9M+Hunger+Games+movie+Responses

=**Write a persuasive response to the following comment**//**'The Hunger Games movie is over-rated'.**//= =//**You might like to**// **//consider the following//-**=
 * ===American [|science fiction] / [|action] / [|drama] directed by [|Gary Ross] ===
 * === [|novel] by [|Suzanne Collins] .===
 * ===Katniss ( [|Jennifer Lawrence] ) [|Peeta Mellark] (Hutcherson), [|Haymitch Abernathy] (Harrelson)===
 * === [|dystopian] post-apocalyptic future===
 * ===film set the record for the third best opening weekend box office sales of any movie ($152.5 million) in [|North America] behind // [|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2] // ($169 million) and // [|The Dark Knight] // ($158 million) and is the biggest box office debut for a non-sequel.===

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Set in the future of North America’s ruins there is an annual game that consists of 2 people from each district (12 districts in total), during the games the tributes from each district must show their talents to the sponsors to get essential things to survive, during the games the tributes must hunt or get hunted by the other tributes. The reason for the games is to show that the capitol has complete control over each district. The games happen to remind all the districts of what had happened to District 13 whom decided to rebel against the capitol and were destroyed. This game is called the ‘Hunger Games’. ======

As you can clearly see from reading the plot of the movie this is going to be one of the most awesome movies ever created, the animation of the movie was really good. I rated the movie 9.5/10
===After watching the highly anticipated Hunger Games, I definitely agree with the statement that the Hunger Games is extremely overrated. It did not fulfil the expectations for a number of different reasons. Firstly, I believe that it didn’t provide enough background and character information for someone who hadn’t already read the book. Another reason why I was dissatisfied was because of the directing especially when they shook the camera to add effect. Instead of adding effect it made me feel sick and upset. (Luke R) ===

I strongly believe that the recent highly anticipated blockbuster “The Hunger Games” is overrated. The movie did not fulfil its expectations and ruined the whole mood for many people across the world. I think that it was fairly rushed and didn’t explain enough for someone that hadn’t read the books. For someone that had read the book the story would have made a lot more sense but for someone that had no clue about the whole story line it wouldn’t of made complete sense. For me I did not enjoy this movie and I give it a 5/10. (Joseph)

*BANG*. That was the sound of the camera man being shot after filming the movie, //The Hunger Games//. I cannot argue with the directing of the movie itself, but when it comes to filming the action scenes of the movie, it was terribly produced. This affected the whole movie as it was based around action, and the shaking of the camera on most scenes disturbed everyone and this did affect my view of the movie, and as I’m guessing it also did for others. This made the movie well overrated in many aspects of not being able to concentrate and getting half dizzy for trying to follow all the commotion. I am going to rate this movie down drom a 4/5 to a 2/5. (Andrew)

I think that the Hunger Games was over rated in some areas. The book and movie is a based in the near future of America, where there a 12 districts who are controlled by the capital, and each year 1 teenage boy and girl from each district compete in the capitals sick version of entertainment where the 24 tributes fight until there is only one left, called The Hunger Games. Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark are chosen from district 12, the poorest district. The concept of the Hunger Games is a bit gruesome but really intriguing. What I found that made it a bit over rated was that for people who have read book, the movie was a bit of a letdown. And for people, who had only seen the movie, there were some parts that they wouldn’t have understood and things that were missed out that were quite important for them to really understand it. For instance, in the movie Katniss and Peeta seem like they’re in love and inseparable, but in the book Katniss does all this to get more supplies so they can survive, but the whole time Peeta thinks it really is love. Also throughout the whole book it’s in Katniss’s perspective. And her thoughts are always there, but in the movie no one knows what she’s thinking or how she sees things. Over all it is a great movie which I would recommend to anyone over the age of 10. If you like some violence, romance, and something different then this is the movie for you. (Shelby. N)

//The major motion picture, The Hunger Games, directed by Gary Ross was based on the award winning book written by Suzanne Collins. It is based in the future in America where there were thirteenth districts and a Capitol that ruled over everyone. The districts fought against the Capitol which resulted in the loss of the thirteenth district. In punishment each year a boy and a girl from each district must fight to the death in an arena until there is only one left standing. The movie is based around the life of Katniss Everdeen, her sister Primrose is picked but as she is only twelve years old, Katniss volunteers in her place. In the Capitol and arena Katniss meets new friends, enemies, goes against the Capitol and forms a soft spot for two of the tributes. It cost $152.2 million but could have been improved majorly. Although movies can never go to the same depth as the book a lot of major things were left out of the movie that need to be established quickly in the next movie. The filming of Katniss running through the woods was badly filmed, a school film student on a small camera would have easily been able to film it in better quality. This was obviously put into the movie to feel as though you were looking through Katniss’s eyes but did not succeed as it left the audience unclear of what was happening and with unsteady eyes. Although I believe the Hunger Games did not fulfil the expectations of the book and was over rated I still would say it is one of my favourite movies and would rate it a 4/5. (Paige)//

