*WATCH* Remix of the Hunger Games :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BrDJj55Qao

This URL will take you to a video that I made last year for an English Movie Project with several of my classmates. We had to remake the movie The Hunger Games in a limit of 10 minutes. We had so much fun and had a lot of laughs making this video. Excuse our wonderful acting skills, but I think this is a very good interpretation and remake of the movie....at least in my opinion :) I played the character of Effie, which seems to be the only dash of "color" in our movie. At the time, I had never seen the movie or read the book, but now I completely understand it all....the storyline, the characters, everything. Enjoy.

Movie Trailer: The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games

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The Lovely Effie Trinket

 

Post 6

Since the rule of the Game is to end up with one winner, I had no idea who the victor would be. When it came down to Peeta and Katniss as the final two tributes left, I couldn't imagine one of them dying in order for the other to live. If I were in their situation, I most likely would have done the same thing as they did, which was to agree to eat the poisonous berries together so there wouldn't be a victor at all. In the end, I am surprised, yet glad that they both got to be the victors and return home. When the Game is finally finished and they return back to their district, it reminds me of one of those movies when a person that has been stranded on an island for a long time is finally saved.

Post 5

It is so awful to picture teens and children fighting to the death and killing one another. I find the situation extremely cruel that they are forced into this savage and brutal adventure in which there is intended to be only one winner. I don't even see how this would be allowed. I would be so scared and probably one of the first ones to die. None of the tributes seemed come across as completely frightened for their lives, which I'm guessing is due to the fact that human life has little value in their society. Why do children have to be the ones to fight? Why can't it be a battle between adults or even males of the districts?

Post 4

I loved the scene when Peeta is in a live interview with Caesar Flickerman. When he is asked if he has a girlfriend/crush, I think Peeta's response is so slick and adorable. He says that he's had a crush on this girl, Katniss, for as long as he can remember. When Caesar mentions that she can't turn him down if he wins, Peeta replies by saying that winning won't help him since the girl he's thinking of came to the games with him. This is the beginning of their love affair and the romance that I as a reader enjoyed experiencing throughout the story. I didn't like Katniss's initial reaction to Peeta's confession since she seems too uptight, but as a reader, I can tell that she secretly has feelings for him.