Movie Review The Hunger Games - 1343 Words

â€Å"May the odds be ever in your favor† (Collins 2008). This iconic line has shaped the popular book and movie, the Hunger Games, in which both describe young Katniss Everdeen’s journey from an oppressed district to the capital to face the infamous â€Å"hunger games†. Though the theme and the storyline are the same, the book and the movie diverges in many circumstances, including censorship, effects, action, plot, and even the characters. Though there were differences in the detail that Suzanne Collins and the director of the movie went into, both the plots of the movie and the book are complete and thorough. They both provide the audience with enough background in order for us to understand the districts, the oppression of the Capital, and the†¦show more content†¦Along with the plot, the effects in the movie are extremely well developed as they portray the smallest action in full detail, opening up audience’s imagination and allowing them to see the best perspective in the most detailed way. The book also describes majority of the events in the most detailed way possible, allowing us â€Å"to view† the events â€Å"right from our eyes†. When Katniss killed the recruit from District one (CITATION?), reading and watching were almost one in the same due to the detail of the book and the specificity of the movie. Though the movie contains many high quality effects, the movie can become bett er if more effects were utilized because the book contains more actions and events. While both the movie and the book focus on the story on Katniss’ survival through the games and oppression of the Capital toward the districts, the book contains many more instances of graphic scenes told in descriptive wording. The film has to censor graphic scenes to appeal to MPAA standards of PG 13 because the movie was made for children and young adults whereas the book was created for more mature audiences that could handle graphic descriptions. In the movie, not all of the action can be viewed because of its PG 13 rating so the movie cannot provide the audience with the full view and perspective of the story and its characters. The book contains