may i preface with an apology to any hunger games enthusiasts out there: i'm sorry, but i just don't get it.
can someone please explain to me how there can be so much controversy over bully - the documentary chronicling the escalating bullying among youth - while here you have a blockbuster hit making a spectacle of child sacrifices? it just doesn't make sense.
kids and teens eagerly awaiting the live version of the novel they just finished reading. the anticipation. the excitement to see their heroin fight for survival. but what about the graphic first scenes of these "hunger games?" the twisting of necks, the butchering of bodies? and then the resulting animal instinct-like thrill that naturally brews within us...find them! run! kill!
quite frankly, i could hardly stomach this parade.
what about bully? what about the reality of today's youth driving themselves to suicide because they were shunned, called names, or worse, left on their own because peers feared telling authority? this is what kids should be standing in line for. in my opinion, the bad language - over which this controversy stems - is pennies and nickels compared to what is seen in the hunger games. and, yet, look at what is making millions.
perhaps there is a grander meaning behind the hunger games, and maybe i was wearing my black-and-white lens while watching it. but regardless if i walked away with an understanding of the symbolism or not, it just doesn't make sense that we wouldn't encourage more viewings of a documentary that sheds light on a real problem. why wouldn't we teach our youth about bulling, its consequences, and how to seek help? probably because we are blinded by the lights of hollywood.
and, still, it just doesn't make sense.
Erica, I agree with you 100%. I personally have boycotted "The Hunger Games" madness. I didn't have to read the books or see the movie to completely disagree with it. It's Satanic, making the sacrificing of children OK in the eyes of the public. What it is really doing, is numbing our minds to violence. Where is the love? Surely buying to "The Hunger Games" trilogy is a matter for ones conscious but its nice to know there are others out there equally confused by this controversy. And as for the new documentary "Bully"...having been bullied most of my life i think that is something people need to address. It has always frustrated me that Hollywood will shelter the public from the real world by banning or rating historically based films R, but then they will bank millions on fictional barbaric violence or immoral sexual content. Grrr...little bit of a supportive rant!
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