The actress playing Rue is the fourth from the right side.

The Hunger Games Book/Movie Talk

I decided to blog a bit about the book turned into a movie, "The Hunger Games" series. When I heard that the movie was coming out I figured there would be an uproar about the content or the explicit nature of the books. I personally love the book series and enjoyed the movie, but there always seems to be some group who has to find a problem with every Hollywood movie. Instead I was appalled when this popped up: http://www.theroot.com/buzz/racist-hunger-games-tweeters-explain.

If you don't feel like reading about it, I can sum it up. Many viewers were upset because Rue, one of the pivotal characters in the movie, was African American and not white. People were saying that the entire movie was ruined due to Rue being African American. The actress who played Rue, Amandla Stenberg, did a remarkable job at playing the character Rue. I think that for the first time, in a looonngg time, Hollywood picked a perfect cast for a book turned movie.The book description of Rue painted a portrait very similar to the actress Amandla Stenberg: http://thehungergames.wikia.com/wiki/Rue.

The only problem I had with the movie was the lack of brutality. I wish that the movie could've been rated R and not PG-13. When Cato killed the boy from District 3 by snapping his neck, I did shutter. However, I felt like the movie tried to downplay the violence and the somewhat holocaust like conditions, in order to get a lower parental rating. I understood why they did it, but felt like they could've played it up a bit more. I also was also annoyed by the way Katniss received the pendant, I wish her mother or Gale would've given it to her. At least they didn't harp on the lover's rendezvous too much with Peta and Katniss.

I cried when Katniss pledged for Prim. I thought that Jennifer Lawrence and Willow Shields (Prim) played out a very dramatic and convincing scene. I had a problem with Lenny Kravitz playing Cinna at first, but I was astounded by his performance. He played Cinna perfectly, and didn't go overboard with Cinna being homosexual. I also liked that the audience had flashbacks to what Gale was feeling during the games and the relationship between Cato and Glimmer. http://thehungergames.wikia.com/wiki/Glimmer- Cato and Glimmer didn't have a relationship in the books but their implied relationship in the movie was something I found interesting.

Well this was basically a critique on the movie, but I felt a need for a change up. If you haven't seen Hunger Games yet, please do!

Sincerely,

Your Non-Stereotypical Librarian