Hunger Games

Having raved about the book, I was worried about seeing the film. So often films don't live up to the novel. This one did...my, did it ever!

Remember the teen who wowed audiences with her portrait of a desperate kid in search of her father in Winter's Bone? Yeah, that's her above: Jennifer Lawrence. What a find! She's the perfect Katniss, the girl on the run, in Hunger Games. She's pretty in a very plain way...but most of all, she exudes girl power...the most important part of her role. She steals the show, with shaded, subtle reactions to her dilemma: how to stay alive and not lose her humanity in the process.

NO spoiler, as usual, so I will not divulge details. But it's common knowledge that the film is about a bunch of kids who are chosen to fight to the death. It's Lord of the Flies and 1984 in one visual, gripping package.

Yet, as I suggested in my book review, the story offers so many questions: What is the true nature of people? Are we basically violent? Why do we watch boxing and other gladiatorial sports? Does might make right? What about individual freedom? What about survival? So many wonderful issues....

Have I made my point? The movie is as good as the book. One reason: the author of the trilogy, Suzanne Collins, helped guide the flick.

The film gets a grade of A+!

RUN out and see it...then keep running, so you don't get killed by another desperate "tribute"!

Haha.. Enjoy!