The Hunger Games

In the future the world is sectioned off into 12 districts and every year they must put up human offerings to keep the peace. When a young girl is selected her older sister volunteered instead to save her sister.  The boy is selected and it turns out they know each other. They take the trip up to the arena and along the way they are trained and taught survival and fighting skills. When the games begin half are slaughtered within the first ten minutes. The games proceed and various challenges are thrown their way but when one particular player dies, it causes a riot in her district.  Because of this the chairman announces that if two players come from the same district they may win together, so people can cheer for love. The boy and girl from district 12 team up and proceed to win the games. When they are the last two standing the commissioner announces that only one may win. Hearing this they decide to commit suicide by eating poisonous berries. Before they can the commissioner yells stops and crows them both winners.

I liked the idea that the setting was essentially a utopian city where everything was perfect, according to their perfect. Even with this every camera shot was shaky, nothing was smooth, nothing was still, it was always shoulder mounted. I think the idea seeing a perfect world in a not perfect way hints at some underlying imperfections that are on the verge of plaguing their perfect world.

I believe the director had a wonderful vision and went for it. The cool color of the film gives it a futuristic look that even when in daylight, still looks slightly blue. Also the costumes and makeup used in the film are very whimsical and far fetch to say the least but it just gives another reason to further distance ourselves from the idea of being like them.