I strongly agree that The Hunger Games was extremely overrated. From the relationship with Katniss and Peeta to the rabid dogs, there was a lot to be left desired. In the book, the dogs apparently had the face of the tributes. It can be clearly seen that in the movie the dogs just looked like dogs, not the perished tributes. The story line also could have been greatly improved. There was pretty much nothing to it, just a bunch of kids aged from 12-18 put into an arena to fight it out to the death. They didn’t even succeed to put in Katniss’ voice overs, which made the movie very stop start like. The filming was quite average too, especially the pathetic camera shaking, which was truly quite annoying. I had high expectations, listening to the rave about the movie, ‘the next Harry Potter’, but it was clearly a letdown. 5/10. (Teagan)

I strongly agree that The Hunger Games is a fast paced breath taking heart racing phenomenon, as far as the book goes. As for the movie, it wasn’t as much of a sensation, the relationship between the characters was quite commonly miss understood. For example the relationship between Peeta and Katniss. In the movie it showed through as though they had true feelings for each other, but in the book it was all an act to get them both out of the arena safely. The way the movie was filmed was supposed to draw you in, make you feel like you were in the games yourself. But in fact it did the opposite, it more so jolted the audience and left them questioning which tribute emerge victories in the fight to the death. I believe this movie could be greatly improved and give it a rating of 7/10 (Nikita)

If you didn’t read the book the move would be really hard to understand like when she is talking about her dad and all that. I believe the Hunger Games is slightly overrated because it got my attention when you could see what they were seeing like when you saw the fireballs hurling in her direction or when she got stung but there tracker wasp and you could see like four Peeta’s I slightly didn’t like that because it made me a tiny dizzy. The acting was alright by Jennifer Lawrence I loved Josh Hutcherson’s acting because he played the part really well. I thought the characters were pretty accurate. The special effects were amazing they were better than any other special effects I have ever seen in movies. The costume and props were good it were good. Overall I give this movie at 9 out of 10. (Luke Watson) I believe the Hunger Games is slightly overrated. I thought the movie was only mediocre compared to others. I thought the story line was great and it was reasonably accurate to the book. I loved the fire effects and the technology in the movie looked real. Overall, the special effects were terrific. I found Josh Hutcherson’s acting very good, while Jennifer Lawrence’s was only reasonable. I found the camera very distracting as it shook so much and it can easily be improved. I understand that the shaking was so the fighting wasn’t clear, but I wish it didn’t wobble so violently. I thought the characters were pretty accurate and the costumes and props were good. Overall, I rate the Hunger Games nine out of ten. (Chyden Chang) == I think that the Hunger Games is a great movie. Based a few thousand years away, each year 2 tributes from each of the 12 districts, a male and female from the ages of 12 and 18 must enter an arena in the capitol. The movie revolves around Katniss Everdeen who is chosen as the female tribute from district 12, along with her admirer Peeta. I believe the movie was a tad over rated, because the camera work was very jolty during the scene when the tributes were on their podiums and the buzzer sounded, it was blurry and not very clear. Another scene that showed the poor camera work was when Katniss cut a tree branch and it fell, on a camp set up by a “gang” that wanted to kill Katniss, along with the branch a wasp or bee nest fell and everyone started to run, the movie was bouncy in this part and it made it hard to determine what was going on. But overall it was a great movie and I rate it a 9 out of 10. (Keeley) ==

The Hunger Games was the 3rd biggest box office film ever in America, earning $155 million. The question is, is it over rated, hyped up to be something much bigger and better than it actually is? In my opinion the hunger games was very over rated, I read the book which was one of the best I have ever read, but I feel that the book lacked the real story line the interweaving relationships and depth of characters. The movie missed out on vital parts of the story line. The media hyped it up saying it was ‘the new Harry Potter’, it got fans excited, over whelmed, I think if you went on the first opening you would have had false judgement, thrilled to even be there, it gave a sense that the movie was actually better than it was. Also the filming and special effects techniques were unsatisfying, quite shaky and unfocused at times throughout the movie. For people watching the film without reading the books they would have had a complete different view of the movie and storyline and left confused at some points. The overall film was a letdown, and I was left disheartened. I give the Hunger Games a 7/10.( Grace Wall)

