teenage boy and girl to compete in the Hunger Games.

A twisted punishment for a past uprising and an ongoing government intimidation tactic, The Hunger Games are a nationally televised event in which "Tributes" must fight with one another until one survivor remains.

Pitted against highly-trained Tributes who have prepared for these Games their entire lives, Katniss is forced to rely upon her sharp instincts as well as the mentorship of drunken former victor, Haymitch Abernathy.

If she's ever to return home to District 12, Katniss must make impossible choices in the arena that weigh survival against humanity and life against love.

What we thought:

Aaaah, another book to movie adaptation.

I've said this before, but I'll say it again. It's always something that raises our hackles and leaves us fearing the worst, but somehow, we were still hoping for the best.

As an avid reader and book purist, I'm almost always wary of watching movies based on novels because, the number of times I've been disappointed by a film adaptation of a book have by far outweighed the amount of occasions that I've genuinely been surprised and impressed by one.

The Twilight franchise is certainly an example of a book-to-movie gone wrong, and after watching those movies, I swore never ever to become excited about another Young Adult novel being adapted to film again.

At least not until I saw that Suzanne Collins' best-selling trilogy was being brought to the big screen.
 
I admit that I went in with very low expectations, but in the end The Hunger Games, while not without its share of flaws, was a movie that definitely surprised me. 

Head on over to Channel24 to read the rest of this review.


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