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...or Series（强者生存）不会变更以外，其他月份的PPV大赛随时都可能改变，比如去年6月份PPV大赛是Capitol Punishment（国会制裁），而今年则变为了No Way Out（无路可逃），而No Way Out（无路可逃）在几年前一直都是WWE 2月份PPV大赛，今年才重新被放回，并且...
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WWE公布了6月PPV终极极刑（Capitol Punishment）的海报，如下图所示。画面中的Q版总统奥巴马显得非常可爱。
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主题审讯（Capitol Punishment）、如今曾经有视频了、、下一个就是合约阶梯赛（Money In The Bank）
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Capitol Punishment. The Hard Truth About Washington Corruption From America’s Most Notorious Lobbyist is a non-fiction 300-page memoir by former American lobbyist Jack Abramoff, published by WNDbooks in November 2011.
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Twin Layers of Capitol Punishment. Original Irish toffee.
双层的原创爱尔兰咖啡。
Nevertheless, it is critical that our leaders on Capitol Hill maintain a balanced view between punishment and prevention.
更为关键的是，国会的领导人在惩罚和预防上要采取平衡的态度。
As a punishment and a reminder of what happens when Districts revolt, the Capitol has set up an annual competition known as the Hunger Games.
为了惩罚发动叛乱的辖区，也为了“杀鸡儆猴”，国会区发起了一年一度的竞技比赛——“饥饿游戏”。
When asked earlier Thursday about the political maneuvering on Capitol Hill and his opinion of an appropriate punishment for his actions, Clinton focused on getting back to work on his policy agenda.
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The Hunger Games is a 2012 American
directed by
and based on the
by . It is the first installment in
and was produced by
and Jon Kilik, with a screenplay by Ross, Collins, and . The film stars , , , , , , , and . The story takes place in a dystopian
future in the nation of , which is divided into 12 districts, where a boy and a girl from each district, between the ages of 12 and 18 must take part in The Hunger Games, a televised annual event in which the "tributes" of each district are required to fight to the death until there is only one survivor.
() volunteers to take her younger sister's place. With her district's male tribute,
(), Katniss travels to the Capitol to train for the Hunger Games under the guidance of former victor
Development of The Hunger Games began in March 2009 when
entered into a co-production agreement with , which had acquired the rights a few weeks earlier. Collins collaborated with Ray and Ross to write the screenplay. The screenplay expanded the character of Seneca Crane to allow several developments to be shown directly to the audience and Ross added several scenes between Crane and Coriolanus Snow. The main characters were cast between March and May 2011. Principal photography began in May 2011 and ended in September 2011, with filming taking place in . The Hunger Games was shot entirely on film as opposed to digital.
The film was released on March 21, 2012, in some European countries and in the US on March 23, 2012, in both conventional theaters and digital
theaters. Japan received it last, on September 28. When the film released, it set records for opening day ($67.3 million) and opening weekend for a non-sequel. At the time of its release, the film's opening weekend gross ($152.5 million) was the third-largest of any movie in North America. It is the first film since
to remain in first place at the North American box office for four consecutive weekends. The film was a massive box-office success by grossing over $694 million worldwide against its budget of $78 million, making it the third-highest-grossing film in the United States and . It was released on DVD and
on August 18, 2012. With 7,434,058 units sold, the DVD was the best-selling DVD of 2012. A sequel, , was released on November 22, 2013, in the United States.
The Hunger Games received positive reviews from critics, with praise for its themes and messages, as well as Jennifer Lawrence's portrayal of Katniss, though there was criticism of the film's use of , especially in the action sequences. Like the novel, the film has been noted for its similarities to other works, such as 's short story "" and its Italian film adaptation , the Japanese novel
and its , and the
short story "", with some criticizing The Hunger Games for being derivative of such works. Collins stated in an interview that her novel and screenplay drew on sources of inspiration such as the myth of , Roman
games, , and the
of viewers to media coverage of real-life tragedy and , not to think as just an audience member, "Because those are real people on the screen, and they’re not going away when the commercials start to roll." The song "" won a
and was nominated for a
for . For her performance, Lawrence won the
for Best Actress in an Action Movie, the
and was also nominated for the
As punishment for a past rebellion, each of the 12 districts of Panem are forced by the Capitol to select two tributes, one boy and one girl between the ages of 12 and 18, to fight to the death in the annual Hunger Games. In District 12, after her younger sister Primrose is chosen,
volunteers to take her place. She and fellow tribute
are escorted to the Capitol by chaperone Effie Trinket and mentor Haymitch Abernathy, a past victor who has fallen into the clutch of alcoholism. Haymitch stresses the importance of gaining sponsors, as they can provide gifts during the Games. Katniss and Peeta begin to gain popularity at the tribute parade when Katniss's stylist, Cinna dresses them up in an outfit with fire effects. While training, Katniss observes the Career Tributes, tributes from Districts 1, 2, and 4, who have volunteered for the Hunger Games: Marvel, Glimmer, Cato, and Clove who have trained for the Games from an early age. During a televised interview with Caesar Flickerman, Peeta expresses his love for Katniss, which she initially takes as an attempt she later learns his admission was genuine.
