Guest Blogger: Alex L1

The Hunger Games is a movie about 12 districts of the Capital which is in Panem, Appalachia. One girl and one boy every year are selected by a lottery to participate in The Hunger Games, which is a game that makes each participant fight to eliminate their enemy while the entire town watches it on live television. Only one person wins in the end, the one who survives is the winner. The girl and boy who are chosen from District 12 are Katniss Everdeen ( Jennifer Lawrence) and Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson), her former school mate. Jennifer Lawrence does a great job at acting the part of Katniss. She portrays her as an innocent yet strong competitor in the games. She has to chose survival over humanity and life over love. These are the common themes in this movie as well as the theme of government control and how the government makes these teenagers take part in such a horrible game. Survival of the fittest is the main theme of the movie. I do not agree with many of the reviews that this movie was poorly done. Many critics believe that the filming was choppy and unprofessional but I did not see that. I think it was a really good movie and always kept me in suspense and wondering what was going to happen next. There is a lot of action and that makes it fun to watch. You don’t know who the winner is until the last minute of the movie . I would suggest you see this movie . It is worth the time and money.