She and her male counterpart, Peeta, are pitted against bigger, stronger representatives, some of whom have trained for this their whole lives. Set in a future North America known as "Panem", the Capitol selects a boy and a girl between the ages of 12 and 18 from each of the twelve outlying districts to compete in the annual "Hunger Games", a televised fight-to-the-death.
The film is centered around Katniss Everdeen - a year-old girl from District 12, who volunteers for her year-old sister, Prim, when Prim's name is chosen - and Katniss's fellow District 12 tribute, Peeta Mellark, with whom she has some rather dramatic history.
Katniss is then rushed to the Capitol, where she undergoes intense training before being thrust into the arena to fight to become the victor of the seventy-fourth annual Hunger Games. In order to control future rebellions by remembering the past rebellion, the Powers That Be of the dystopian society of Panem force two youngsters from each of the twelve districts to participate in The Hunger Games. The rules are very simple: the twenty-four players must kill each other and survive in the wilderness until only one remains.
The games are broadcast through the Capital and the twelve districts to entertain and intimidate the population. In District 12, teenager Katniss Everdeen is a great hunter and archer. When her younger sister, Primrose Everdeen, is selected as one of the "tributes" of their district, Katniss volunteers to take her place in the games. In stark contrast, the documentary "Bully," directed by Lee Hirsch, was narrowly scrutinized and got an 'R' rating in accordance with the organization's strict guidelines regarding the amount of profanity the film contains.
The MPAA ratings panel is made up of parents and others not affiliated with the film industry. The group does not reveal these individuals' names or qualifications.
Film ratings "do not assess the value or social worth of a movie or censor any aspect of a film," the MPAA said, " they simply provide clear information to parents and all interested moviegoers about a film's content.
According to the MPAA website, this is the "clear information" the ratings provide:. PG — Parents Strongly Cautioned. A PG rating is a sterner warning by the Rating Board to parents to determine whether their children under age 13 should view the motion picture, as some material might not be suited for them.
R — Restricted. Children under 17 are not allowed to attend R-rated motion pictures unaccompanied by a parent or adult guardian. Generally, it is not appropriate for parents to bring their young children with them to R-rated motion pictures. The PG rating suggests "parents are strongly cautioned" about a film's content for anyone 13 and under implying even younger children may watch , but ultimately teens can purchase a ticket themselves and be allowed into the movie.
An 'R' rating means children under 17 are not allowed to attend without a parent in tow. The MPAA goes further and states it is not suitable for parents to bring their young children to R-rated movies. The MPAA has reiterated that ultimately it is up to the parents to decide if they will expose their own children to R-rated content.
This is not true. As with any movie, parents will decide if they want their children to see 'Bully. Don't burn books or movies. Be a conscientious consumer! Having read and discussed the books, my ten-year-old daughter and I saw this movie. Some images were haunting, but we were prepared. She and I particularly enjoyed the powerful female protagonist. How often do we get to see that?! Adult Written by Ecticon March 24, Common Sense Media knows how to review.
Awesome movie. I read the Common Sense Media review before the movie and the ratings, category and commentary was right on. A bit different from the book but still great. My daughters nine and twelve enjoyed it and the questions to discuss on your site were applicable and valuable insight for discussion.
Read my mind 4. Parent Written by MrsCraig March 25, Should be R or X. Children viciously, grotesquely murdering other children. Why it's not rated R or X, I'll never know. I don't think anyone should see this movie, especially children. Just because there's a "theme of oppression" and a heroine -- that doesn't somehow make the horrible and I do mean horror violence OK.
And it's fiction it's not a history lesson or anything There are SO many, healthier choices these days! And I'm surprised adults want to see it. I saw it out of ignorace -- I wondered what the buzz was about I'll bet the sequel will be even more violent. This movie is disturbing violence for entertainment's sake.
Read my mind 3. Adult Written by hardtruth March 23, Now That's Entertaining!??? I just left a midnight showing where hundreds of teens packed into multiple theaters to watch the movie version of the now popular book they were assigned to read in junior high English.
The anticipation was tangible as they waited to see how faithful the book was going to be to the movie, and if Katniss and Peeta were all they had imagined them to be. What they saw was hard core dehumanization. The fact that we find teens killing each other in big-screen gladiatorial combat entertaining marks a new societal low.
This is more than a movie, it is a desensitizing and trivializing of life and death as a form of twisted broadcast amusement. Best summarized from a line in the film, "just think of them as the other animals you hunt". Our kids deserve better role models and higher quality food for thought. Had useful details 2. Adult Written by Kballew March 24, The Hunger Games This movie was really wonderful, the books were more violent than the movie was.
I think the content of this movie is appropriate for kids 12 and up. The only reason I have for that is because the violence, there is just so much killing going on. I don't think children under the age of 12 can handle it. Other than that, the movie was wonderful. It had really good positive messages on respect and family.
The best role model was of course Katniss. Katniss is so strong, a fighter for her family and she didn't ever seem to want to become violent. Once someone she cares about though passes away, you can see her start to become even more of a fighter in the Hunger Games. Thats the way I viewed the movie. If you plan on taking your children under the age of 12, I suggest talking to them about the movie first and the violence.
I honestly believe if their younger than 12 and are mature for their age, they could probably handle it. Helped me decide. Adult Written by Alina Ryu July 24, Became One of My Favorite Movies After Watching The Hunger Games The Hunger Games was the first movie sequel that genuinely touched me even though it included all the components that I did not enjoy that much in the movie regularly: guns, uproar, explosion, blood, and so many tragic deaths of innocent people.
Because I did not have much to do in hotels for months staying in Korea, waiting for getting permission to fly to Vietnam for my next journey, I searched the title on Netflix and just watched it while I was brushing my teeth; it was my habit actually, to play any random video only while I was brushing my teeth. The point is I could not let every scene proceed. I had to press the stop button with my wet hand and go back to my bed to watch it from the beginning, so carefully.
At first, I did not know what really seizured me to do this. As I kept watching it until the final sequel, I finally understood. The humanity was the thing that touched my heart so forcefully which Katniss showed it so well. It eventually resulted in me wiping my eyes to hide the fact that I was crying in the middle of the crowded cafe, alone.
I had believed that the last sequel of any story would be its worst version and the ending would be not satisfying since I got to watch some movies in my life. The Hunger Games: Final changed my mind, of course. It was the best ending for me that I could not complain about any detail of the story at all. The last scene where Katniss was holding her infant, looking at her husband, so pure yet fragile Peeta, who was also taking care of their other older child, it was just so beautiful to see.
I fully enjoyed having the wonderful story end blissfully. I hope to myself that I will remember this moment which would be so important in my life to remind myself that caring for others is so meaningful.
Thank you, The Hunger Games, you taught me so much about life. Read my mind 1. Adult Written by danny April 5, The Hunger games is not for little kids i think the Hunger games is a amazing movie but its not for little kids because its very vilonte and disturbing kattnas tries to stab her mentor in the hand with a knife and lots of people get killed in the arena theirs a very sad death scene where a little girl dies by getting stabbed in the chest with a arrow people snap other peoples necks and theirs lots of blood kattnas and pita cut their legs very bad and people are seen with lots of blood all over their face and chest and katnass and pitas mentor is a drunk with that being said i dont reccomend the Hunger games for anybody under the age of Had useful details 3.
Read my mind. Parent of a 8-year-old Written by nhdadoftween January 1,
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