At the start of the Games, Katniss ignores Haymitch's advice and grabs supplies placed around the Cornucopia, a structure at the starting point, and narrowly escapes death twice. Twelve tributes die in the initial melee, and only eleven, including the Careers, remain after the first day. Katniss tries to stay away from the others, but Head Gamemaker Seneca Crane triggers a forest fire to drive her towards them. She runs into the Careers, with whom Peeta has seemingly allied, and flees up a tree. Peeta advises the Careers to wait her out. The next morning, Katniss notices Rue, District 11's young female tribute, hiding in an adjacent tree. Rue draws her attention to a nest of , genetically modified poisonous wasps. Katniss cuts the branch holding the nest it falls on the sleeping Careers. Peeta, Marvel, Cato, and Clove escape, but Glimmer succumbs to the venom. Disoriented, Katniss flees from the site.
Rue helps Katniss recover with an herbal technique. Katniss is shocked at how similar Rue is to Prim, and the two become friends and allies. Katniss decides to weaken the Careers by destroying their supplies with hidden underground land mines, and after doing so, the male tribute from District 3 guarding the supplies is violently killed by Cato when the Careers return. As she returns, she finds Rue in a net trap set by Marvel. After freeing Rue, Marvel appears and impales Rue with a spear, and is immediately fatally shot with an arrow by Katniss. Katniss comforts Rue and sings to her, and when she dies, salutes toward the camera to show respect to District 11 and to indicate her disgust and hatred for the Capitol, which infuriates the Capitol. After the citizens of District 11 salute Katniss, a violent and spontaneous uprising occurs, leading the country's president Snow to inform Crane of his concerns that the Games are not turning out well.
Haymitch persuades Crane to change the rules to allow two winners provided they are from the same district in an attempt to save both Katniss and Peeta, suggesting that this will quiet the unrest. Katniss searches for Peeta after the announcement, finding him gravely wounded. Another announcement tells the remaining tributes that what each survivor needs the most will be provided at the Cornucopia the next morning. Despite Peeta's strong opposition, Katniss leaves to get medicine for him. At the Cornucopia, she is ambushed by Clove, a Career Tribute with incredible aim and skill at throwing and wielding knives. , District 11's male tribute, kills Clove, then spares Katniss for helping Rue. Katniss returns with the medicine to Peeta, after which he is healed.
While hunting for food, Katniss hears a cannon go off, signaling a death. She races to Peeta and finds he has unknowingly collected deadly nightlock berries. They discover Foxface (Finch Crossley), District 5's female tribute, dead from eating the nightlock she had assumed, from watching Peeta, were edible. Now down to the final tributes and needing to force a confrontation, Crane has genetically modified beasts unleashed. They kill Thresh and chase Katniss, Peeta, and Cato onto the Cornucopia's roof. There they fight Cato to a stalemate. Cato takes Peeta in a headlock to force Katniss into killing them both. Peeta directs Katniss to shoot Cato's hand, and throws him to the beasts below, killing him.
However, the rule change about two victors is suddenly revoked. Peeta urges Katniss to shoot him, but she convinces him to eat nightlock in a suicide pact, as a protest of the Games. Just before they do, Crane quickly names them co-victors of the 74th Hunger Games. Afterward, Haymitch warns Katniss that she has made many enemies by her acts of defiance. Snow has Crane executed by locking him in a room with nightlock. Katniss encourages Peeta to forget what happened between them, devastating him, and the two arrive home to their district.
portrays , and had her hair colored dark brown for the role.