==I believe that the Hunger Games movie (supposedly the next 'harry potter') was over-rated. With all of the hype and excitement built over the movie through; commercials, interviews with cast and suggestions that the girl playing the role of Katniss was the new it girl in the acting industry, was a huge let down. I have never read the book before and so I took on the opinion of friends that said it was the best book ever, and had already booked tickets for the premiere. But when I went to see it in the cinemas for the first time I was very disappointed. It was so hyped up by the media, so I had very high expectations, but instead I was very confused during the whole movie. The characters in the movie were not introduced enough and I couldn’t have feelings or relate to the characters before they were killed. This was very evident in the start of the movie, in a scene with Katniss and Gale, who were supposably in love. Their scene only lasted for a minute or two and by the end I was very confused with their relationship. Also, the filming in the violent scenes was very shaky, although this was probably added for effect; I was very distracted and felt it was hard to concentrate. Another let down, was the loss of storyline. I did read a little bit of the book, and during the fighting scenes, you are told what Katniss is thinking. But in the movie, this was taken out and the whole effect of the story was completely lost. I give the movie a 7/10 and I was very let down. ==
 * The hunger games, one of the most hyped up movies of the year. It wasn’t a complete let down but it wasn’t anywhere near the standards it was said to be at. It is fast paced action movie set in a future country called Panam, 24 tributes from 12 different districts, a fight to the death. The book was absolutely amazing; it felt like you were actually in the arena with the tributes. But the movie on the other hand was not what was expected. For someone who had not read the book beforehand, the first 30 minutes would be very confusing. The detail needed to make the movie as good as the book was just simply not there. The camera work made me confused on what part of the screen to focus on; there were parts of the movie that I missed because the camera would suddenly start jerking around. The acting from some of the actors was very average; they just didn’t look like they were really there. Overall I think the movie was completely overrated, I was genuinely disappointed when I watched this movie because it was so hyped up. I hope that one day there will be a remake of this movie and hope that it will be greatly improved. **
 * Rating 7.5/10 (Nicholas W) **

The Hunger Games has been promoted by all of the great movie reviewers and was given an impressive four out of five stars. The Hunger Games is directed Gary Ross, starring as Katniss Everdeen is Jenifer Lawrence, Liam Hemsworth as Gale Hawthorne and Josh Hutcherson as Peeta Mellark. With all of the hype going around about Hunger Games becoming the next Harry Potter or Twilight Series you know it’s going to be good. The start of the movie starts in 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. Overall it was a quite enjoyable movie and I’d recommend it to the ages of 13 to 45. I give this movie 3 out of five for its high paced action and interesting storyline. (Ben Grant)

==The Hunger Games movie to me was a film about two teenagers who were chosen to go fight till death in an arena with 22 other children and teenagers however is based like a TV show to the people in the capitol which is a more wealthier district. These games are called The Hunger Games. In my opinion I think this movie was too overrated for the outcome of the actual film. There were some parts of the film that I hoped were more like it was in the book and I feel that if I hadn’t read the book before I watched the film I would have been quite lost at the beginning of the film. I would rate this film a 7 out of 10 because I thought it was going to be better than it was however it was still a good movie. Charlotte Hughes ==

===I highly agree that the Hunger Games was indeed a completely over-rated movie. With the lead up of the movie, everyone reading the books and people saying that it would be the greatest action-packed movie we’ve seen for a long time, the hunger games had set an extremely high expectation for itself and I think that many people would agree with me that it did not meet these expectations! The scenes from the movie were completely sped up and did not allow you to comprehend what exactly was going on, even when some of the most important scenes in the movie where being played they were sped over and done within seconds this left people who hadn’t read the books puzzled trying to keep up with the movie. However with those things in mind I found the special effects outstanding and the acting was alright as well. So when it all came together it was a good movie it just simply did not meet the expectations that were set in the lead up to the movie. Rating: 8/10 (Lachlan F) ===

===//The Hunger Games, the supposed “next Harry Potter” was, in my opinion, over-rated. With all the hype leading up to the film, some critics and viewers were expecting something absolutely incredible. I myself had read the book, previous to the movie coming out, but I believe that the film did not live up to the expected excitement. Even though I thought it was quite a quality film, it was a little bit of a letdown. I had extremely high expectations, especially because the book was such a great read. Although once I saw the film, I do have to say that I was a little bit disappointed, because in my opinion it was too rushed. One of the best things about the book was the detail, which the film did lack. However I did think that the chosen actors for the positions of the 24 tributes to compete in the Hunger Games, was well casted. Most of the actors did represent almost exactly how I imagined them, when I read the book. The shaking in the film, that a lot of people did criticise about, did not really bother me too much. I did think that it was a good movie, however defiantly over-rated. I would rate this film, 8/10. If I hadn’t read the book prior to watching the film, I do think that I would have rated it lower. (Grace Adler) //===

