I don't think I've seen Battle Royale.  I've heard of it, though.

I recommend Hunger Games without hesitation.   While it isn't exactly a pro-anarchy movie, it is an anti-tyranny movie for sure.  That's about as close as we're going to get out of Hollywood these days.   I've read the entire series. The author paints her philosophical points with a very thick brush, with a light dusting of "scifi love story" over the top.     It's deep into the power of symbols and resisting evil, even when evil wears a uniform.    At least, that's what I got out of it.     The book was a tad bit more intense than the movie, but the film was surprisingly faithful.

Did anyone notice that the president (played by Donald Sutherland) had some rather marked tooth decay.  This is especially noticeable when he is picking roses in the garden (After Catness is given the score of 11).

My wife actually got me into The Hunger Games series.  And while I completely agree with Disengage concerning the message, I'm also struck by the notion that the series seems to be something of a Rorschach test, in that people read into it whatever they wish it to mean.  To me, the anti-state message is clear - government deliberately pits people against one another, so that they lose sight of the fact that the government is the real source of their problems - but I've also seen reviews claiming that the story is really just a critique of reality TV, or that it's a metaphor for the Occupy movement.

And Furb, I don't know if you've read the books yet, but there's a story behind President Snow's tooth decay - it's a visual cue for something that's spelled out in the series later.  It'll be interesting to see if they include that detail in the later movies.

I finally saw the movie a few nights ago and it deeply disturbed me, only I didn't know why. I have been thinking about it ever since and just today it hit me while I was mowing the lawn. Besides the haunting vision of a young inocent child being losing her life for the sake of sport and central control, my take away from this story is that it laid out one possible scenario of where humanity could be heading. The writer of this story took to the logical conclusion an idea of a world where the youth are forced to deal with problems that were created by adults. In the case of 'Hunger Games', the price they are FORCED to pay is the ultimate one.

For modern America, the practice of putting the problems of today on the shoulders of tomorrow probably began with FDR's New Deal. Seems like the whole world is doubling down on similar bad bets these days. I am not exactly sure I will explain to my 4-year old some day that she will spend most of her working life paying for things she didn't consume, but 'Hunger Games' makes it clear to me this conversation is every bit as important as the birds and the bees and how to tie your shoes.

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