In March 2009,
(known as Lionsgate) entered into a co-production agreement for The Hunger Games with 's production company , which had acquired worldwide distribution rights to the novel a few weeks earlier, reportedly for $200,000. Alli Shearmur and Jim Miller, president and senior vice president of motion picture production at Lionsgate, took charge of overseeing the production of the film, which they described as "an incredible property... a thrill to bring home to Lionsgate". The studio, which had not made a profit for five years, raided the budgets of other productions and sold assets to secure a budget of $88,000,000—one of its largest ever—for the film. Collins' agent Jason Dravis remarked that "they [Lionsgate] had everyone but the valet call us" to help secure the franchise. Lionsgate subsequently acquired
of $8 million for shooting the film in . The production was eventually brought in under-budget at $78 million.
Collins adapted the novel for film herself, in collaboration with screenwriter Billy Ray and director Gary Ross. The screenplay remains extremely faithful to the original novel, with Ross saying he "felt the only way to make the film really successful was to be totally subjective", echoing Collins' presentation of the novel in the
. Instead of Katniss'
about the Capitol's machinations, the screenplay expanded the character of Seneca Crane, the Head Gamemaker, to allow several developments to be shown directly to the audience. Ross explained, "In the book, Katniss speculates about the game-makers' manipulations... in the film, we can't get inside Katniss's head, but we do have the ability to cut away and actually show the machinations of the Capitol behind the scenes. I created the game center and also expanded the role of Seneca Crane for those reasons. I thought it was tonally important." Ross also added several scenes between Crane and Coriolanus Snow, the elderly President of Panem, noting that "I thought that it was very interesting that there would be one generation [of Panem citizens] who knew that [the Games] were actually an instrument of political control, and there would be a successive generation who was so enamoured with the ratings and the showbiz and the sensations and the spectacle that was subsuming the actual political intention, and that's really where the tension is".
The Gamemakers' control center, about which Katniss can only speculate in the novel, was also developed as a location, helping to remind the audience of the artificial nature of the arena. Ross commented, "so much of the film happens in the woods that it's easy to forget this is a futuristic society, manipulating these events for the sake of an audience. The look of the control center, the antiseptic feeling of it and the use of holograms were all intended to make the arena feel 'constructed' even when you weren't seeing the control room." Ross and
Sheena Duggal were keen to use the omniscient view that the setting provided to justify the literal
Katniss expe Duggal explained that "we really didn't want to have to explain things... how do you get compelled by these [animals] that just appear at the end of the movie? We wanted to find a way to introduce them without having to explain specifically and exactly what they were and the game room was a really great opportunity for us to be able to do that."
in the film.
Lionsgate confirmed in March 2011 that about 30 actresses auditioned or read for the role of Katniss Everdeen, including , , , , , , , , , and . On March 16, 2011, it was announced that Jennifer Lawrence (who was at the time filming for ) had landed the coveted role. Ross described Lawrence as having "an incredible amount of self-assuredness, you got the sense that this girl knew exactly who she was. And then she came in and read for me and I'd never seen an audition like that before in my life. It was one of those things where you just glimpse your whole movie in front of you."
Though Lawrence was 20 when filming began, four years older than the character, Collins said that the role demanded "a certain maturity and power" and said she would rather the actress be older than younger. She added that Lawrence was the "only one who truly captured the character I wrote in the book" and that she had "every essential quality necessary to play Katniss". Lawrence, a fan of the books, took three days to accept the role, initially intimidated by the size of the production.
Contenders for the role of Peeta other than Hutcherson included
(who was later cast as Cato), , , and . Other actors considered for the role of Gale included , , and . In April 2011,
was in talks with Lionsgate to portray . The following month Lionsgate announced that the role had gone to Oscar nominee . The casting of Grammy winner
as Cinna, Oscar nominee
as Caesar Flickerman, and
as Claudius Templesmith, soon followed. Multiple- winner
was cast as President Coriolanus Snow in late May 2011.
The scene where Katniss tracks down Peeta was filmed at
became director in November 2010.
insured the production, but as part of the underwriting process insisted on a thorough risk analysis of hazards as diverse as wayward arrows, poison ivy, bears, bugs, and a chase across fast-running water.
Lawrence dyed her blond hair dark for the part of Katniss. She also underwent extensive training to get in shape for the role, including , rock and tree climbing, combat, running, , and , and had an accident on the last day of her six-week training phase, in which she hit a wall while running at full speed, but was not seriously injured. Other stars who dyed their hair for the movie include
as Peeta and
as Gale. Lionsgate hired Olympic bronze medal-winning archer
to teach Lawrence how to shoot.
