The school day was mediocre, single easy lesson and an outside speaker talking to us about university courses and living conditions. For about and hour and a half Mark booked the school hall so we could do some test filming for his new short film but in reality we accomplished nothing. This was ok though as we went down to Rio's, the burger joint where I ordered an 8oz burger because I was very hungry and it was incredible.
After the late lunch we went off to see The Hunger Game. None of us had read the books or had any real knowledge of the source material, although half of us had seen Battle Royale. The first 10 minutes were very uneasy on the eyes due to multiple close-ups with handheld camerawork, after that though we were treated to the wonderfully realised world of the rich people which was very impressive. The ending left a little to be desired as it came across as a bit to... American, and the camerawork during the fight scenes was really bad, you just couldn't tell what was happening. If the premise alone interests you then you should watch Battle Royale instead as it greatly benefits from being able to see onscreen violence, where The Hunger Games dumbed down for a wider audience.
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