Comments on: The Hunger Games: The Ultimate “Reality” TV

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:41:44 +0000

I thought the Hunger games were newer than that, but I didn’;t have a chance to go check!

By: Katrina

Katrina — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:11:15 +0000

Alright, so I’ve been set straight. I don’t know what book I read when I was a kid (I could almost swear it was called “The Hunger Games”, but Mike tells me that the Hunger Games book this movie is based off of was written in 2008… So anyway, nevermind what I said here.

By: Katrina

Katrina — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 15:02:40 +0000

I read that book when I was a young teen and had so many nightmares!! And I had already been reading things like “Goosebumps” and Nancy Drew. But the Hunger Games, that was a totally different thing. All I can remember from it now were the nightmares about being out in the dark of night, hiding in the forest, hoping that one of my peers wouldn’t eat me! I have NO desire to see the movie. I’d be curious to read the book again now as an adult, but frankly I’m scared to. Just as scared as I am to see “Fire in the Sky” again – I saw that at way too young an age, though I was like 15 at the time.

Mike went to the movie yesterday and he was telling me it wasn’t as good as he’d expected/hoped it would be. That pretty much sealed the deal. I think I’d prefer to encourage YA readers to get into other books before I’d recommend one that freaked me out so much. It really didn’t encourage questioning for me…. But that’s just my take.

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 18:16:21 +0000

I’m so sorry! Hope things settle down soon.

By: maggiefromtheheart

maggiefromtheheart — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 02:33:52 +0000

I loved these books and how it made me stop and think. I made the mistake of going to see this movie to “relax.” We are in the process of moving and I am beyond overwhelmed and stressed. My husband and I made a quick decision to go see the movie to escape. I was tense going into the movie and when we left I was DOUBLE tense because the movie was just so intense!

By: Lance

Lance — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 19:19:32 +0000

I like the genre because it actually shows us our past and allows for discussion and thought of social commentart – “could we really end up like this”.

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 19:17:34 +0000

Ooh, an ego stroke.

A lot of people don’t go in for “dystopian” because it’s so uncomfortable. I’ve always been one of those, but I’m beginning to see the power in the genre.

By: Lance

Lance — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 18:13:20 +0000

This is where the liberal in my Christian comes through.

I didn’t think The Hunger Games book was very violent in the context of it’s setting. I mean, Kat isn’t living in the suburbs, gets plucked and thrown into a dangerous world. She lives in poverty and strife and there’s violence around her due to the disconnect between the classes. I thought the novel was very sound in it’s premise. By the hature of how coarse society is getting, the results in HGs isn’t that far-fetched.

I would take my sixteen-year-old to see the movie. She has no interest. I tried to push the book on her a year or so ago and she just wasn’t into it.

I have yet to see the full movie. But I really like your parental point of view and reasoned post. Of course, you’re always a good writer.

Lance

By: Patti

Patti — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 14:28:58 +0000

My thoughts exactly. I love a book for YA that make them think and ask questions. I am always sad to see the debates when popular books get villified by those who often have not read them. I even read a FB post where someone thought the Twilight series more appropriote for teens and tweens to read!! My 6th grader went to see the movie with me but only because he had read the books and we had talked about them. (I too devoured them, losing sleep to finish MockingJay in one night!).