With an initial budget of $75 million, principal photography began near
in May 2011 and concluded on September 15, 2011, with a final budget reported as between $90 and $100 million, reduced to $78 million after subsidies.
served as a , and filmed much of the District 11 riot scene. The movie was shot on film as opposed to digital due (in part) to the tight as Ross said in an interview with The New York Times, "I didn't want to run the risk of the technical issues that often come with shooting digitally—we simply couldn't afford any delays."
Virtually all production photography took place in , with Lionsgate receiving tax credits of around $8 million from the state government to do so. Forbes magazine estimated that the state economy gained up to $60 million from the production, with over 5,000 people employed as extras, crew and support staff. Most outdoor scenes, both from the arena and from the outskirts of District 12, were filmed in DuPont State F the , with its multiple waterfalls, provided several locations for shooting the river running through the arena. To run across , Lawrence was attached to wires and ran on a board.
Many of the urban and interior locations, in the Capitol and elsewhere,
other scenes also took place and was filmed in the
area. Ross and
Phil Messina drew on the buildings of the
and symbols of political power including
and , when designing the Capitol architecture, which they wanted "to be set in the future but have a sense of its own past... it's festive and alluring and indulgent and decadent but it also has to have the kind of might and power behind it". For Katniss' neighborhood in District 12, the production team found , an abandoned mill town which Ross said "just worked perfectly for the movie to evoke the scene"; Messina explained that "originally we talked about maybe building one house and the facade of the house next door and redressing it, and maybe doing some CG extensions... we ended up finding a whole abandoned mill town... it was absolutely perfect".
For the costume design,
and her crew looked at a lot of photographs of coal mining districts from the 1950s in the search of a very American feel. The idea was to create clothing unique for every character and to differentiate strongly the people in Capitol and in districts
Grey and blue prevailed in the color palette for the district, while the people in Capitol were chosen to look bright in theatrical hats, flowers, ruffles, with powdered and eyebrowless faces.
The soundtrack album for The Hunger Games contains songs
only three of them ("Abraham's Daughter", "Safe & Sound", and "Kingdom Come", respectively) appear in the film itself, during the closing credits. The first single from the film's companion album, "" by
featuring , was released on December 23, 2011. It reached number one on the
overall charts in 12 hours.[] The music video for "" was released on February 13, 2012. Along with separate songs from Swift and The Civil Wars, the soundtrack also features songs by , , ,
featuring The , ,
winner , , , , , Jayme Dee, and . The soundtrack was released on March 20, 2012. The soundtrack track list was revealed on iTunes on February 13, 2012, and on the 14th "" was released as the second single. Jennifer Lawrence singing "Rue's Lullaby" was not included on the soundtrack. The album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Top 200 chart, having sold 175,000 copies in its first week. It is one of just 16 soundtracks to grace the top slot in the history of the Top 200 and the first since Michael Jackson's This Is It to debut at #1.[]
Professional ratings
Review scores
Film Score Reviews
Lionsgate originally announced that
would score The Hunger Games, with Burnett also acting as the film's executive music producer to produce songs for the soundtrack. Due to scheduling conflicts, Elfman was replaced by . The score album was released on March 26, 2012.
Arcade Fire also contributed to the movie's original score. The group composed the fascistic-inspired Panem national anthem, entitled "Horn of Plenty", an important and signature leitmotif appearing throughout the film. "We were interested in making music that would be more integral in the movie, just as a mental exercise," Butler, who co-wrote the song with Chassagne, explained. "And there's an anthem that runs throughout the books, the national anthem of the fascist Capitol. So as a thought experiment, we tried to write what that might sound like. It's like the Capitol's idea of itself, basically." He further added that "it's not a pop song or anything. More of an anthem that could be playing at a big sporting event like the [Hunger] Games. So we did a structure for that, and then James Newton Howard made a movie-score version of it that happens in several places in the film." Arcade Fire's Panem national anthem has received strong reviews. According to , "'Horn of Plenty' pulls off the neat feat of sounding both exactly like Arcade Fire and exactly like a futuristic anthem. It still has one foot in the band's uncorrupted neighborhoods, but another is up on the podium at the end of Star Wars accepting an Olympic gold medal or something. Horns blare, a choir booms, strings swell, the martial percussion steals the show, and we just realized how much we love Big Brother."
