The Hunger Games

[Lauren Johnson]

I haven't read the books or seen the movie but I have heard the books are better than the movie. Is this the case?

The books are better in my view. The kids who are the big HG fans still loved the movie. I went twice; once for me and then I dragged my wife to see the movie. Now she has read the books, too.

Edit: Come to think of it, the visual display of the aristocratic life of Panem is stunning. Read the books and see the movie.

I read the first one for my ladies book club and did not feel the need to read more or see the film.

Lauren all this time I thought you were female. (Forgive me if you are and are gay).

Dawn

I am a 67 yr old male, WASP living in the Pacific Northwest. My parents named me "Lauren" because there are a number of Scandinavian names with the root of laur. That stem derives from the laurel wreath, which is a symbol for victor. So I was a victory baby. BTW, here is a picture from behind our house.
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Hunger Games: The first book/film is a setup for the second and third books. Magda says the movie is nihilistic. I would describe it differently: How does one survive spiritually in a utterly nihilistic world. Peeta and Katness are two people placed in an impossible situation -- impossible only if you do not want to kill. The purpose of the the trilogy is to propose an answer to the place of violence in society, which you get in the last 30 or so pages of the third book.