We went to Glenelg on Saturday and had the usual icecream and stroll along the waterfront. Then we kept on driving and in the late afternoon my husband and daughter went fishing. Not my thing - which meant I read, read and read, while they were eaten by mozies and claimed they had a good catch - which meant a few scrawny fish.
On Sunday I took my daughter to (drum roll please) The Hunger Games.
So to the film. Lots of pimply kids gushing and gooing and screaming. Basically a post apocalyptic film where kids are chosen from poorer sectors at random by an elite ruling class to be put in the wilderness where only one can survive.
Katniss bravely goes in place of place of her younger sibling. She feigns falling in love with the baker boy Peeta that's also from her home sector and they form a formidable friendship, but her heart is still with an old flame and family friend back home.
Anyhow, it's about class distinction and friendship and politics. It' fun and pacy and has that whole Jacob -Edward- Twilight thing which girls just love and then there's some kickarse action too.
I thought it a bit slow at the start and a bit cheesy later on. My daughter gave it a ten and already wants to see it again. It hasn't made me want to read the books but I'm sure my daughter will and that can only be a good thing.
I think if I was in my teens or maybe even my twenties, I'd love it too.
Still, good flick. 7/10
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