The film also features a rather obscure analog track from the 1970s composed by
for its "cornucopia scene", as well as music by , , and the . These do not appear on the soundtrack or score releases.
"The Hunger Games"
"Katniss Afoot"
"Reaping Day"
"The Train"
"Entering the Capitol"
"Preparing the Chariots"
"Horn of Plenty"
"Penthouse/Training"
"Learning the Skills"
"The Countdown"
"Booby Trap"
"Healing Katniss"
"Rue's Farewell"
"We Could Go Home"
"Searching for Peeta"
"The Cave"
"Muttations"
"Tenuous Winners/Returning Home"
Total length:
The Hunger Games received mostly positive reviews from critics.
gives the film an 84% approval rating, based on 275 reviews, and a
of 7.2 out of 10. The site's consensus states "thrilling and superbly acted, The Hunger Games captures the dramatic violence, raw emotion, and ambitious scope of its source novel". On , the film has a 68 out of 100 score, indicating "generally favorable reviews", based on reviews from 49 critics. Many critics praised Jennifer Lawrence for her portrayal as Katniss Everdeen, as well as most of the main cast. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Lawrence embodies Katniss, "just as one might imagine her from the novel".
magazine said "Lawrence is perfect as Katniss, there's very little softness about her, more a melancholy determination that good must be done even if that requires bad things." Several critics have reviewed the film favorably and compared it with other
adaptations such as
and . Justin Craig of
rated the film as "[e]xcellent" and stated: "Move over Harry Potter. A darker, more mature franchise has come to claim your throne." Rafer Guzman of
referred to The Hunger Games as being "darker than 'Harry Potter,' more sophisticated than 'Twilight'." David Sexton of
stated that The Hunger Games "is well cast and pretty well acted, certainly when compared with Harry Potter's juvenile leads".
gave the film three stars out of four, praising the movie as "effective entertainment" and Lawrence's performance. Despite being a largely positive review, he criticized the film for being too long and noted that the film misses opportunities for social criticism. Simon Reynolds of
gave the film four stars out of five, calling it "enthralling from beginning to end, science fiction that has depth and intelligence to match its pulse-racing entertainment value". Reynolds also spoke highly of Lawrence's performance and director Gary Ross, whose "rough and ready handheld camerawork" meant that viewers were "with Katniss for every blood-flecked moment of her ordeal in the combat arena". However, film critic David Thomson of the magazine
called it a "terrible movie", criticizing it for a lack of character development and unclear presentation of the violence, describing the latter as "un-American".
Eric Goldman of
awarded the film four out of five stars, stating that director Gary Ross "gets the tone of The Hunger Games right. This is a grounded, thoughtful and sometimes quite emotional film, with its dark scenario given due weight. Ross doesn't give the film a glossy, romanticized 'Hollywood' feel, but rather plays everything very realistically and stark, as Katniss must endure these outrageous and horrible scenarios." The film received some criticism for its
style, but it was said to "add to the film in certain ways". The violence drew commentary as well. Time critic Mary Pols considered that the film was too violent for young children, even though the violence had been toned down compared with the novel, while critic Théoden Janes of the Charlotte Observer found that "[...] the violence is so bland it dilutes the message". Also writing in Time, psychologist Christopher J. Ferguson argued that parents' fears of the effect of the film's violent content on their children were unnecessary, and that children are capable of viewing violent content without being psychologically harmed.
The Hunger Games earned $408 million in the US & Canada, and $286.4 million in other countries, for a worldwide total of $694.4 million. It made the largest worldwide opening weekend for a film not released during the summer or the holiday period, earning $211.8 million, which was just ahead of 's previous record ($210.1 million).
In North America, The Hunger Games is the 22nd-highest-grossing film, the highest-grossing film released outside the summer or holiday period, and the highest-grossing film distributed by Lionsgate.
estimates that the film sold more than 50 million tickets in the US. The film set a midnight-gross record for a non-sequel ($19.7 million), which is also the tenth-highest midnight gross overall. On its opening day, it topped the box office at $67.3 million (including midnight showings), setting opening-day and single-day records for a non-sequel. The film also achieved the sixteenth-highest opening-day and nineteenth-highest single-day grosses of all time. For its opening weekend, the movie retained the No. 1 spot and grossed $152.5 million, breaking Alice in Wonderland's opening-weekend records for a film released in March, for any spring release, and for a non-sequel. Its opening weekend gross was also the largest for any film released outside the summer season and the eighth-largest overall. The film held the March and spring opening weekend records for four years until they were broken by . It remained in first place at the North American box office for four consecutive weekends, becoming the first film since
to achieve this. On June 10, 2012 (its 80th day in theaters), it became the 14th movie to pass the $400-million-mark. On April 20, 2012, Lionsgate and
announced that due to "overwhelming demand", The Hunger Games would return to North American IMAX cinemas on April 27 for a further one-week engagement.
