The Hunger Games
SCORE: 58
The Hunger Games might be the most controversial product we have ever reviewed here at Family Friendly Gaming. There are people who love the books, and the movie. There are also those who absolutely despise it. I am somewhere in the middle. I see the problems and issues with the movie. I also note there is a lesson for us to be learned.
If you are not aware, The Hunger Games occurs in a futuristic fantasy world many years after a war. The providence that won (the capital) now imposes upon the losing providence’s. Each providence sends one boy and one girl to The Hunger Games. They fight it out and the winner gets to live as a celebrity.
The problem with The Hunger Games is they use kids between the age of twelve and eighteen. Kids are killing off kids. The movie does have blood and death. Many times we do not see the death blow. So The Hunger Games tries to be respectful in that manner. We do see the dead bodies for most of the murdered. This is the part of The Hunger Games that causes so much controversy.
I wonder if The Hunger Games is trying to show us the nature of ourselves, the nature of an oppressive government, and the nature of how violent acts are starting at younger ages. Does The Hunger Games help with those problems? Not in this movie. There is a rebelliousness against this oppressive government.
As an
adult I found The Hunger Games interesting. How this society and culture
could stray so far from the perfect path God has laid before us. The low
meaning of life is troubling in The Hunger Games as well. It is also
interesting to explore this fantasy world, and to see the difference
between high tech and the poor.
- Paul
Graphics: 50%
Sound: 60%
Replay/Extras: 70%
Gameplay: 60%
Family Friendly Factor: 50%
System: DVD
Publisher: Lionsgate
Developer: Color Force
Rating: ‘PG-13’ - Parents Strongly Cautioned {Intense Violent
Thematic Material and Disturbing Images All Involving Teens}
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