Hunger Games

I first heard of this movie through the mouths of my colleagues as it totally caught my attention when they mentioned that movie audience actually stood up at the end of the movie to applaud the show. Soon after, I was hearing about its awesomeness through my students. Even the movie critics had high ratings for it. As such, I was very tempted to immerse myself in this awesomeness for myself.  Also, there was no other shows that was available on that day which my dear like, thus we decided to watch it. 

We were slightly late and thus we missed a bit of the start, but after looking at the synopsis of the show, I guess we did not miss much. It started (from the time we got seated) with the sector holding a selection process to select a male and a female warrior to participate in the yearly Hunger Games, where the warriors had to kill off one another until there was only one survivor. The Hunger Games started as a bid to serve as a painful reminder of the rebellion in the past and to prevent rebellions by the various sectors. As such, nobody wished to be selected for this honour.

The female protagonist's younger sister was unluckily chosen and thus to save her, the protagonist volunteered to take her place. She, with her male counterpart, was then transported to the city central, where weird-looking people were cheering for their arrivals. Apparently their weird outfits seemed to mirror their twisted minds for liking the Hunger Games. Well, before the actual battle for survival, they had this talk show and a chance for them to display their talents so as to obtain "sponsorship" during the battle. Also, there was this betting system where odds were placed to indicate who had a better chance of survival.

Anyway, the battle soon started and somehow most people died in that first few minutes. It was amazing that the game master can conjure animals or even change the environment so as to manipulate the Games. In the middle, they even changed the rules to enable two survivors but they must be from the same sector. Eventually, only the female protagonist and her counterpart survived as they threatened to kill themselves together when the game master tried to restore the rules to only one survivor.

Well, I thought that it was so much like Battle Royale, though it was less bloody. There was some emotional aspect but I guess that was less emphasized. Maybe the book was written better and two hours was too short to illustrate everything. Nevertheless, it was enjoyable though I thought it wasn't as great as I expected.