Posted on 11/24/2013 6:08:45 PM PST by Bratch
And as with its predecessor film from last year, The Hunger Games, this new film is a big hit. As a commentary on Obama’s America, that’s all the more revealing since movie audiences tilt young. In fact, Americans aged 12-24 represent only 10 percent of the US population, although they account for nearly a third of US moviegoers. So it’s the young—supposedly a cohort of Obama loyalists—who are bulking up the audiences for this PG-rated film.
Yet it must be observed that the source material precedes Obama; the first novel, The Hunger Games, appeared in 2008. Indeed, author Suzanne Collins has said that George W. Bush’s Iraq War was a major inspiration for the whole Hunger Games trilogy.
In other words, if American presidents, and their policies, are to be given “credit” for Collins’ dystopian fantasies, the credit must then be apportioned between the two parties.
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So if we extrapolate these economic, demographic, and technological trends forward, do we get the Hunger Games? Who knows, but what we get won’t be good.
What’s to be done? How do we defend ourselves as Americans while preserving the benefits of progress? That’s the mega-question of the century. Because we do know this much: we’ve been warned. And not just by Catching Fire.
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Kinda has the whole Artemis thing going on.
Can’t we just watch a damned movie ?
People read WAY to much into movies.
In spite of the highest paid teachers and the highest county sales tax (Cook county where Chicago lies is 10.25%). The state is controlled from top to bottom by democrats and no one is willing to learn from their example.
Quite the opposite - America seems more than willing to follow it. Now the question is: how will our grand kids adapt to world Obama is bringing them?
Was the first one any good? I haven’t seen it.
Isn’t it schadenfreude that a libtard makes a movie to bash Bush but it reflects odumbo’s world to a T?? LOL
I enjoyed it.
I recommend it.
Sorry dude, I saw the first Hunger Games and it's a dead-on description of totalitarian government. This series rock.
She cleans up nice.
I’ve seen her in some interviews, and she seems to have a good personality as well.
This first one is good; the second one is better. Both can be seen as a commentary on the present government, its President, the luxury and decadence of the Capital, and the exploitation of the populace.
Collins is a bit of an idiot since in her books the government is all powerful very leftwing in its tyranny
Yummy!
Yes, I read all the books. Have not seen either movie, but the books are definitely totalitarian.
The totalitarian government which provides the peasants with bread and circuses.
We have a lot of that in real life, as Dumbo seizes more power and diverts the public with sports games, reality shows and other distractions which cover up his power plays.
It’s a good and diverting movie, but somehow blaming the whole thing on George Bush moves it into the category of silly. The cruel, tyrannical military officer who is the representative of the evil president of the fictional Panem was clearly meant to look like George Bush, just in case you didn’t get the connection.
Meanwhile, we have a genuinely cruel, petty, dictatorial, openly contemptuous person in the WH running what is becoming more of a coercive spy state every day, and the Hollywood liberals and authors love him. Bizarre.
It was written to be anti-Bush they were just late making it into a movie
The books were pretty good. Parents should have their children read them and discuss then have them read Mark Levin’s books and discuss them,
But I wish she’d stop calling me at home.
I keep telling her I’m old enough to be her fa—
older brother!
Yes, I have heard too she’s got smarts and personality.
Supposedly wanted s shotgun for Christmas!
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