TKoontz 0 #26 March 16, 2012 I get what you're saying. and I usually don't take issue with a movie deviating from the book as long as the central theme is preserved, I don't even mind large parts missing as long the idea is there. Unless it's going to be hours upon hours, most movies aren't able to incorporate all the ideas and themes present in a 1000+ plus page series but let's be honest, the main premise of this series is a dystopian US where children are forced into a gladiatorial arena to slaughter each other for entertainemt of the elite, and the ensuing (horribly) bloody civil uprising and how it's viewed through the eyes of a young girl (with her love interest(s) taking the backseat). that doesn't sound like PG-13 material to me. so unless you sterilize the entire production, or shift the focus of it to a love story a-la twilight it's going to lose sight of the main idea IMO.Find your peace, though the world around you burns Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peanut_gallery 0 #27 March 16, 2012 Quote but let's be honest, the main premise of this series is a dystopian US where children are forced into a gladiatorial arena to slaughter each other for entertainemt of the elite, and the ensuing (horribly) bloody civil uprising and how it's viewed through the eyes of a young girl (with her love interest(s) taking the backseat). that doesn't sound like PG-13 material to me. so unless you sterilize the entire production, or shift the focus of it to a love story a-la twilight it's going to lose sight of the main idea IMO. I get what your saying but teens these days are quite desensitized compared to 12 years ago when I was 15. And an "R" rating would make it harder to market it to parents and anyone under 17 would need a parent to buy the tickets. Not that it would probably affect the box office numbers much but the studio is a business and they want to make a lot money and it helps if a group of 13yo can just go to the theater and buy their own tickets. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ruleofpull 0 #28 March 18, 2012 I'm with you! As long as my students are independently reading, I'm pretty much happy. I don't insist on the classics, and even the novel studies we do are not always "the classics." One section of our grade 10 class (not an academic class) actually does a novel study on Hunger Games. When I ask my students to bring books to read independently (and I do insist on books, DZ.com and facebook do not count), I'm okay with "almost" anything (porn, and "use your imagination for what is not appropriate for school" excluded). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #29 March 18, 2012 Quote I'm with you! As long as my students are independently reading, I'm pretty much happy. I don't insist on the classics, and even the novel studies we do are not always "the classics." One section of our grade 10 class (not an academic class) actually does a novel study on Hunger Games. When I ask my students to bring books to read independently (and I do insist on books, DZ.com and facebook do not count), I'm okay with "almost" anything (porn, and "use your imagination for what is not appropriate for school" excluded). Some of the kids i work with have never ever read a book. so when encouraging them to read they can bring in anything, comic books included as well as car and bike magazines or other sports mags. I dont care what it is as long as there are sentences, paragraphs.would be good too, but initially not compulsory.You are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites