I don't see that The Hunger Games is either ultra-violent or especially controversial. So far the greatest controversy seems to be that Rue and Thresh were black... even though they were described as black in the book.
As for the violence, the fact that it's "YA" because the main characters are teens- don't get me started on that because it's fucking stupid- probably has something to do with that. I thought the movie could have used some more Battle Royale style violence, but of course it has to keep its PG13 rating.
As for the violence, the fact that it's "YA" because the main characters are teens- don't get me started on that because it's fucking stupid- probably has something to do with that. I thought the movie could have used some more Battle Royale style violence, but of course it has to keep its PG13 rating.

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The Hunger Games
04/03/2012 07:53:10 AM
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I took it as both a lot more than reality TV satire, and not really that at all.
04/03/2012 10:56:22 PM
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Oh Yes, the Hunger Games are *just* like Health Care Reform.
06/03/2012 05:47:18 PM
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Yes, a ruling class makes life & death decisions for you, and popularity influences them heavily
07/03/2012 10:25:40 PM
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I intend to read them at some point... and the government's name is pretty clever.
05/03/2012 11:28:09 PM
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Where's the divided opinion?
06/03/2012 05:48:47 PM
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That's not true
07/03/2012 12:41:06 PM
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It's anything like twilight only in the sense that it has a lot of fans.
07/03/2012 03:36:43 PM
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What about the fact it plagiarizes a better book and movie?
10/03/2012 04:38:15 PM
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Which plagiarized Dune and so on and so forth. [Battle Royale plagiarized the Lotterry, etc, etc]
12/03/2012 06:29:35 PM
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You can't improve on perfection
12/03/2012 06:36:38 PM
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Hmm.
30/03/2012 05:12:24 AM
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They're worth reading. (Everyone, do just try reading the first book) Ideally, before movie.
06/03/2012 05:44:58 PM
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Even before reading on wikipedia, I thought, "this is a rip-off of Battle Royale."
10/03/2012 01:33:55 AM
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Perhaps you're doing it an injustice...
23/03/2012 09:03:45 PM
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Possible explanations.
23/03/2012 10:50:36 PM
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The first book is the best, but I loved all the books. THey're awesome! *NM*
24/03/2012 12:47:48 AM
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I have a question re: difference to the film
29/03/2012 09:51:57 AM
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(way too detailed) Answers.
29/03/2012 06:02:38 PM
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You know what I was thinking, watching the movies?
30/03/2012 05:16:11 AM
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