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The Hunger Games: 26 Reasons To See It, From A-Z

Posted: 03/21/2012 9:04 am
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By now, there is an infinite number of The Hunger Games reviews making the rounds. Many of them seek to find something (anything!) to sully the massive beast of a franchise that's literally taking over everything -- billboards, TV ad space, the internet, our brains.

Surely something so calculated can't be good, right? Wrong. In a nutshell: The Hunger Games isn't a sublime opus by any stretch of the imagination, but there is an intangible quality to the movie that makes you want to root for it; a wholesomeness, a realness that sucks you in. I refuse to succumb to snark, since there are so many things to love about the movie. [Warning: Potential Spoilers!]

Here they all are, from A-Z:

A: The Arena
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All the Games take place in the Arena in The Capitol, and even though it's almost entirely CGI in the movie, it's still a sight to behold when the tributes first enter and run for their lives. Plus, it's pretty Truman Show-cool how the Game Masters can alter the weather and introduce obstacles on a whim.

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By now, there is an infinite number of The Hunger Games reviews making the rounds. Many of them seek to find something (anything!) to sully the massive beast of a franchise that's literally taking ove...
By now, there is an infinite number of The Hunger Games reviews making the rounds. Many of them seek to find something (anything!) to sully the massive beast of a franchise that's literally taking ove...
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08:37 AM on 03/27/2012
I read it over the weekend. Say what you will, it's a real page-turner of a book. I couldn't put it down. And I haven't been a teen in 40 years.
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08:10 AM on 03/22/2012
really another '' click on '' feature ?
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05:39 AM on 03/22/2012
more evidence of the destruction of our world .. this is what kids are into today .. disgusting
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sabelmouse
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08:11 AM on 03/22/2012
what are you talking about ?
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John Genryu
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08:31 PM on 03/21/2012
One very good reason not to see it: Overhyped.
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kolyma
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06:31 PM on 03/21/2012
One reason not to go see The Hunger games : I'm not a teenager
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SeanMartin
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02:00 PM on 03/21/2012
And everyone will want to know what happens next:

http://docandraider.com/2012/03/21/the-hunger-games-a-peek-at-what-happens-next/
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MikeDu
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01:36 PM on 03/21/2012
This really looks like one of those summer blockbuster movies that make a billion dollars before word starts trickling down that it isn't really that good after all. Like that third Matrix film.
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cookmeyer1970
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02:34 PM on 03/21/2012
Yeah, except it currently sits at 91% over at rotten tomatoes.
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yer
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05:56 AM on 03/22/2012
I checked it out on rotten tomatoes. I was surprised on the score. Sounds like they've removed all the vapid ad nausem of the main character in the novels, which looks like it improved the movie by 1000%
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12:48 PM on 03/21/2012
I haven't read this series, but it sounds an awful lot like Battle Royale by Koushun Takami. In that one the government picks a random grade 8 class, whisks them away to an island that is prepared for them to fight to the death. It's all about keeping control of the people, through fear and intimidation.
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Heartfruit
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07:03 PM on 03/22/2012
I've seen Battle Royale mentioned a couple of times but the author herself sited the myth of Theseus, in which, 7 young men and 7 young women sent as tribute to King Mino and destined to be sent to the Labyrinth to be devoured by the Minotaur, as her main inspiration for the plot.
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franplatt
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12:32 PM on 03/21/2012
Be careful how you use the term End Times. It's used by fundamentalists specifically to refer to the biblical Apocalypse. That's certainly not what 'The Hunger Games' is about. Everybody seems to be missing the point that what made the times of Panem 'post-apocalyptic' was not the Second Coming or even nuclear war (Mutually Assured Destruction is assumed to work effectively as a deterrent in Collins' world); it was global warming. The author makes the point early on that the continent has shrunk as the seas rose and the coastal communities were inundated due to climate change.
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