Review: The Hunger Games (Gary Ross)

[nebroadwe]

Nearly a century ago, the thirteen districts of Panem rose in rebellion against their Capitol and lost. Ever since, each district has been required each year to send a tribute of one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to fight to the death in the Hunger Games. In all that time, District 12 has seen only one victor, so when

Comments

[fmanalyst]

I have a lot of trouble with the shaky camera work. I've had to walk out of films in the past due to it. I think it triggers into my vertigo issues. I stuck it out for Hunger Games because I wanted to see it so much.

[nebroadwe]

It doesn't usually bother me, but this time it really did. The wide shots weren't so bad, but the close-ups ... yeegh.