30 Day Blogging Challenge - Day 24

My Favourite Movie

The Hunger Games series

Suzanne Collins is the author of the books and if you have not read them I highly recommend you do, whether you've seen the films or not.
If you've not seen the films...
The story is set in Panem which is made up of 12 Districts and The Capitol.  74 years ago there was a war in Panem where The Capitol came out triumphant and District 13 was destroyed.  To show the Districts who is boss, The Capitol introduced 'The Hunger Games' where two tributes, a boy and a girl, between the ages of 12 and 18, are reaped from each District to battle it out in an arena to the death.  The winner is bathed in riches in the Capitol.  It's basically an extreme reality TV show for the wealthy.
Each District is given a job to provide something for the capitol. District 12 is the poorest District and their job is mining.  Katniss Everdeen and her younger sister Primrose live there.  At the reaping, Primrose is chosen to enter the Hunger Games which is when Katniss volunteers instead of Prim as tribute.  Peeta Mellark is chosen as the boy for District 12.  The story follows them through training and into the arena where we watch Katniss fight to stay alive, along with the other 23 tributes, for The Capitol's amusement.
The second film follows the story of the 75th Hunger Games.  It's explained that every 25 years there is a Quarter Quell where there is a new rule to the traditional games.  This year, tributes are reaped from existing winners.  This sparks huge anger throughout the Districts as the rules are that the winners are always treated like royalty afterwards and are never to go back into the games.  The tributes reaped from existing winners are furious and it's the start of an uprising against The Capitol for being so cruel and unfair to the Districts.
The final two films are all about the uprising and the new war that is then created.  I won't give away anything else to people who haven't seen it.

I love this film series for a number of reasons:
The strong female lead.
The political aspect that is easy to understand.
The age when I watched the first film relates to the characters.
The character development.
The action without it being constant and without it showing any blood.
The hot guys...
The little bits of humour.
It gives off every single emotion.
The books are just as brilliant.


Song of the day: A song I want to play at my funeral

I would totally want something funny. I don't want my funeral to be sad, I want it to be as if it was my last every birthday party.

Live and Let Die by Paul McCartney