Ben and I went to see The Hunger Games today.
Disclaimer: I have never read the book(s).
Overall I thought it was a good film, but the underlying story was terribly depressing. It was one of the most dystopian futures I've encountered in fiction, and I have no desire whatsoever to ever live in a world like that. I mean, what kind of society sacrifices its children…for entertainment?
The disparity between the haves and the have-nots seemed to spring directly from a Republican wet dream.
Josh Hutcherson does not look good as a blonde.
Thankfully it wasn't as graphically violent as it could've been. Guess they need to keep that rating so they can actually get their target audience into the theater.
A film based on the second book of the trilogy is due for release in November of next year.
Although the movie was pretty good, it does not give you a good idea of the full arc of the story.
You'll need to read the trilogy to understand where the story is going (hint, it's not about a love triangle). But it's no darker than Brave New World or 1984 or Fahrenheit 451…
We already live in a society that grim and unfair—at least in the U.S. of Apathy.
A society that sarifices it children for entertainment??… Child beauty pagents, that's all I've got.