The Hunger Games 2424 Responses

Last post: 9 months ago | Thread started: Apr 8, 12, 12:45 p.m.

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• prophetone

  • fight with energy!– prophetone1/2

    "fight correctly" whatever that means– i_monk2/2

  

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  Dog-earAug 19, 12, 10:45 p.m. – Permalink

• loool

  film was a pleasant surprise, but I didn't like the world: clothings, interiors and all that was a bit too much kitchy for my taste...

  

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  Dog-earAug 19, 12, 11:36 p.m. – Permalink

• indian_pole

  good but nowhere near as good as battle royale. but somewhat more disturbing, because it was a PG-12 with the same subject of kids killing kids. battle royale was an 18.

  

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  Dog-earAug 20, 12, 2:05 a.m. – Permalink

• i_monk

  Hunger Games was inspired by the myth of Theseus and the Minotaur. In it, Athenian youth (equal numbers of boys and girls) are regularly sent to Crete as tributes to the Cretan conquerors, and put to death in games to entertain the aristocracy by dying in an arena-like maze with a hybrid monster at the end. Theseus – who volunteered as tribute and is aided by someone on the outside who fell in love with him – wins.

  The only thing it has in common with Battle Royale, and the only part where it departs from the Theseus framework, is in having the kids (mostly) kill each other.

  • Jesus Christ, who let in the intellect?– detritus1/3

    no shit, i thought we were discussing swords and uzis?– prophetone2/3

    intellect? please, this is just Humanities 101 rearing its ugly head.– monospaced3/3

  

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  Dog-earAug 20, 12, 8:05 a.m. – Permalink