Liberal or Conservative? Both Sides Trying to Claim 'Hunger Games' as Their Own (FR Mentioned)

The Blaze ^ | 3/19/12 | Liz Klimas

[Altariel]

““I’m a loser who won’t commit, but have sex with me anyway, okay?” ... while my 14-year-old yells, “You’re ruining it!””

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“That’s my job, Sweetie!”

Nicely played, Mom! :-)

[Tax-chick]

Thank you. I figure since I do the dirty work of child-rearing, I should get to have the fun, too.

[Perdogg]

In talking with one reviewer who has seen the movie, it is pretty much a ripoff of the “Twilight” movies in the worst way. The story in the movie, essentially, involves a love triangle between a young woman and two “girlie-men”. The reviewer thought it had a “left-wing bent”.

[Tax-chick]

a love triangle between a young woman and two “girlie-men”.

Sounds like every movie starring Reese Witherspoon or Jennifer Anniston.

My friends said parts of it were filmed in Charlotte, Greensboro, and environs.

[Gantz]

Liberal or Conservative? Hunger Games is neither. It's a watered-down, Westernized version of BATTLE ROYALE.

[rusty schucklefurd]

re: Katniss Everdeen is a 16 year old Sarah Palin. She shoots squirrels and rabbits through the eye with a bow and arrow and guts them in a couple minutes.

re: Katniss and her boyfriend Gale are survivalists, preppers and bow-strung `gun nuts.’ Her friend Peeta is a hard working baker and has courage, humor and fidelity,

Good points! How left-wingers could even attempt to claim the Hunger Games as “their own” defies logic. Of course, just about everything Liberals believe defies logic. So, I guess it is not so surprising afterall.

[ThunderSleeps]

I thought it had a lot in common with "The Running Man"...

My son really really wanted to see it. Since my FR kin seemed to think it had some redeeming values I went along with it.

I think it is amazing this movie was made. Even more than "The Running Man" it makes fun of elitists, Hollywood, and the self-declared upper crust. (ie. liberals) I think it is equally amazing that it was made in this time of so much of Hollywood's rapture with hussein. The anti big, centralized, overbearing, vengeful, all-too-powerful central government message is plain. Even had hussein's "civilian" defense corps in there to keep the peace when District 11 started rioting.

This movie is a slap in the face of Hollywood, liberal intelligentsia, and big centralized government abusing its citizens.

[mykroar]

Too lazy to go find the article claiming Hunger Games was about the evil rich. I’ve listened to the audiobook and it’s clearly an anti-gov’t message. While the people in the Capitol are the ones that watch the games, they are (with a few exceptions) completely clueless. The clear “evil” in the book is President sn0w {see what I did there}.