The Hunger Games?

[Snowbody]

Originally Posted by Orchid

I would like to know what it is that is captivating so many people. I saw the movie recently and going in I had no idea about the plot.

I thought the whole idea of the movie was totally evil. Barbaric. How can people accept or even consider "requiring teenagers to fight till death" - and for sport - how can this be entertaining? Yes, the characters were precious and yes, the heroine came out on top. But the plot of the movie was dark, dark, dark.

Mimi - to me it was a classic dystopian novel or in this case, trilogy. Fit the genre perfectly and wasn't meant to be entertaining...just a society where all the moral, ethical parameters are gone and the horrific result of that. Basically science fiction.

[piratelover]

I have not read the books nor seen the movie. I had no real desire to. However my sister read the books and she loved them and my niece saw the movie and said it was pretty good as well.