Dream Cast: The Hunger Games

Recently, I have been doing A LOT of thinking about the upcoming film adaption of 'The Hunger Games' by Suzanne Collins. 
It is a fantastic book, full of magnificent characters which deserve the right portrayal. I have been brainstorming which actors would suit the roles. If I was the casting director of the film-here are some people I would defiantly get in contact with: 
(*Note* For Peeta, Gale, Katniss, Prim, Rue and all other tributes, I want unknowns to be cast. However, for blog purposes I must choose proper actors.)  

  Effie Trinket: Amy Poehler

 I really think she looks the part with out costume. Just imagine her once they give her pink hair and make up! I think she could do a fantastic job acting wise as well-she can defiantly pull of crazy. (She was in 'Blades of Glory" amongst one or two other feature films and was a voice-actor in quite a few as well.)   

Haymitch Abernathy: Robert Downey Jnr.  

 I was tossing up between RDJ and Hugh Laurie for a long time. In the end I chose Robert, simply because he looks the part more. He is also a magnificent actor, he could play Katniss and get away with it. If he is not cast in the actual movie, I will be so upset. 

Ceasar Flickerman: Andrew Hanson

He is unknown overseas, but in Australia he is almost a household name. His personality is perfect for the bubbly interviewer, and with a bit of make-up and hair dye, he would look perfect as well. 

He is naturaly bubbly, happy and funny. 

 I was tossing up between Andrew, Rove McManus and Jim Carrey. 

I would have cast Carrey, but he is too bigger name for such a small role.

Prim Everdeen: Avalon Robbins

To tell the truth, I'd never heard of her before one of my friends mentioned her. The second I saw her image, I knew she would be perfect for the role!  She looks so young and innocent, like Prim should. 

 Since im crazy-busy, I'll see if I can post more tommorow, but for the time being this is the only part of the cast I am really happy with. 

 

THE HUNGER GAMES 

By S. Collins 

Is there a person left who is yet to read The Hunger Games, New York Times best selling, post-apocalypse series staring Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mallark? 

This magnificent trilogy has taken me by storm, and I find myself thinking about it at every spare moment. 

Unfortunately, it does not claim the title of my 'favorite trilogy ever' (The Chaos Walking books by Patrick Ness get that title) for one simple reason. And that reason is the final book in this series, Mockingjay. 

Personally, I did not enjoy the final installment. Perhaps it just wasn't a good book. Perhaps my expectations were just to high following the epic cliff hanger at the end of Catching Fire, but I just wanst satisfied with the book.   

It lacked too much detail. In a nutshell, that is the issue. There was no detail! All the juicy, action packed scenes that the trilogy had been building up to where taking place "off-screen". 

And the death scenes! Dont even get me started on those. I did not even tear up a little bit in any one of them.  

I will not go deeper, in fear of spoiler, but if you want to see my full review click here: 

My Review  

Mind you, The Hunger games and Catching Fire were both mind-blowing exceptional, full of suspense, action, adventure, mystery, romance, and few laughs. But, as I was telling my humanities teacher today, the strongest point of this series is believability.  

Mrs. Collins creates the world of Panem so brilliantly, that one eventually starts believing in it. I, for one, found Panem a little to realistic. What, with all the rules and the the Reaping Process? The Captiol Citizens, the interviews, stylists and members of the Government. 

I found it all exceptionally well created, and that redeems the woeful conclusion to the trilogy. 

To finish, some quick stats:  

Favorite of the Trilogy: Catching Fire (#2) 

Least favorite: Mockingjay (#3)

Best character: Haymitch Abernathy, he was the most in-depth and interesting character for me

Least favorite character: Cato. Dislikable and 1 dimensional. 

Team Gale or Peeta? Peeta. Though Gale did grow on me in Mockingjay

Favorite scene? The final battle at the end of Catching Fire

Who would I like to see star in the movie? Robert Downey Jnr as Haymitch, Ian Somerhalder as Finnick.  

So, tell me: What did you think of the trilogy? 

Who would you put in the film? 

Who was your favorite character and scene. 

NOTE: comments will contain spoilers, so if you havent read the trilogy, look away now!