The Hunger Games (2012) * * * *
Okay, just got back from The Hunger Games . I rather liked the movie. I'm not going to talk about the actors. No one made glaring mistakes and I haven't read the books, so can't compare. I'm going to discuss the movie style a bit, then the story itself. The handling of the camera and the general cinematography aspect was rather "fashionable". The shaking during the action and the lots of close-ups are all the rage nowadays. The shaking was a bit overdone. Especially in the beginning. Luckily a bit later it calmed down, because it sometimes makes me nauseous. The close-ups were good, just the right amount at the right moments. Especially because it wasn't 3D . You can't do so many close-ups in 3D nor shake the camera, because the mind can't keep up. The story was good. I knew to expect a dystopia . As a genre they are usually defined as portraying the worst of all possible worlds. They are also usually critiques of the present society. I c...