The movie, ‘The Hunger Games’, in my opinion was very much a disappointment especially considering all the hype that this was going to be the next big movie phenomenon, even better than the famed Twilight saga. The movie had all of the potential, however all of the directors seemed to have the idea that the worse the filming was done the more appealing it would make the movie seem. All in all, I was also very much looking forward to this movie as well, I recommend that you save the twenty dollars for the movie and donate instead. Iwould give this SIX OUT OF TEN. ( <span style="font-family: 'Meiryo','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Sam M)

<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">The Hunger Games is the newest, most talked about movie in 2012. Thrilling and superbly acted, the hunger games capture the intense violence, underdone emotion and adventurous story line of its novel. The movie hunger games radiates an exciting, frightening and romantic energy that irresistible.

<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">It is brutal where it needs to be, particularly when children fight and bleed. It shows the miseries of the troubled, represented by the poorly dressed and fed citizens. Best of all, the movie shows off the feelings and the emotions of actors. The Hunger Games is pretty long in length but is the unusual film that never overstays its welcome.

<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">The hunger game is a great movie to cover history of the characters and their family, and delivers some entertaining moments during the film. I think that even if you are unfamiliar with the book I recommend seeing the movie. (Renee Beaufils)

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Every year in the ruins of what was once America, the eccentric 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. The Hunger Games, a twisted game of punishment, where each of the 24 tributes fight to the death, with only one remaining, the winner. This movie is a total embarrassment of the world famous novel of the same name. Many aspects of the movie would have only been understood if you had previously read the book. I feel as if this movie should have invested more of the 78 million dollar budget on the games and special effects as it lacks in both areas. I feel the movie is very over rated. I would still rate it an 7/10 as it is still a great adventure. (Rachel)

<span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 19px;">A number of my friends convinced me to read the books not long before the movie came out. Now I have read the books and seen the movie I don’t at all think it is overrated. The visuals were amazing, some people found the shaking screen distracting but I believe that it added to the movie. All actors were perfect in each role and couldn’t have been better cast. The change from the book to the movie was well done as they didn’t change much. Of course this is only my opinion and obviously others have theirs. (GEORGIA.B)

Everyone has been chating about the hunger games ever since it has been released. The question was if I think the movie is overrated, I absolutely agree. There were many trailers; people were talking about how the movie would for weeks before the movie came out. It was disappointing when the movie came out and turned out not to be that great. Another thing that was not very good was the camera and special effects. In the violent scenes it was hard to keep up and the camera filming was shaking up and down, which made it very distracting to watch. I believe that the movie is over rated and left me a little disappointed. (Courtney)

__American Pie the Reunion__ I haven’t yet seen the Hunger Games however I would recommended a different movie: American Pie the reunion. The reunion is truly a laugh out loud movie being the fourth instalment in the original Pie movies. With the killer cast returning including Jason Biggs, Seann William Scott, Alyson Hannigan, Thomas Ian Nicholas and many many more. It takes place thirteen years after graduation, Jim Levenstein (Jason Biggs) Chris "Oz" Ostreicher (Chris Klein), Kevin Myers (Thomas Ian Nicholas), Paul Finch (Eddie Kaye Thomas), and Steve Stifler (Sean William Scott) have moved on with adult life and responsibilities but leading up to the reunion, it is like they never left high school. I would rate this movie 9/10 and recommend it to boys ranging from 15-28. By Oliver Jones I believe the Hunger Games was overrated. Even though the special effects and directing were alright, I believe there is a colossal room for improvement in the following film. In the scene when the tributes were picked, I feel as if it wasn’t suspenseful enough, it just seemed lucid and wearisome. It was definitely not what it seemed in the advertisements previous to its release. The entire hype antecedent to the film left me disappointed hindmost. The film didn’t have as much action as was thought to be, I felt as if it was boring. I have friends that read the books and were in love with the literature and told me how great the movie must be, but I was not satisfied. Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) was a very strong, great actor, without her I believe the film would definitely not be worth seeing. I wouldn’t recommend this movie to contrast to others that are out at the moment, but I would say that I am glad to have seen the outcome. ** 6/10 (Lily Stephens) **