Outside North America, the film was released in most countries during March and April 2012, with the exception of China, where it was released in June 2012. On its first weekend ( March 23–25, 2012), the film topped the box office outside North America with $59.25 million from 67 markets, finishing at first place in most of them. The largest opening weekends were recorded in China ($9.6 million), Australia ($9.48 million), and the UK, Ireland and Malta ($7.78 million). In total earnings, its highest-grossing markets after North America are the UK ($37.3 million), Australia ($31.1 million) and China ($27.0 million).
With regard to ticket sales, The Hunger Games broke the record for first-day advance ticket sales on
on February 22, 2012, topping the previous record of . The sales were reported to be 83 percent of the site's totals for the day. According to first tracking, unaided awareness for The Hunger Games was 11%, definite interest was 54%, first choice was 23% and total awareness was 74%. In the week leading up to its release, the film sold-out over 4,300 showings via Fandango and MovieTickets.com On Fandango alone it ranks as the third-highest advance ticket seller ever behind
and . Finally, according to Fandango it broke the site's single-day sales record (March 23), the mobile sales record for a weekend ( March 23–25, 2012) and the site's highest share of a film's opening weekend (Fandango sold 22% of the film's opening weekend tickets).
Interpretations of the film's themes and messages have been widely discussed among critics and general commentators. In his review for , Peter Suderman expressed that "[m]aybe it's a liberal story about inequality and the class divide. Maybe it's a libertarian epic about the evils of authoritarian government. Maybe it's a feminist revision on the sci-fi action blockbuster. Maybe it's a bloody satire of reality television", but concludes the film only proposes these theories and brings none of them to a reasonable conclusion.
Reviewers and critics have differing views on whether the film represents feminist issues. Historically, among the "top 200 worldwide box-office hits ever ($350 million and up), not one has been built around a female action star". Manohla Dargis sees Katniss Everdeen as a female hero following in the lineage of "archetypal figures in the literature of the American West" such as , as well as characters portrayed by American actors such as
and . Katniss is also seen as defying normative gender roles: she exhibits both "masculine" and "feminine" traits equally. Dargis also notes that Katniss is a female character with significant agency: "Katniss is a fantasy figure, but partly what makes her powerful—and, I suspect, what makes her so important to a lot of girls and women—is that she's one of the truest feeling, most complex female characters to hit American movies in a while. She isn't passive, she isn't weak, and she isn't some random girl. She's active, she's strong and she's the girl who motivates the story." Similarly, Shelley Bridgeman of
wrote that because the characteristics of "athleticism, strength, courageousness and prowess at hunting" are not given to a male protagonist, but to Katniss, her character is an abrupt departure from the stereotypical depiction of women as being innately passive or helpless. Mahvesh Murad of
said that the film's triumph is "a young female protagonist with agency", comparing her with 's .
The film has drawn varying interpretations for its political overtones, including arguments in favor of , , and
viewpoints. Bob Burnett of The Huffington Post observed the film displays a general distrust of government, regardless of the audience's political party affiliation. Steven Zeitchik and Emily Rome, in the , also stated that some viewers formed an opinion about The Hunger Games as a
activity. The Huffington Post reported that , a supporter of Occupy Wall Street, saw the film as a social commentary on the movement. Burnett also states that "Collins doesn't use the terms 1 percent and 99 percent, but it's clear that those in the Capitol are members of the 1 percent and everyone in the Panem districts is part of the 99 percent".
Steven Zeitchik and Emily Rome, in the
and the Dallas Morning News reported that, among other disparate interpretations, some viewers saw The Hunger Games as a Christian . Jeffrey Weiss of Real Clear Religion, published in the
has remarked on what he saw as the intentional absence of religion in The Hunger Games universe, and has commented that while the stories contain no actual religion, people are "find[ing] aspects that represent their own religious values" within it.
