I eventually came to the conclusion that the movie has something for everyone. It has action, adventure, sci-fi like elements, and of course, a love story. And aren’t these the things that we as viewers and readers hook onto? It’s no secret that we watch movies and read books to escape the world we live in. Whether we become stranded on an island, street race like the “Fast and Furious”, or solve a mystery, we use media to go to a world that is like ours, yet isn’t. As I said before, we use these things to escape reality. So why not spend a few hours in an arena fighting for your life while internally battling over two people you love in your life? After all, that’s what it’s about…experiencing the thrills and dilemmas through our favorite characters to help make to take a break from our own lives…even if it’s just for a couple of hours.
So I guess I'm the only one who haven't seen it... But I agree that we need media to escape from reality because reality is so tedious and sucky. I think that as humans we're naturally addicted to story because we're naturally curious to explore our never ending imagination. Story allows us to explore other people's imaginations, and every story gives us the opportunity to "test out" other worlds or scenarios that we won't come across during real life.
ReplyDeleteI heard "Catching Fire" was so good but I still haven't seen it yet! However, I also agree that we use stories and movies to escape reality and live out a fantasy full of action, mystery, or love. We like to put ourselves or watch situations that would never normally happen in reality and take us to a place that we would only see in our imagination. Stories serve as a nice outlet or escape to reality and all of its problems.
ReplyDeleteThe other day I told my Mom if I could live in Narnia I could-- it's much simpler there. No calc tests, etc. I love escaping. Your comment about how the Hunger Games "Has something for everyone" reminded me of the scene in "The Princess Bride" when Fred Savage's character says to his Grandpa, "Is this a kissing book?" And the Grandfather tells him how this book has fencing, fighting, torture, true love, good men, bad men, miracles-- you get the idea:). Great post!:). P.S. I have only read the first Hunger Games book and I haven't even seen the movies.
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