Donald Brake from The Washington Times, as well as pastors Andy Langford and Ann G. L. Duncan, wrote that the film has Christian themes, such as that of self-sacrifice, which is found in Katniss' substitution for her younger sister, analogous to the sacrifice of Jesus as a
for the . Brake, as well as another reviewer, Amy Simpson, both find that the film also revolves around the theme of , which is exemplified in the "incorruptible goodness of Katniss' sister, Primrose". She also describes that Peeta Mellark is "a Christ figure" in the film. Similar to the events in the , , and , in the Games, Peeta is stabbed and left for dead after saving Katniss' life—taking the wound that was initially meant for her—and is then buried in the ground and placed in a cave for three days before emerging with a new lease on life. Moreover, the Christian image of the
is used throughout The Hunger Games; in the film, Peeta shows up "bearing a warm loaf of bread", and Katniss slowly comes "back to life". A news video starring
aired on Fox News discussed the religious themes in the film further. One reviewer, , interpreted the film as "disturbingly prophetic" that "the instinct for human sacrifice is never far from the surface...as we in the West enter increasingly into a secular, post-Christian cultural space." In addition, many pastors have written
discussing the Christian allegories in the film.
Charles McGrath, writing for , said that the film will remind viewers of the television series , a little of , and of the short story "" by
published in 1948 by . David Sexton of The Evening Standard compared The Hunger Games unfavourably to 's
, as did s the novel had earlier faced criticism for its similarities to the novel
by . Jonathan Looms of
argues that it is "unfair that the film is only drawing comparisons with Battle Royale" but that it "is a veritable pastiche of other movies" as well, comparing it to , , the
films, and , and that it is common for artists to borrow from and "improve on many sources.
has built his career on this principle." It reminded an author at
of the 1932 film . The Hunger Games has also been conceptually compared to 's 1953 short story "" and its 1965 film adaptation by , , as the story and film feature a government-endorsed, televised (in the film's case) "Big Hunt", featuring contestants from around the world acting as "hunters" and "victims".
, a film professor at the , listed several precedents: Battle Royale, Jackson's "The Lottery", 's , , , , and 's .
in The New York Times compares it to Battle Royale, , and Twilight, but contrasts The Hunger Games in terms of how its "exciting" female protagonist Katniss "rescues herself with resourcefulness, guts and true aim". Steve Rose of
refers to the film as "think Battle Royale meets
meets ". Writing in The Atlantic,
made a list of touchstones the film alludes to, from the ,
to modern references such as the ,
and , and reality television. For her part, author Collins cites the myth of , reality television and
as her inspiration.
During the film's opening weekend, controversial statements about various members of the cast arose, sparking open dialogue about issues of racism, sexism and unrealistic . Comparisons were also made between The Hunger Games premise of children killing each other, and the child soldiers of the
led by . In a
article published March 26, 2012, Dodai Stewart reported that several users on Twitter posted racist tweets, criticizing the portrayals of Rue, Thresh and Cinna by African American actors. In a 2011 interview with Entertainment Weekly, Collins stated that while she did not have any ethnic background in mind for lead characters Katniss and Gale because the book is written in "a time period where hundreds of years have passed" and there would be "a lot of ethnic mixing", she explains "there are some characters in the book who are more specifically described", and states that both Rue and Thresh are African American. Lyneka Little of
states that although it is easy to find bigoted or offensive postings online, "the racist 'Hunger Games' tweets, because they are so shockingly ignorant even by the standards of the fringes of the internet, have kicked up a storm".
Fahima Haque of , Bim Adewunmi of The Guardian, and Christopher Rosen of
all reiterate the fact that Rue and Thresh are described in The Hunger Games as having dark brown skin, as well as Collins's assertion that they were intended to be depicted as African Americans. Adewunmi remarked that "it comes to this: if the casting of Rue, Thresh and Cinna has left you bewildered and upset, consider two things. One: you may be a racist—congrats! Two: you definitely lack basic reading comprehension. Mazel tov!" Erik Kain of
saw the controversy as a way to appreciate the value of free speech. He states that while society may never be free of racism, "racist comments made on Facebook and Twitter quickly become public record. Aggregations of these comments, like the Jezebel piece, expose people for what they are. Sure, many hide under the cloak of anonymity, but many others cannot or choose not to. And as the internet becomes more civilized and its denizens more accountable, this sort of thing carries more and more weight." Amandla Stenberg responded to the controversy with the following statement: "As a fan of the books, I feel fortunate to be part of The Hunger Games family... It was a I am proud of the film and my performance. I want to thank all of my fans and the entire Hunger Games community for their support and loyalty." Dayo Okeniyi was quoted saying "I think this is a lesson for people to think before they tweet" and "It's sad... We could now see where society is today. But I try not to think about stuff like that."
A number of critics expressed disappointment in Lawrence's casting as Katniss because her weight was not representative of a character who has suffered a life of starvation. Manohla Dargis, in her review of the film for The New York Times stated "[a] few years ago Ms. Lawrence might have looked hungry enough to play Katniss, but now, at 21, her seductive, womanly figure makes a bad fit for a dystopian fantasy about a people starved into submission". Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter said that in certain scenes, Lawrence displays "lingering baby fat". These remarks have been rebuked by a number of journalists for pushing unrealistic body image expectations for women.
L.V. Anderson of
states that "[j]ust as living in a world with abundant calories does not automatically make everyone fat, living in a dystopian world like Panem with sporadic food access would not automatically make everyone skinny. Some bodies, I daresay, would be even bigger than Lawrence's." Since none of Lawrence's male co-stars have come under the same scrutiny, Anderson concludes complaints about Lawrence's weight are inherently sexist.
asked for responses from audiences on the controversy and reported that most found criticism of Lawrence's weight "misguided". One response pointed to Collins's physical description of Katniss in The Hunger Games novel which reads: "I stand straight, and while I'm thin, I'm strong. The meat and plants from the woods combined with the exertion it took to get them have given me a healthier body than most of those I see around me." Los Angeles Times writer Alexandra Le Tellier commented that "[t]he sexist commentary along with the racist barbs made by so-called fans are as stomach-churning as the film's cultural commentary, which, in part, shines a light on the court of public opinion and its sometimes destructive power to determine someone else's fate".
The film has been rated 12A by the
(BBFC) in the UK for "intense threat, moderate violence and occasional gory moments". To achieve that rating, Lionsgate had to cut or substitute seven seconds of film by "digitally removing blood splashes and the sight of blood on wounds and weapons." The uncut version was ultimately released on Blu-ray in the UK with a 15 certificate. In the United States, the film was granted a
rating from the
(MPAA) for "intense violent thematic material and disturbing images—all involving teens"; as Collins had originally anticipated.
Screening of The Hunger Games was delayed indefinitely in Vietnam. The film was to be released on March 30, 2012, but, according to a member of the Vietnamese National Film Board, the Board considers the film to be too violent and unanimously voted for the indefinite delay. It was later banned.
The film was released in North America and the Netherlands on DVD and
August 18, 2012, and in the rest of Europe on September 3, 2012. Extras include 'The World is Watching: The Making of The Hunger Games', numerous featurettes, the propaganda video in its entire form, a talk with the director Gary Ross and also Elvis Mitchell and a marketing archive.
In its first weekend on sale, Lionsgate reported that 3.8 million DVD/Blu-ray Disc copies of the movie were sold, with more than one-third in the Blu-ray Disc format. Three weeks after the release of the movie to home media formats in the US, over 5 million DVD units and 3.7 million Blu-ray Disc units have been sold. With 10,336,637 sold, it became the top-selling video of 2012. The entire Hunger Games series was released on 4K UHD Blu-Ray on November 8 2016.
On August 8, 2011, while still shooting the film, Lionsgate announced that a film adaptation of the second novel in The Hunger Games trilogy, , was scheduled to be released on November 22, 2013. In November 2011, Lionsgate entered negotiations with screenwriter
to adapt the novel for screen, since the post-production schedule for The Hunger Games was too crowded for Ross and Collins to adapt the next film as originally planned. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire began production in the summer of 2012. Gary Ross did not return for Catching Fire, and instead
directed the film. On May 6, 2012, it was reported that
was in talks to re-write the script for Catching Fire. Arndt officially signed on as the new script writer on May 24, 2012. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire began filming September 10, 2012, and concluded December 21, 2012; it premiered in London on November 11, 2013, before premiering on November 22, 2013 in the US as was originally scheduled.
In July 2012, release dates were confirmed for two films based on the last book .
was released November 21, 2014, and
was released November 20, 2015. Lawrence, Hutcherson, Hemsworth, and Harrelson were all signed on to the whole franchise.
, due to casting requirement for Caucasian appearance of protagonist
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